- was
composed in the
northwestern region of the
Indian subcontinent (see
Rigvedic rivers), most
likely between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE,
although a
wider approximation...
-
Rigvedic deities are
deities mentioned in the
sacred texts of Rigveda, the prin****l text of the
historical Vedic religion of the
Vedic period (1500–500...
-
northwestern Indian subcontinent, from
Gandhara to Kurukshetra.
Identification of
Rigvedic hydronyms has
engaged multiple historians; it is the
single most important...
-
Archaeological Complex (BMAC).
Parpola (1999)
elaborates the
model and has "Proto-
Rigvedic" Indo-Aryans
intrude the BMAC
around 1700 BCE. He ****umes
early Indo-Aryan...
-
various Aryan and non-Aryan
clans so that they
continue to
dominate in post-
Rigvedic texts, and
later in the (Epic) tradition. "Bhārata"
today is the official...
- "great and holy
river in north-western India," but in the
middle and late
Rigvedic books, it is
described as a
small river ending in "a
terminal lake (samudra)...
- sacrifice). The
rites of
grave burials as well as
cremation are seen
since the
Rigvedic period.
Deities emphasized in the
Vedic religion include Dyaus, Indra,...
- or śyāma ayas,
literally "black metal",
first is
mentioned in the post-
Rigvedic Atharvaveda, and
therefore the
Early Vedic Period was a
Bronze Age culture...
- also –
according to RV 2.12 – the second-greatest of the
RigVedic gods
after Indra.: 134
Rigvedic hymns to Mitra-Varuna
include RV 1.136, 137, 151–153,...
-
Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from
Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also
called Rajanya) is one of the four
varnas (social orders)...
