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what is the vedic age?

Vedic Age is the name given to the period when the Vedas were composed. This period is c. 1500 B.C to 600 B.C. The Vedas are the oldest scriptures and were composed by the semi-nomadic Aryans. The Vedic Age is further divided into Early Vedic Age (1500 B.C. to 1000 B.C.) and Later Vedic Age (1000 B.C. to 600 B.C.) While the Rig Veda was composed in the Early Vedic Age, the three other Vedas (Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda) were composed in the Later Vedic Age.

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The Vedic period (or Vedic age) was a period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed. The time span of the period is uncertain. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas, was composed roughly between 17001100 BCE, also referred to as the early Vedic period. The end of the period is commonly estimated to have occurred about 500 BCE and 150 BCE has been suggested as a terminus ante quem for all Vedic Sanskrit literature.

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The Vedic period (or Vedic age) was a period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed. The time span of the period is uncertain. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas, was composed roughly between 17001100 BCE, also referred to as the early Vedic period. The end of the period is commonly estimated to have occurred about 500 BCE and 150 BCE has been suggested as a terminus ante quem for all Vedic Sanskrit literature.

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