Interesting points. But I sincerely request you to get yourself properly acquainted with the subject you are writing about.

>>The sad part in the whole deal is that mantras were taught without explaining the meaning (similarly wiht rituals). Maybe the oral tradition didn’t permit too much bandwidth, and in their quest to learn the maximum number of mantras possible, people gave short shrift to the meanings. And by the time writing was established, the language had changed and the meaning of the mantras lost forever. In fact, this practice of mugging up mantras also gets reflected in the way education happens in India today, with an emphasis on knowledge rather than understanding.
It’d be better if you backed up this generalization with some facts. And this excerpt I’ve pasted here is just a sample of other, similar generalizations you’ve made.