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Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture. I. Indo-Aryan lang.-using migration to SA II. Elements of Vedic corpus III. Vedic ideas of social rank & power IV.

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1 Indo-Aryan Migration & Vedic Culture

2 I. Indo-Aryan lang.-using migration to SA II. Elements of Vedic corpus III. Vedic ideas of social rank & power IV. Why did acces to Vedic ritual matter? IV. Why did IA migrants gain power in SA?

3 IA language-using migration to SA 1500 BCE start migration Ganges River Valley Contact, competition, collaboration 1500-500 BCE larger social units emerge

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5 Elements of Vedic Corpus Rig Veda Samhita hymns 1500-500 BCE Sama, Yajur & Atharva Veda Samhita hymns 1000- 500 BCE Brahmanas 1000-500 BCE Upanishads and Aranyakas 500 BCE into early centuries CE Sutras 500 BCE into early centuries CE

6 Vedic Ideas of Social Rank & Power Gradual formation Birth status Varna ranking system Jati ranking system Rules for human contact & the exchange of substance Raja and brahman

7 Why Did Access to Vedic Ritual Matter? Fragile created world Ritual uses small-scale model of created world Ritual orders created world

8 Why Did IA Migrants Gain Power in SA? 2-way influence not separation & domination

9 Technology Ideology

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