INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shatapatha Brahmana is the oldest and the largest Brahmana in the Vedic literature. Brahmanas explain the hymns of the Vedas. They are mainly written in prose and are ritualistic in nature. Shatapatha Brahmana is attached to the Yajur Veda whereas Aitareya and Sankhyan Brahmana is attached to the Rig Veda.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. The sounds and texts of the Rigveda have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brahmanical literature or Brahmana, explains vedic literature through commentaries or critical appreciation composed as poetry. It is broadly divided into aranyakas and vedangas.

Detailed explanation-4: -For Samaveda, the main brahmana is Pancavimsa, the Sadvimsa, and the Jayminiya. The Shatapatha brahmana is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda and the Taittiriya brahmana to the Krishna Yajurveda. The Gopatha Brahmana is singly attached to the Atharvaveda. Aranyakas are the link between the Brahmanas and the Upanishads.