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Types of Hindu Marriage
☼ Types of Hindu Marriage (Vivaha):
(i) Brahma Vivaha means giving the girl to a man with dowry.
(ii) Daiva Vivaha means giving the girl to the priest himself in lieu of his fees.
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Society during Later Vedic Period
☼ Society during Later Vedic Period:
• As the time passed by Yajnas became elaborate and complicated ceremonial leading to the emergence of learned men known as Brahmanas.
Polity during Later Vedic Period
☼ Polity during Later Vedic Period:
• Large kingdoms and stately cities made their appearance in the later vedic Peroid.
• In Taittariya Brahmana we notice the theory of the divine origin of kingship.
Later Vedic Period
☼ Later Vedic Period [1000 BC - 600 BC] :
Geographical Area.
• During the later Vedic Period, the Aryan settlements covered virtually the whole of Northern India, the then called 'Aryavarta'.
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Economy of the Rig Vedic Period
☼ Economy during the Rig Vedic Period:
• The Aryans crossed the nomadic stage.
• Yet great importance was attached to herds of cattle.
• Various animals were domesticated.
Religion in the Rig Vedic Period
☼ Religion during the Rig Vedic Period:
• During the Rigvedic time the gods worshipped were generally the personified powers of Nature.
• It was believed that divine powers were capable of conferring both boons and punishments on man.
Society of the Rig Vedic Period
☼ Society during the Rig Vedic Period:
• The Rigvedic society comprised of four varnas:— (i) Brahmana, (ii) Kshatriya, (iii) Vaishya (iv) Shudra.
Polity during the Rig Vedic Period
☼ Polity during the Rig Vedic Period:
• The Kula i.e. the family was the basis of both social and political organisations. Unit of Kula (the family) is headed by Kulapa.
Rig Vedic / Early Vedic Period
☼ Rig Vedic / Early Vedic Period (1500 BC - 1000 BC)
Geographical Area•
• Rig Veda is the only source of knowledge for the Rig Vedic / Early Vedic Period .