Source: 6th NCERT History Chapter 5
There are four vedas– the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda.
The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago.
The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta.
Three gods are especially important: Agni, the god of fire; Indra, a warrior god; and Soma, a plant from which a special drink was prepared.
Sanskrit is part of a family of languages known as Indo-European.
Some Indian languages such as Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri and Sindhi, and many European languages such as English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish belong to this family. They are called a family because they originally had words in common.
Languages used in the north-east belong to the Tibeto-Burman family; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam belong to the Dravidian family; and the languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India belong to the Austro-Asiatic family.
There are many prayers in the Rigveda for cattle, children (especially sons), and horses.
The practice of erecting megaliths began about 3000 years ago, and was prevalent throughout
the Deccan, south India, in the north-east and Kashmir.
About 2000 years ago, there was a famous physician named Charaka who wrote a book on medicine known as the Charaka Samhita. There he states that the human body has 360 bones.
There are four vedas– the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda.
The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago.
The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta.
Three gods are especially important: Agni, the god of fire; Indra, a warrior god; and Soma, a plant from which a special drink was prepared.
Sanskrit is part of a family of languages known as Indo-European.
Some Indian languages such as Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri and Sindhi, and many European languages such as English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish belong to this family. They are called a family because they originally had words in common.
Languages used in the north-east belong to the Tibeto-Burman family; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam belong to the Dravidian family; and the languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India belong to the Austro-Asiatic family.
There are many prayers in the Rigveda for cattle, children (especially sons), and horses.
The practice of erecting megaliths began about 3000 years ago, and was prevalent throughout
the Deccan, south India, in the north-east and Kashmir.
About 2000 years ago, there was a famous physician named Charaka who wrote a book on medicine known as the Charaka Samhita. There he states that the human body has 360 bones.