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what are the occupation of Vedic people​

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Answered by rambabukothapalli85
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Explanation:

that is nothing but agriculture

Answered by Itzintellectual
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Agriculture

Explanation:

Agriculture was the main occupation of the people of the Later Vedic period. The use of iron and improved farming implements brought about increased prosperity. The people also used painted grey vessels. This Period saw the growth of towns and cities as well as the development of trade by the barter system.

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Detailed explanation:

The Vedic period is a late period between the Bronze Age and early Iron Age India's history when the Vedas were composed in the northern, urban end of the Indian subcontinent. Indus Valley Civilization and second urbanization that began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain. 600 BC The Vedic texts which form the basis of the influential Brahmanical ideology 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 considered historical and constitute the primary sources for understanding the period. These documents, along with associated archaeological records, allow to trace and speculate the development of Indo-Aryan and Vedic culture.

While Vedic society was relatively egalitarian in the sense that a specific hierarchy of socio-economic classes or castes was absent, a hierarchy of social classes emerged in the Vedic period. The political hierarchy was determined by rank, with Rajan at the top and Maid at the bottom. The words Brahman and Kshatriya are found in various family books of the Rigveda, but they are not associated with the word Varna. The words Vaishya and Shudra are absent. indicate the absence of a strict social hierarchy and the existence of social mobility.

The institution of marriage was important and various types of marriages- Ekanki, Polygamy, and Polygamy are mentioned in the Rigveda. Both female sages and female deities were known to the Vedic Aryans.

Women can choose their husbands and they can remarry if their husbands died or went missing. Their wife got an honorable position. People consumed milk, milk products, grains, fruits, and vegetables. Eating meat is mentioned, however, as cows are called aghnya (not to kill). Cotton, woolen, and animal skins were worn. Soma and Sura were popular drinks in Vedic society, of which Soma was sanctified by religion. Flute (vana), bean (bean), veena, cymbals, and drums used to play instruments, and a heptatonic scale was used. Dance, drama, chariot races, and gambling were other popular pastimes.

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