Later Vedic Period

☼ 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.

☼ 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'.