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Which are the rivers, marked in the given map?

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Which amoung these rivers flow, through the North West region

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The River Indus and its tributaries flow through the north, west region ofIndia. TheHarappan civilization had flourished, along these river basins., Around 3500 years ago, a group of people, namely Aryans,, migrated to this region. The Vedas provide us information, about them. The Vedas are composed in Sanskrit language. In, the earlier period the Vedas were passed orally from, generation to generation., Vedic Period, The period during which the human life as depicted in, the Vedas existed, is known as the Vedic Period.

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Look at the following chart that sheds light on the Vedic Period.

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What information do you obtain from the chart?, The period between 1500 BC and 600 BC is known as the Vedic Period, Vedic Period is divided as Rig Vedic period and Later Vedic period, Rig Veda is the earliest among the Vedas, The period of human life described in the Rig Veda is known as the Rig, Vedic Period, The period between 1500 BC and 1000 BC is known as the Rig Vedic, Period, The period of human life described in the Samaveda,Yajurveda and, Atharveda is known as the Later Vedic period, The period between 1000 BC and 600 BC is known as the Later Vedic, period

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Let us see the observation made by the famous historian, A L Basham on the Aryan social life during the Rig Vedic, Period., "The farmers prayed for the increase of cattle, the, warriors expected cattle as booty and the sacrificial priest, was rewarded with cattle for his service."

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Human life of Rig Vedic period, , Grey ware

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Features of the Rig Vedic period, , During the Rig Vedic Period cattle were considered to be the most, important form of wealth., The main occupation were cattle rearing and agriculture, The main crop was barley., The groups of Aryans who reared cattle were known as tribes., The chieftain of each tribe was known as 'Rajan'., The tribes fought each other for the possession of cattle., There were battles among different Aryan tribes as well as between the, Aryans and the Non-Aryans.

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The Aryans possessed horses and weapons made of copper and, bronze.With the advantage of these, they conquered the Non- Aryans., The subjugated people were known as Dasas or Dasyus. Aryans, captured the cattle of the defeated Non-Aryans., During the Rig Vedic Period people worshipped the gods such as Indra,, Varuna, and Agni; and goddesses such as Atithi and Ushas., The pottery used in this period was grey in colour and was known as, 'Grey ware'.

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