Different between Vedic and post vedic period
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The Vedic-Aryans were largely rural, while the characteristic features of the Indus valley civilisation are the amenities of a developed city life. The former probably knew of iron and defensive armour, which are totally absent in the latter. The horse played an eminent part in the Vedic civilisation but its early existence is doubted in the Indus valley. There were also important differences in respect of religious beliefs and practices.”
In the early centuries of the Christian era, foreign invaders mingled with Indian ruling families and came under their influence. The capitals of foreign dynasties became centres of a cultural synthesis which gave Indian civilisation a distinct cosmopolitan character. Puranic Hinduism rose during the Gupta Age. The Buddha was accepted as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.