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    Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic...
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    the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE). These ideas and practices are found in the Vedic texts, and some Vedic rituals are still practiced today. The Vedic religion...
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    Vedas (redirect from Vedic scriptures)
    ritual fire. The term "Vedic texts" is used in two distinct meanings: Texts composed in Vedic Sanskrit during the Vedic period (Iron Age India) Any text...
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  • Vedic Sanskrit, also simply referred as the Vedic language, is an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It...
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    corresponds with the Punjab and closer regions) (see the map of Early Vedic Period) Anu (in the southwest part of early Āryāvarta) Druhyu (in the north...
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    Agamas of Dravidian origin. The period of the composition, redaction, and commentary of these texts is known as the Vedic period, which lasted from roughly...
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    sharing no overlap with historical mathematical developments during the Vedic period. Nonetheless, there has been a proliferation of publications in this...
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    Kshatriya (redirect from Vedic kshatrias)
    later Vedic society wherein members were organised into four classes: brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra. The administrative machinery in the Vedic India...
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    emerged after the Vedic period, between c. 500–200 BCE and c. 300 CE, in the period of the second urbanisation and the early classical period of Hinduism when...
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    the Punjab from Central Asia in several waves of migration. The Vedic Period of the Vedic people in northern India (1500–500 BCE) was marked by the composition...
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    period was followed in northern India by the Vedic period, which saw the introduction of the historical Vedic religion with the Indo-Aryan migrations, starting...
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    Kuru Kingdom (category Kingdoms of the Vedic period)
    and some parts of western Uttar Pradesh, which appeared in the Middle Vedic period (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE). The Kuru Kingdom was the first recorded state-level...
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    ranking principle, and that the Vedic literature is devoid of the untouchability concept. During the early Vedic period in northern India, when the Rigveda...
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    vedic period. Armor has been described in religious texts; including the Itihasa epics Ramayana and Mahabharat, as well as in the Puranas. The Vedic age...
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  • sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE). There are 1,028 hymns (sūkta) in the Rigveda...
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    approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period has been considered as the Golden Age of India by historians, although this...
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  • Ashwamedhadatha was the King of Kuru Kingdom who reigned during the Middle Vedic period. He is also grandson of King Janamejaya( through his son Shatanika)....
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  • Vedic science may refer to: Ayurveda Vedanga, the six ancient disciplines (shastra) subservient to the understanding and tradition of the Vedas Shiksha...
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    discovered at site of Kunal The Vedic period was the time duration between 1500 and 500 BCE. The garments worn in the Vedic period mainly included a single cloth...
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    Jorwe culture Other chalcolithic sites include Patapadu (Andhra Pradesh) Vedic period (c. 1500–600 BCE) Puru Kingdom (c. 1500–1200 BCE) Brihadratha Dynasty...
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    Hiranyagarbha. Brahma is frequently identified with the Vedic god Prajapati. During the post-Vedic period, Brahma was a prominent deity and his sect existed;...
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  • Priests of the Vedic religion are officiants of the yajna service. Yajna is an important part of Hinduism, especially the Vedas. Persons trained for the...
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    play an essential role in the Harappan civilisation, in contrast to the Vedic period (1500-500 BCE). The importance of the horse for the Indo-Aryans is indicated...
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    Maurya Empire (redirect from Mauryan period)
    number of Hindu texts were written during the Mauryan period. Chandragupta maurya was a follower of Vedic religion (Brahmanism) . According to Greek traveller...
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    of the turmoil caused by Greek invasions of northern India. He performed Vedic sacrifices including Ashvamedha and Rajasuya. Instead of the Buddhists,...
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    By the end of the Vedic period, this way of organizing society had become central to Indian society. Religion in the late Vedic period was evolving into...
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  • Vedic religion or Vedic Hinduism may refer to: Historical Vedic religion, the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period Hinduism...
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  • language of these texts Vedic period, during which these texts were produced Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas The historical Vedic religion, of which...
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  • though, were members of this group. Though there has also many historical Vedic period saints, whose descendants are now considered as Dalits. Many of the saints...
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    BCE. The Indo-Aryans Vedic pantheon of deities included the chief god Indra, the sun deity Surya, Ushas, as well as Agni. This period saw the composition...
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