Indian History Questions for Competitive Exams

Rigveda is considered to be the oldest among the four Vedas.

The period before the later Vedic period in which the verses of the Rigveda were composed. The language of these verses is called Rigvedic language. Rigvedic language is a language of the Indo-European language family. Its later daughter languages are Avesta, Old Persian, Pali, Prakrit and Sanskrit.

Saraswati had great glory in the Vedic period and was considered the 'most sacred' river, because by living near its banks and drinking the water of this river, the sages composed the Vedas and expanded the Vedic knowledge.

Classical singing is tune-oriented, not word-oriented. In this, the importance is of tone (its rise and fall, not the words and meaning). While only the ears accustomed to the practice of classical music and sound can understand it, even the unaccustomed ears can enjoy the pleasure of country songs or folk songs just by knowing the meaning of the words.

Copper metal was first used by the Vedic people.

Sir Monier Williams, describes Brahmanism as a spiritual doctrine that identifies God with the universe. Brahma is simply a creator in the sense of being, the first evolution emanating from the One Spirit, the evolution from which all other evolutions have proceeded.

Importance of Vedas: Parashar, Katyayana, Yajnavalkya, Vyas, Panini etc. are called Veda experts of ancient times.

Who has written 'Mitakshara', a book on Hindu law? Mitakshara is Vijnaneshwar's commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti, composed in the 11th century. This book is famous for the principle of 'inheritance by birth'.

The present Garhwal, spread across five sections of the Himalayas from Haridwar to Mount Kailash, was known by the name Kedarkhand in ancient times. The detail of Kedarkhand is given in Chapter 40 of Skanda Purana (Kedarkhand). In the Puranas, Kedarkhand is considered as heaven.

Marriage in same varna with Vedic rituals. The girl's father used to donate his daughter to a priest or a Pandit. In Arsh marriage, Kanyadaan is done by taking a pair of cows from the groom's side. Marriage done without dowry.