Community life during Early Vedic period
- Write a note on social life during early Vedic age?
- Joint-Hindu family system was found in normal form
- Father was head of the family
- After him his eldest son took over the family
- Mother also occupied a respectable place till her husband was alive
- Birth of son was regarded auspicious
- The practice of adopting a child was prevalent but mostly it was avoided
- Write a note on marriage & status of women during early Vedic age?
- Marriage was regarded as a sacred tie between husband and wife
- Primary aim of marriage was to fulfill the desire for children
- Custom of sati did not exist, There was no dowry system
- There was no restriction on their education though in practice, it was limited to upper strata of society
- Women’s didn’t enjoy equal rights with men, socially & legally
- They had no rights on property
- Write a note on food & dress culture during early Vedic age?
Food
- YAVA which is probably meant wheat, barley & beans were the chief vegetarian food
- They made bread and cake of flour
- Milk and its sub products like ghee, butter & curd are favorite Commodities of food
- The flesh of ox, sheep and goat was normally eaten, Horse flesh was eaten only on of horse sacrifice
- In case of beef only barren cows called VASAS were scarified.
Dress
- Both males and females wore practically the same dress
- Upper wear is called as ADIVASA ,and lower wear is called as VASA
- Ornaments like gold and precious stones were worn by both sexes like ear-ring, finger-ring, armlet, necklace etc..
- The KURIRA was some king of head ornament worn specially by brides. NISHKA, RUKMA & MANI were other popular ornaments
- Men’s grew beards and moustaches, but sometime also shaved.
- Write a note on educational system during early Vedic period?
- During that age period UPANAVANA-CEREMONY is initiative of studies of child by producing him before the teacher had become popular
- Father provided education to his children
- For further studies, sent to live with his teacher, The instructions were provided orally by the teacher student has to memorize
- At that period there was no art of writing
- Probably scripts came to be used by them only near about 700 bc
- Basic aim of education is to development of mind and character building
