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Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture

Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture. I. Indo-Aryan lang.-using migration to SA II. Elements of Vedic corpus III. Vedic ideas of social rank & power IV. Why did acces to Vedic ritual matter? IV. Why did IA migrants gain power in SA?. IA language-using migration to SA.

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Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture

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  1. Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture

  2. I. Indo-Aryan lang.-using migration to SA II. Elements of Vedic corpus III. Vedic ideas of social rank & power IV. Why did acces to Vedic ritual matter? IV. Why did IA migrants gain power in SA?

  3. IA language-using migration to SA 1500 BCE start migration Ganges River Valley Contact, competition, collaboration 1500-500 BCE larger social units emerge

  4. Elements of Vedic Corpus Rig Veda Samhita hymns 1500-500 BCE Sama, Yajur & Atharva Veda Samhita hymns 1000- 500 BCE Brahmanas 1000-500 BCE Upanishads and Aranyakas 500 BCE into early centuries CE Sutras 500 BCE into early centuries CE

  5. Vedic Ideas of Social Rank & Power Gradual formation Birth status Varna ranking system Jati ranking system Rules for human contact & the exchange of substance Raja and brahman

  6. Why Did Access to Vedic Ritual Matter? Fragile created world Ritual uses small-scale model of created world Ritual orders created world

  7. Why Did IA Migrants Gain Power in SA? 2-way influence not separation & domination

  8. Technology Ideology

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