History of India: ancient and medieval / Vedic age
Rigvedic society and religion
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Rigvedic religion: nature deities (Indra, Agni, Varuna, Soma) and sacrifice; no temples or images
- Purusha-sukta and the first four-fold varna reference; tribal, largely egalitarian society
- Patriarchal family, women in assemblies, absence of child marriage and sati; the Atharvaveda on household rites and fields (kshetra-patni)
Where to study
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us
- ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us, pp. 1-11 (printed 35-45)
- ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us, One of the oldest books in the world; Vishvamitra and the Rivers, pp. 1-3 (printed 35-37)
- ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us, Words to describe people, p. 5 (printed 39)
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 12
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, pp. 26-45 (printed 22-41)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Vedic Religion and Rituals, p. 36 (printed 32)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Characteristics of Society, p. 36 (printed 32)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Tribe and Family; Characteristics of Society, pp. 34-36 (printed 30-32)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 5 Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic
- ch. 5 Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic, Varnas, pp. 2-3 (printed 47-48)