Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1500–500 BCE
BCE CE
Transmission of
Religious “Texts” Indo-Europeans
and the R
. g-Veda
Ritual “Texts” like the R
. g-
Veda and other parts of the Religious activities cen-
Veda were transmitted orally. tered around the R . g-Veda
The manuscripts preserved which formed a collection of
today originate from later times. hymns dedicated to various
deities i.a. Indra and Agni.
Thus Vedic culture was
to a high degree focused
on orality and sound.
Early Vedic
1500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 2 / 4
Invasion
Transmission of
Religious “Texts” Indo-Europeans
and the R
. g-Veda
Ritual “Texts” like the R
. g-
Veda and other parts of the Religious activities cen-
Veda were transmitted orally. tered around the R . g-Veda
The manuscripts preserved which formed a collection of
today originate from later times. hymns dedicated to various
deities i.a. Indra and Agni.
Thus Vedic culture was
to a high degree focused
on orality and sound.
Early Vedic
1500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 2 / 4
Invasion
Transmission of
Religious “Texts” Indo-Europeans
and the R
. g-Veda
Ritual “Texts” like the R
. g-
Veda and other parts of the Religious activities cen-
Veda were transmitted orally. tered around the R . g-Veda
The manuscripts preserved which formed a collection of
today originate from later times. hymns dedicated to various
deities i.a. Indra and Agni.
Thus Vedic culture was
to a high degree focused
on orality and sound.
Early Vedic
1500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 2 / 4
Invasion
Transmission of
Religious “Texts” Indo-Europeans
and the R
. g-Veda
Ritual “Texts” like the R
. g-
Veda and other parts of the Religious activities cen-
Veda were transmitted orally. tered around the R . g-Veda
The manuscripts preserved which formed a collection of
today originate from later times. hymns dedicated to various
deities i.a. Indra and Agni.
Thus Vedic culture was
to a high degree focused
on orality and sound.
Early Vedic
1500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 2 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Settlement
Middle Vedic
1000 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 3 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Settlement
Middle Vedic
1000 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 3 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Settlement
Middle Vedic
1000 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 3 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Settlement
Middle Vedic
1000 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 3 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Expansion
Late Vedic
500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 4 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Expansion
Late Vedic
500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 4 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Expansion
Late Vedic
500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 4 / 4
Kamboja
Gandhāra Expansion
Late Vedic
500 BCE
Vedic Period
History and Religion 4 / 4