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Vedic Age in Ancient India starts around 2000 BC and ends with rise of Buddhism and Jainism.

This period is called Vedic Age because of its culture based on a sacred text popularly know as Veda.

There are four Vedas - Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda.

Each veda is divided into three parts - Samhita, Brahmana, Upanishad.

Rig Veda is the oldest and the most important from literary point of view and its content.

Upanishads are the basis of the Vedanta Philosophy.

Vedic Age has patriarchal society.

This period is divided into two - Early Vedic Period and Later Vedic Period.

Early Vedic Period people lived in groups which are knows as tribal assemblies.

Later Vedic Period people established even kingdoms. It had aggrerian economy and varna system. At the fag end of this period two great epics - Ramayan and Mahabharat were written by sages Valmiki and Vyasa respectively. It is why this period is also known as the Epic Period.





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