Question

Bringvout the difference between early and later vedic period

Answer 1

In early vedic period family was a basic unit. Women enjoyed caste systwm. Rigid caste system did not prevail. There economy was based on domestication of animals, trade etc.

In later vedic period joint family system prevailed. Significant decline in status of women. The caste system becoming rigid.
Traders guilds had come up and trade became very important. Many new physicians, musicians and many other professions emerged