The+Vedic+Age

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By 1500 B.C. the Aryans were living in ther Indus Valley, Aryan(s) means "the noble one(s)." The Aryans introduce the social structure, they also brought new religion with many gods in it. They put there hymsand prayers in the holy scriptures known as the Vedas. This is why the Vedic Age is called the __VEDIC__ Age. The Vedas are a collection of hundred sacred hyms. For thousands of years Indians passed the vedas down by mouth in a language called Sanskrit NOT Sanskript. In 500 B.C. the Indians relearded the art of writing and started to collect Vedas and put them into writing. The best known Veda is the //Rig Veda// it includes more than a thousand hyms. They mostly praise the Aryan gods and goddesses representing natural forces such as the sky, sun, and fire.