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Rigvedic geography. Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period. [1][2] Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain, clustering in the Punjab.
Anthropology. Recreation. Appearance. Class G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This article outlines the subclasses of Class G. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas. [3][4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya ...
Contents. Comparison of Dewey and Library of Congress subject classification. This is a conversion chart showing how the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Classification systems organize resources by concept, in part for the purpose of assigning call numbers. These two systems account for over 95% of the classification in United States ...
It played an important role in the Vedic religion, appearing in all but the fourth book of the Rigveda. As a physical river in the oldest texts of the Rigveda, it is described as a "great and holy river in north-western India," [2] but in the middle and late Rigvedic books, it is described as a small river ending in "a terminal lake ."
In his 2002 book, The Saraswati Flows On, Lal rejected the widely accepted [note 4] Indo-Aryan migration theory, arguing that the Rig Vedic description of the Sarasvati River [note 5] as "overflowing" contradicts the mainstream view that the Indo-Aryan migration started at ca. 1500 BCE, after the Sarasvati River had dried up.
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