Transcript Ppt 2

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. Why did acces to Vedic ritual matter?
IV. Why did IA migrants gain power in
SA?
IA language-using migration to
SA
1500 BCE start migration
Ganges River Valley
Contact, competition, collaboration
1500-500 BCE larger social units emerge
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
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
Why Did Access to Vedic
Ritual Matter?
Fragile created world
Ritual uses small-scale model of created
world
Ritual orders created world
Why Did IA Migrants Gain
Power in SA?
2-way influence not separation &
domination
Technology
Ideology