Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.1.3 Vedic age

3.1.3.1 Early Vedic age: the Aryan debate, Rig Vedic geography and tribes

The early Vedic age (c. 1500–1000 BCE) is known from the Rigveda, which describes a society of cattle-keeping tribes in the north-west, the land of the seven rivers.

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  • Aryan
  • Rigveda
  • Sapta Sindhu
  • Sarasvati
  • Bharatas
  • Sudas
  • Dasarajna
  • Battle of Ten Kings
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  • Tilak
  • Boghaz-koi
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