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Question
The Upanishads were composed during the Later Vedic Period.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is true.
Explanation:
The period from 1000 BCE to 500 BCE, during which the Indo-Aryans settled in the Gangetic valley, is known as the Later Vedic period. The three later Vedas (the Atharva Veda, the Sama Veda and the Yajur Veda) and the Upanishads are supposed to have been composed during this time.
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