Question

History
Later Vedic Age
Total marks 10
1) How were women treated in Later Vedic Period? (3)
2) Compare the importance of agriculture in the early Vedic and later Vedic period? (4)
3) What where the four ashramas of the later vedic age?(3)
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Answer 1

1) The status of women fell in the later Vedic and Epic period. In this period, women lost their political rights of attending assemblies. Child marriage also came into existence. According to Aitrreya Brahman, a daughter has been described as a source of misery.

2)The Early Vedic economy was mainly pastoral and cow was the most important form of wealth. Agriculture had secondary importance in the life of the Early Vedic people. ... The Early Vedic people personified the natural forces, e.g. wind, water, rain, etc.

3)The four ashramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Grihastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa (renunciate).