Hello students,

Today we will begin the Vedic Age of Indian History. We will be studying The Vedic Age in three parts.

• Part 1: In part 1 we will study about the aryan/ Vedic Society
• Part 2: In this part, we will study about Vedic Literature (Shruti)
• Part 3: In the final part we will study Vedic Literature ( Smriti)

This is the part 1 of the Vedic Age. So let’s start the Vedic Society.

Vedic Society:

So we see in the above notes that Vedic Society can be divided into 2 parts:

• Early vedic Age/ Rig Vedic Age
• Later Vedic Age

Early Vedic Age:

• It existed between 1500 BCE-1000 BCE
• Rig Veda was written in this age
• Most of the population in the Sapta Sindhava region
• Chief:
  • Food: Dairy products
  • Food crop: Barley and wheat
  • God: Indra, Varun, Agni
  • Wealth: Cows, cattle
• Varna system was occupational
• Battle of 10 kings happened during this time: Dasrajan war(King Sudas won)

 

Iron was discovered in 1000 BCE whic lead to better equipments, hence better plough and agriculture, hence food became abundant.

As a result wealth shifted from cattles to land.

Later Vedic Age

• Existed between 1000 BCE to 600 BCE
• All the other Vedas were written in this age
• Population shifted from Indus Valley to Ganga plains
• Chief:
  • Food Crop: Rice and wheat
  • God: Prajapati Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh
  • Wealth: Land and gold
  • Varna system became rigid

So with this we come to and of this part: vedic Society.

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