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ANCIENT INDIA
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Veda is a collection of poems or hymns composed in archaic Sanskrit by Indo-European-speaking peoples who lived in northwest India during the 2nd millennium BCE. The hymns formed a liturgical body that in part grew up around the soma ritual and sacrifice and were recited or chanted during rituals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Seven Vedic Gods recited by Brahmins everyday: Agni (Fire God), Vayu, Arka (sun), Vageesa (Brihaspati) Varuna, Indra, Vishvedevas. They have divided the important mountains, rivers, holy places, continents, seas etc into seven.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to tradition, Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, who arranged the four kinds of mantras into four Samhitas (Collections).
Detailed explanation-4: -The four Vedas are the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda. Of the four Vedas, Rig Veda is the oldest and referred to as the early vedic text, while the other three vedas are known as the later vedic texts. The four vedas are collectively known as Chaturveda.