The Later Vedic Phase: Transition to State and Social Orders

Expansion in the Later Vedic Period (BC. 1000-500 BC): The history of the later Vedic period is based mainly on the Vedic texts which were compiled after the age of the Rig Veda. The collections of Vedic hymns or mantras are known as the Samhitas. The Rig Veda Samhita is the oldest Vedic text, on the basis of which we [...]