Vedic period

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ancient Indian period historical period

The Vedic period is an ancient era of South Asian history marked by the composition of the Vedas and the early development of Vedic culture and religion.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Vedic period canonical	16
Vedic religion	5
Vedic civilization	4
Early Vedic period	2
Iron Age India	2
Later Vedic period	1
Rigvedic period	1
Vedic period (composition and formation)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Indian period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
associatedWith	Āraṇyaka ⓘ surface form: Aranyakas Atharvaveda ⓘ Brahmanas ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Samaveda ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ surface form: early Upanishads
chronologicalContext	Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Bronze Age in South Asia Iron Age ⓘ surface form: Iron Age in South Asia
culture	Vedic culture ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ cattle-based economy ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
endTime	c. 500 BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ surface form: Indo-Aryans
followedBy	Iron Age in India ⓘ Mahajanapada period ⓘ
follows	Indus Valley ⓘ surface form: Indus Valley Civilization Late Harappan period ⓘ
hasPart	Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Early Vedic period Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Later Vedic period Post-Rigvedic period ⓘ Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rigvedic period
influenced	Indian philosophy ⓘ classical Hinduism ⓘ later Indian social structure ⓘ
keyDeity	Agni ⓘ Indra ⓘ Soma ⓘ Varuna ⓘ
keyPractice	Vedic ritual ⓘ fire sacrifice ⓘ
languageUsed	Sanskrit ⓘ surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
location	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region northwestern India ⓘ
mainSubject	composition of the Vedas ⓘ development of Vedic culture ⓘ development of Vedic religion ⓘ
namedAfter	Vedas ⓘ
partOf	history of India ⓘ history of South Asia ⓘ
politicalInstitution	sabha ⓘ samiti ⓘ vidatha ⓘ
politicalStructure	monarchical kingdoms ⓘ tribal assemblies ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Vedic religion early Hinduism ⓘ
socialStructure	emergence of varna system ⓘ patriarchal society ⓘ tribal chiefdoms ⓘ
startTime	c. 1500 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	no widely used writing system attested ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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Hinduism → hasHistoricalPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

northern India → historicalReligion → Vedic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern India

this entity surface form: Vedic religion

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subject surface form: Northern India

this entity surface form: Vedic civilization

Vedas → associatedWith → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic religion

Vedic period → hasPart → Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Vedic period

Vedic period → hasPart → Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rigvedic period

Vedic period → hasPart → Vedic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Later Vedic period

Atharvaveda → historicalPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Indians → historicalCivilization → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic civilization

Yama → religion → Vedic period ⓘ

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Indian philosophy → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

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The Arctic Home in the Vedas → timePeriodDiscussed → Vedic period ⓘ

Indra → religion → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic religion

Agni → religion → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic religion

Varuṇa → worshipPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

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Late Harappan period → precedes → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Vedic period

Ashvins → worshipPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Kanva Shakha → historicalPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Rajasuya → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Samhita → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Shaunakiya → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic period (composition and formation)

Vayu → mythologicalPeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Shruti → timeOfComposition → Vedic period ⓘ

Shakya republic → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age India

Aryavarta → associatedWithCulture → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic civilization

Aryavarta → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ

Kashi Kingdom → flourishedDuring → Vedic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age India

Upanayana ceremony → historicalOrigin → Vedic period ⓘ

Indian mathematics → timePeriod → Vedic period ⓘ