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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.
The Sarasvati River (IAST: Sárasvatī-nadī́) is a mythologized and deified ancient river first mentioned in the Rigveda [1] and later in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an important role in the Vedic religion, appearing in all but the fourth book of the Rigveda.
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 ...
The Bharatas were an early Vedic tribe that existed in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.E. [1][2][3] The earliest mentioned location of the Bharatas was on the Sarasvatī River. Led by the tribal king Divodāsa, the Bharatas moved through the Hindu Kush mountains and defeated Śambara. Divodāsa's descendant, Sudās, won the Battle ...
The Sarsuti river, originating in Sivalik Hills and flowing through the palaeochannel of Yamuna, is a tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India. [2] [3] [1] Its course is dotted with archaeological and religious sites dating back to post-Harrapan Mahabharata sites from Vedic period, such as Kapal Mochan, Kurukshetra, Thanesar, Brahma Sarovar, Jyotisar, Bhor Saidan and Pehowa.
The Drishadvati River (IAST: Dṛṣad-vatī, "She with many stones") is a river hypothesized by Indologists to identify the route of the Vedic river Saraswati and the state of Brahmavarta. According to Manusmriti, the Brahmavarta, where the Rishis composed the Vedas and other Sanskrit texts of the Vedic religion, was at the confluence of the ...
Contents. Sintashta culture. The Sintashta culture[ a ] is a Middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals, [ 1 ] dated to the period c. 2200–1900 BCE. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is the first phase of the Sintashta–Petrovka complex, [ 4 ]c.2200 –1750 BCE. The culture is named after the Sintashta archaeological site, in Chelyabinsk ...
Puru (Vedic tribe) The Purus were a Rigvedic tribe or a confederation of tribes that existed between c. 1700–1400 BCE. [1] There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharatas. [2] The Purus and the Bharatas were the two most prominent tribes in most of the Rigveda. [1] The chief of tribe was called Rajan [3] The Purus rallied many ...