Question

Main sources of information for early vedic period

Answer 1

we come to know of the Aryan culture from the four Vedas the world we the originating from the Sanskrit word vid with meaning knowledge the four Vedas are

1) Rig Veda is the oldest of all the four Vedas . it was composed between 1,500 BC and 1000 BC . The Rig Veda consists of hymn called The suktas meaning well said most of this hire prayers offer to Agni the God of Fire Indra the warrior God and Soma implant from which special drink was prepared.

2) Sama Veda is a collection of versus from the Rig Veda for liturgical purposes


3) yajur Veda consist of sacrificial formulae in prose and verse

4) Atharva Veda contains mainly magical charms and invocation


the Vedas are considered Sacred it is believed that the text reveals directly by the Gods.
they are also regarded as Nitya meaning eternal. the Vedas were transmitted orraly from one generation to next it was only many centuries later that the Vedas written down. attached to each Veda are several expounding prose texts call Brahmanas The the concluding portion of the Brahmin are called Aryanyakas meaning forest books.

the Vedas can be divided into 2 chronological period the early vedic age 1500 BC to 1000 Bc
when the most of the hymns in rig Veda were composed and the ge later vedic age 1000bc to 500 BC to which belonged the rest of the Vedas