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Bring out the elements of change and continuity between the Early Vedic and Later Vedic Cultures.

  • UPSC 1993
  • Aryans and Vedic Period

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The transition from the Early Vedic period (c. 1500–1000 BCE), documented chiefly in the family books of the Rig Veda, to the Later Vedic period (c. 1000–600 BCE), reflected in the Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas together with the Brahmanas and early Upanishads, is often narrated as a straightforward shift from tribal simplicity to stratified…

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  • Political Change: From Tribal Chieftaincy to Territorial Kingship
  • Taxation and Economy: Voluntary Tribute to Structural Extraction
  • Social Change: The Rise of Varna and the Decline of Egalitarianism
  • Religious Change: From Simple Sacrifice to Elaborate Ritualism and Philosophical Reaction
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