When the Rig Veda taken its final form after 12th BCE, the complete Vedic period shifted
to a settled agriculture life. Earlier the western Ganges plains were
not in reach of Vedic tribes but after iron age around 1000 B.C.they
cleaned all the heavy forests in western plans and settled there.
Further development in Vedic period takes place around 1100 BCE, when the Indo Aryans synchronize with the local native of north India that results into the development of Verna or the caste system.
The first and the latest example of the Vedic state was the Kuru Kingdom & with the development of the new Vedic state some old Vedic hymns were transformed into new orthodox rituals. The period also saw division of the Vedic society into Brahmins, Kshatriya,Vaishya and Shudras.
Brahmins are the priests, which further subdivided into multiple gotras, they learned about vedas from the childhood and respected by the India society for doing worships in there homes and in temples.
Kshatriya according to the Indian society was a role to protect the society in warfare's and otherwise to rule the society.
Vaishya were the land owners, traders and the money lenders in the society
Shudras the fourth verna according to Hindu Mithology also known as chaturvarna, shudras were serving for other three vernas.
Kuru Kingdom was later defeated by a non Vedic tribe and this was the time when Vedic culture shifted towards the east of the Ganges
In The Rig Vedic society, the institution of marriage was very important & women got a respected position in the society. The womens were allowed to do marriages by their own choice and the cows were treated holy.
Earlier according to Vedas the society was divided into four Vernas (Brahmins,Kshatriya,Vaishya and Shudra) but in the later Vedic period the roles social boundaries, status, ritual & purity for each of the groups were fixed.
The political organization of the Vedic period consists of many tribes governed by a Rajan and tribes and were protected by the Rajans only.
In the later Vedic period these small tribes consolidated and became kingdoms which had there own capital and administration.
The economy of the latter Vedic period was mainly dependent on the dana given to priests, the gifts given to the kings, at the time coins were not the great attraction but the instruments made up of precious metals such as axes, razors were mentioned in Rig Veda.
Agriculture dominated the latter Vedic period which also increased the trading and competition for resources and the religious faith was more on the main deities of the time. The popular deities were Agni, Indra, Prathvi, Surya, Vayu, Rivers were also considered sacred at the time.
The popular epics of the time like Gita of Mahabharata were preserved and formed the base of the modern India.
Further development in Vedic period takes place around 1100 BCE, when the Indo Aryans synchronize with the local native of north India that results into the development of Verna or the caste system.
The first and the latest example of the Vedic state was the Kuru Kingdom & with the development of the new Vedic state some old Vedic hymns were transformed into new orthodox rituals. The period also saw division of the Vedic society into Brahmins, Kshatriya,Vaishya and Shudras.
Brahmins are the priests, which further subdivided into multiple gotras, they learned about vedas from the childhood and respected by the India society for doing worships in there homes and in temples.
Kshatriya according to the Indian society was a role to protect the society in warfare's and otherwise to rule the society.
Vaishya were the land owners, traders and the money lenders in the society
Shudras the fourth verna according to Hindu Mithology also known as chaturvarna, shudras were serving for other three vernas.
Kuru Kingdom was later defeated by a non Vedic tribe and this was the time when Vedic culture shifted towards the east of the Ganges
In The Rig Vedic society, the institution of marriage was very important & women got a respected position in the society. The womens were allowed to do marriages by their own choice and the cows were treated holy.
Earlier according to Vedas the society was divided into four Vernas (Brahmins,Kshatriya,Vaishya and Shudra) but in the later Vedic period the roles social boundaries, status, ritual & purity for each of the groups were fixed.
The political organization of the Vedic period consists of many tribes governed by a Rajan and tribes and were protected by the Rajans only.
In the later Vedic period these small tribes consolidated and became kingdoms which had there own capital and administration.
The economy of the latter Vedic period was mainly dependent on the dana given to priests, the gifts given to the kings, at the time coins were not the great attraction but the instruments made up of precious metals such as axes, razors were mentioned in Rig Veda.
Agriculture dominated the latter Vedic period which also increased the trading and competition for resources and the religious faith was more on the main deities of the time. The popular deities were Agni, Indra, Prathvi, Surya, Vayu, Rivers were also considered sacred at the time.
The popular epics of the time like Gita of Mahabharata were preserved and formed the base of the modern India.
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