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Religion on
later Vedic period
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Answer 1

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The Vedic period, or Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedas were composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE. The Vedas are liturgical texts which formed the basis of the influential Brahmanical ideology, which developed in the Kuru Kingdom, a tribal union of several Indo-Aryan tribes. The Vedas contain details of life during this period that have been interpreted to be historical[1][note 1] and constitute the primary sources for understanding the period. These documents, alongside the corresponding archaeological record, allow for the evolution of the Indo-Aryan and Vedic culture to be traced and inferred.[2

Answer 2

Explanation:

Religion during Later Vedic Period:

• The earlier divinites Indra and Agni were relegated into the background while Prajapati (creator of the Universe, later known as Brahma), Vishnu (Patron god of Aryans) and Rudra (God of animals, later identified with Shiva/Mahesha) rose in prominence.

• Now Prajapati became supreme God.

• Pushana, who protected cattle in the early Vedic Period now became the god of Shudras.

• Brihadaranyaka Upanishada was first the work to give the doctrine of transmigration (Punarjanma/Samsara-chakra) and deeds (Karma).

• The early simple ceremonial of Rigvedic Period gave place to elaborate sacrifices requiring the services of as many as 17 priests.

• In the later Vedas and Brahamanas sacrifices (Yajnas) came into prominence.