explain the settlement patterns of vedic times
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India, as is well known, derives its name from the Sindhu (Indus) and the earliest civilisation of this country which was predominantly urban had its cradle in the valley of the same river, called the Indus civilisation.
Far different is the picture of another civilisation which had its principal home higher up in the Indus valley called the Vedic or Rig Vedic culture.
The people who evolved this culture called themselves Aryas or Aryans and were probably an invading or immigrant people, whose first arrival in India is dated a little earlier than 1500 B.C. We do not find clear and definite archaeological traces of their advent. The Aryan migration to Indian was not a single concerted action, but one covering centuries and involving many tribes.
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In the Rigveda, the land where the Vedic Aryans lived is called by the name of Sapta-Sindhu or the ‘land of the seven rivers’ which included the Indus or Sindhu with its principal tributaries on the west and the river Saraswati on the east. The region of Sapta-Sindhu witnessed the composition of the sacred hymns which describe the early growth and development of the Vedic culture.
The earliest life of the Aryans seems to have been mainly pastoral, agriculture being a secondary occupation. The Aryans did not lead a settled life, with the result that they could not leave behind any solid material remains.
The Vedic age spans almost a millennium of Indian history (1500-600 B.C.), a period which witnessed crucial changes in North India. These developments are evident in a number of spheres-social, economic, political and religious.