Question

4. The political organisation of the Early Vedic kingdoms underwent changes with the emergence of powerful kingdoms during the Later Vedic or the Epic Period. In this context describe briefly :
(a) The political organisation of the Aryans of the early period..

(b) The emergence of large kingdoms and the growth of royal power during the Later Vedic

Period.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The period that followed Rig Vedic Age is known as Later Vedic Age.

This age witnessed the composition of three later Veda Samhitas namely, the Samveda Samhita, the Yajurveda Samhita, the Atharvaveda Samhita as well as Brahmanas and the Upanishads of all the four Vedas and later on the two great epics—the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

All these later Vedic texts were compiled in the Upper Gangetic basin in 1000—600 B.C. During the period represented by Later Samhitas the Aryans covered the whole of Northern India, from the Himalayas to th

Answer 2

Answer:

The period that followed Rid Vedic Age is known as Later Vedic Age.