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| Vedic form of agriculture |
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| Indian Instrument called a Santoor |
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| The Caste System in Vedic India |
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| Traditional Vedic Indian Medicine |
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| Definition of Vedic Period |
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| A period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scripture of Hinduism, were composed. |
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| The oldest of the Vedas (Scriptures of Hinduism) |
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| How did they spread the texts of the Vedic period? |
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| How were the Vedic Aryans organized? |
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| Vedic aryans were organized into tribes rather than kingdoms. |
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| What was the chief of the tribe called? |
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| The chief of a tribe was called a rajan. |
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| How was the Vedic Period sustained economically? |
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| Economy in the Vedic period was sustained by a combination of pastoralism and agriculture. |
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| How was political hierarchy determined? |
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Political hierarchy was determined by rank, where rajan stood at the top and dasi at the bottom.
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| What was the mode of worship? |
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| The mode of worship was the performance of sacrifices (Yajna) which included the chanting of Rigvedic verses. |
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| What type of society was the Vedic household? |
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The Vedic household was patriarchal and patrilineal.
Patriarchal: society or government controlled by men
Patrilineal: relationship to the father or descent through the male line |
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