The Vedic Period

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During which time period did the Vedic literature, including the Vedas, get composed?

  • c. 200 BCE - c. 200 CE
  • c. 600 BCE - c. 200 BCE
  • c. 1500 - c. 500 BCE (correct)
  • c. 200 CE - c. 600 CE

Which region of the Indian subcontinent saw the composition of the Vedas during the Vedic period?

  • Eastern Indian subcontinent
  • Southern Indian subcontinent
  • Northern Indian subcontinent (correct)
  • Western Indian subcontinent

What is the primary source for understanding the Vedic period?

  • The urban Indus Valley Civilisation
  • The Brahmanical ideology
  • The archaeological record
  • The Vedas (correct)

Which culture's evolution can be traced and inferred using the Vedas and the corresponding archaeological record?

<p>Indo-Aryan and Vedic culture (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who composed and orally transmitted the Vedas during the Vedic period?

<p>Speakers of an Old Indo-Aryan language (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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