Tuesday 21 January 2014

VEDIC CULTURE(1500-600 BC)

EARLY VEDIC PERIOD(1500-600 BC)

  1. Geographical Area

    Rig veda is the only source of knowledge for this period.NADISUKTA rhymn of Rig veda mentions 21 rivers including GANGES in east & KUBHA i.e KABUL in the west.

    Rig vedic people who called themselves Aryans where confined in the area which they called Sapta Sindhu. i.e Sindhu & its tributaries.

    Rivers with there modern name & ares are as follows:

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