HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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trade with other civilization
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improved farming techniques
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a caste system
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advanced mathematics
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Detailed explanation-1: -About 500 BCE, the Aryans began to compose a body of texts called Vedas, based on their traditional stories. Veda is a Sanskrit word that means knowledge. The Rig Veda is a collection of more than 1000 poems that survives to this day.
Detailed explanation-2: -With their advent, the religious thoughts of Aryans and indigenous people of Indus valley (the Dravidians) blended together to form the earliest form of Hinduism. This earliest form of Hinduism contained more of the Aryan religious traits which evolved over the course of time to make what we today know as Hinduism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The four broad ranks of the caste system in the Indo-Aryan culture, which included Brahmins (priests and scholars), Kshatriyas (kings, governors and warriors), Vaishyas (cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers and service providers).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Vedic Age was between 1500 BC and 600 BC. This is the next major civilization that occurred in ancient India after the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization by 1400 BC. The Vedas were composed in this period and this gives this age the name. The Vedas are also the chief source of information about this era.