Essay Archive - India
India
Around 2000 B.C. people called Aryan started invading India. This process
continued to approximately 1000 B.C. Aryan tribes were led by kings. The
Aryans conquered the native population, intermarried with it and settled in
The Aryans brought their religion to India. The various sacrifices of the Aryan
cults were accompanied by chanted hymns. These hymns comprised the first great
religion work of the Aryans - the Rig Veda. The Veda and the Brahmins, the
priests, came to hold a most prominent place in Vedic society.
By about the forth century B.C. Hinduism had supplanted the older Vedic faith
and became supreme. During this period two new religions....
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