compare the religion of the early Aryans with that of the later vedic Aryans
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The Vedic period, or Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedas were composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE. The Vedas are liturgical texts which formed the basis of the influential Brahmanical ideology, which developed in the Kuru kingdom, a tribal union of several Indo-Aryan tribes. The Vedas contain details of life during this period that have been interpreted to be historical[1][note 1] and constitute the primary sources for understanding the period. These documents, alongside the corresponding archaeological record, allow for the evolution of the Indo-Aryan and Vedic culture to be traced and inferred.
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Early Vedic Age
- Worshiped a number of nature gods,such as Varuna, Surya and Indra.
- Sacrifices and Yajnas were performed.
- No hereditary Priestly Class.
Later Vedic Age
- Worshiped many new gods ,such as Brahma,Vishnu,Shiva,Rama and Krishna.
- Rituals became more complicated .Beliefs in spells and charms.
- Philosophy of the Upanishads.Principles of Karma and Moksha developed.