Vedic Age

The Rig Veda is an ancient collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It consists of thousands of such hymns of several seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses. It is one of the four cononicals sacred text (Shruti) of Hinduism known as 'Vedas.'

The correctly matched order is :
Rig Veda - Aitariya
Samaveda - Panchvisha
Atharvaveda - Gopatha
Yajurveda - Shatpatha

The correctly matched order is :
Rig Veda - Aitariya
Samaveda - Panchvisha
Atharvaveda - Gopatha
Yajurveda - Shatpatha

The Gopatha Brahmana is the only Brahmana, a genre of the prose texts describing the Vedic rituals, associated with the Atharvaveda. The text is associated with both the Shaunaka and the Paippalada recensions of the Atharvaveda.

There are two branches of Yajurveda-Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda. Vajasneyi is the Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda. Shukla Yajurveda is available only in the poetic form whereas Krishna Yajurveda contains both poetic as well as prose form.

Rig Veda is the oldest Veda. It comprises of 10 Mandals. The 9ᵗʰ Mandal of Rig Veda comprises 114 hymns dedicated to 'Soma.'

Rig Veda is the oldest Veda. It comprises of 10 Mandals. The 9ᵗʰ Mandal of Rig Veda comprises 114 hymns dedicated to 'Soma.'

Yajurveda in Sanskrit means 'wisdom of sacrificial formulas.' This Veda, compiled a century or two after the Rig-Veda, contains prose and verse formulae that were to be pronounced by the priests performing the manual part of the sacrifice. It describes in prose about the procedural details of performing different rituals and Yajnas using the hymns of the Rig Veda. The Samhitas of Yajur Veda are divided into two parts: Shukla or write Yajur Veda and Krishna or black Yajur Veda.

The Samaveda is shortest among all the four Vedas. It is closely connected with the Rig Veda. It has taken many verses from the Rig Veda. The Samaveda is compiled inclusively for ritual application and all of its verses are meant to be chanted in ceremonies. Samaveda Samhita consists a total of 1875 verses. Amongst these except 75 or 99 verses, all of them are compiled in Rig Veda.

Atranjikhera is a prehistoric and historic excavated archaeological site on the bank of Kali river, a tributary of Ganga. This site was first identified by Sir Alexander Cunningham in his survey report in 1861-62 but excavated by R.C. Gaur. A Trial trench put in 1962, was followed in the next year by digging an a small scale. Regular excavation was started in 1964. The earliest evidence of iron used in the region dated back to around 1000 B.C.