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SUB-TOPIC INFO – Ancient Indian History
CONTENT TYPE – Short Notes
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1. Origin of the Aryans
1.1. Origin Places of Aryans According to Some Scholars
1.2. Sources of the Vedic Age
2. Early Vedic Age (1500-1000 BC)
2.1. Geographical Extent
2.2. Political Life
2.3. Differences between Indus Valley People and Vedic People
2.4. Economic Life
2.5. Various Terms Related to Cow
2.6. Social Life
2.7. Position of Women
2.8. Religious Life
2.9. Important Vedic Gods
2.10. Rivers mentioned in the Rig Veda
3. Later Vedic Age (1000-600 BC)
3.1. Geographical Expansion
3.2. Political Life
3.3. Five Types of State System
3.4. Important Ratnins and Other Important Official’s Responsibilities
3.5. Economic Life
3.6. Painted Grey Ware (PGW) Culture
3.7. Social Life
3.8. Purushasukta Theory
3.9. Concept of Ashramas
3.10. Position of Women
3.11. Different Texts on Women in Later Vedic Period
3.12. Religious Life
3.13. Purpose of Yajnas
3.14. Sixteen Samskaras
3.15. Forms of Marriage
4. Literature of the Vedic Period
4.1. The Vedas
4.2. Rig Veda (Compiled between 1500 BC to 1000 BC)
4.3. Sama Veda (Compiled between 1000 BC to 600 BC)
4.4. Yajur Veda (Compiled between 1000 BC to 600 BC)
4.5. Atharva Veda (Compiled between 1000 BC to 600 BC)
4.6. Upavedas
4.7. Sutra Sahitya
4.8. The Brahmanas
4.9. Vedas and their Associated Brahmanas
4.10. The Aranyakas
4.11. The Upanishads
4.12. Puranas
4.13. Smritis
4.14. Some important Vedic term
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Aryan & Vedic Age
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The Vedic Age of Ancient India is the ‘heroic age’ of Indian Civilisation. The period between 1500-600 BC and Indo-Aryans are believed to be the composer of Vedic texts. Vedas recorded not only the religion of the Vedic people but also details of their lives that gave us a look at their political, social, and economic patterns.
Origin of the Aryans
- The term “Aryan,” signifying noble, was utilized by the Indo-Iranian people.
- According to a well-established and evidence-based theory, the Aryans, fair-skinned individuals, migrated from Eurasia and settled in ancient Iran and Northern India around 1500 BC.
- The initial settlement of Aryans in the Indian subcontinent occurred in the region known as the Land of the Seven Rivers. They entered the North-Western part of the subcontinent through Iran from Central Asia, subsequently moving Eastward into the Deccan Plateau through the plains around the Ganges River.
- While it’s challenging to assert that all early Aryans belonged to a single race, their culture displayed a remarkable degree of similarity.
| The Bogazkoi inscriptions from 1400 BC provide information on a peace treaty between the Hittites and the Mittanis rulers of Hittani, mentioning the names of Vedic Gods – Indra, Mitra, Nasatya, and Varuna. |
- The introduction of new literature, belief systems, and other Aryan influences deeply impacted socio-cultural and political life in India.
- Aryans spoke the Indo-European language, and their primary occupations included pastoral herding and agriculture.
- The reasons behind the Rapid Expansion of the Aryans were as follows:
- Chariot driven by horses.
- Weapons made of good quality bronze.
- The use of armor (Burman).
- Use of a destructive machine called Purcharishnu