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प्रश्न
With reference to the Society during the Vedic Age, answer the following question:
State the position of women in the Vedic period.
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उत्तर
In the Early Vedic Period women enjoyed equal rights and their educational talents were not less than men, e.g., Maitreyi and Gargi were two famous women of that age, who were highly respected for their extraordinary knowledge and preaching magic of conversation. In the Later Vedic Period, there was a significant decline in the status of women. Their participation in Yajnas was not considered necessary. They did not enjoy the right to property.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name any two of the four Varnas.
What was the position of women in the Rig Vedic age?
Name the two political institutions which exercised check on the powers of the King in the Rig Vedic period.
Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:
Agni, the personification of Sacrificial fire.
Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:
References to the Cow in the Rig Vedic hymns.
Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:
Varna System
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Agriculture
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Domestication of Animals
Give one point of difference between the Early Vedic Period and Later Vedic Period.
With reference to the Vedic Period answer the following question:
State three important changes that took place in the society in the process of its transition from the Early Vedic Period to the Later Vedic Period.
