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The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.
The historical Vedic religion, also called Vedicism or Vedism, and sometimes ancient Hinduism or Vedic Hinduism, [a] constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst some of the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (c. 1500–500 BCE).
The Vedic culture is described in the texts of Vedas, still sacred to Hindus, which were orally composed and transmitted in Vedic Sanskrit. The Vedas are some of the oldest extant texts in India. [51] The Vedic period, lasting from about 1500 to 500 BCE, [52] [53] contributed to the foundations of several cultural aspects of the Indian ...
Prodigious energy was expended by ancient Indian culture in ensuring that these texts were transmitted from generation to generation with inordinate fidelity. [136] For example, memorization of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven forms of recitation of the same text. The texts were subsequently "proof-read" by comparing the different recited ...
India was added to the list for the first time in 2008 (at that time total three examples were added). According to UNESCO, intangible cultural heritage includes holidays, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music and handicrafts were included in the list. Nowruz or Navroz is the only object in the list which is shared by twelve countries ...
Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. There are four Vedas , and these constitute the Hindu canon (but they are largely religious scriptures, some telling it to be God's words).
Parts of western India were dominated by tribes who had a slightly different culture, considered non-Vedic by the mainstream Vedic culture prevailing in the Kuru and Panchala kingdoms. Similarly, there were some tribes in the eastern regions of India considered to be in this category. [ 28 ]
Soma was a Vedic ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, frequently mentioned in the Rigveda. Tulasi or holy basil is an aromatic plant whose leaves are used in the worship of Vishnu and Lakshmi. Turmeric is a plant of the ginger family, considered highly auspicious throughout India. Its flower, root and powder are used ...