What changes were there in the later Vedic period?
Religious Condition: During the later Vedic period the religious spirit underwent a great change. Religion was overshadowed with rites and rituals. New gods and goddesses emerged during this period. The Rig Vedic gods, Varun, Indra, Agni, Surya, Usha etc.
What was the main feature in the later Vedic period?
During the Later Vedic Age the Aryans thoroughly subdued the fertile plains watered by Yamuna, Ganges and Sadanira. They crossed the Vindhyas and settled in the Deccan, to the north of Godavari. During the Later Vedic Age popular assemblies lost much of their importance and royal power increased at their cost.
What were the political changes that took place in the later Vedic age?
The Political system of the later Vedic period was shifted towards Monarchy. Now, the King ruled over an area of land called Janapada. The King started maintaining an army and the Bureaucracy also got developed.
How did religious practices change in the later Vedic period?
Extensive changes came in the religious life of the society of the later Vedic ages. Now, religion came to be entangled in a mesh of rites and rituals. The Brahmins were integral and indispensable. Decline in worship of nature led to emergence of a host of new gods and goddesses.
What change do you find in the later Vedic age in the political economic and religious life of the Aryans?
Most important change was the evolution of caste system. Various sub castes evolved in addition to the traditional four-castes. The Brahmanas and Kshatriyas emerged as the two leading castes out of the general mass of population, known as vaisyas.
What changes do you observe in the religious practices of the later Vedic age?
When did the later Vedic culture start and end?
The Later Vedic culture is dated to the period between 1000 BCE and 700–600 BCE. The Painted Grey Ware Culture of the Iron Age, which has been identified by archaeologists at many excavated sites, is associated with the Later Vedic culture. This period witnessed political, social, economic complexity and developments. Fig : Painted Grey Ware
What was the period that followed Rig Vedic age?
The period that followed Rig Vedic Age is known as Later Vedic Age. This age witnessed the composition of three later Veda Samhitas namely, the Samveda Samhita, the Yajurveda Samhita, the Atharvaveda Samhita as well as Brahmanas and the Upanishads of all the four Vedas and later on the two great epics—the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
What was the society like in the Vedic period?
Institution of gotra appears later vedic period. Marriage within the gotra was not permitted. Society was largely egalitarian. Varna was the term for color. The indigenous people conquered by Aryans were called Dasas and Dasyus. Differentiation based on occupation existed.
What are the Three Kingdoms of the later Vedic period?
The later Vedic texts also refer to the three divisions of India – Aryavarta (Northern India), Madhyadesa (Central India), and Dakshinapatha (Southern India). Larger kingdoms were formed during the later Vedic period.