Question

Name any two important scholars of the Later Vedic Age.

Answer 1

Answer:

Gargi and Maitreyi were the two women scholars of Vedic period.

Answer 2

Maitreyi & Gargi Vachaknav

Explanation:

• Maitreyi was a learned Indian scholar who had lived in the later Vedic period in ancient India. Maitreyi, who has also been mentioned in several Puranas, "is one of ancient India's most learned & most virtuous women and represents an example of women's intellectuals in India and the education opportunities and philosophical achievements available to women in Vedic India.
• Gargi Vachaknavi was a great ancient Indian philosopher. In Vedic literature, she is acknowledged as Brahmavadini as a great natural philosopher, a revered exponent of the Vedas, a person who understands Brahma Vidya. Gargi Vachaknavi had great interest in Vedic scriptures when she was young and was extremely knowledgeable in philosophy. Throughout Vedic periods she was widely acquainted with the Vedas and Upanishads and had intellectual debates with other thinkers.