Question

What are the two phases of Vedic Age ?

1. Rig Vedic Period
2. Sama Vedic Period
3. Later Vedic Period
4. Yajur Vedic Period

• A. ii, iv
• B. i, iii
• C. None of these
• D. iii only

Answer 1

Answer:

B. i, iii

The Vedas and Vedic period

• Aryans migrated to Indus valley region, around 3500 years ago.

• The Vedas provide us information about Aryans.

• The Vedas are composed in Sanskrit language.

• In the earlier period the Vedas were passed orally from generation to generation.

• The period during which the human life as depicted in the Vedas existed, is known as the Vedic Period

• The period between 1500 BC and 600 BC is known as the Vedic Period. The Vedic Period is divided into

the Rig Vedic Period or The Early Vedic Period and the Later Vedic Period.