Later Vedic Period (1000-500 BC) Indian History General Knowledge

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Later Vedic Period (1000-500 BC)

  • The later Vedic society came to be divided into four varnas called the Brahmanas, rajanyas or kshatriyas, vaisyas and shudras, each varna was assigned with its duty.

KINGDOMS OF THE LATER VEDIC PERIOD

sl Kingdom Location
1 Panchal Bareilly, Badayun &

Farrukhabad in U.P

2 Kush inagar Northern region of

Uttar Prades

3 Kashi Modern Varanasi
4 Koshal Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh
5 Southern adra Near Amritsar
6 Uttara Madra Kashmir
7 Eastern Madra Near Kangra
8 Kekaya On the bank of Beas river

east of Gandhar kingdom

9 Gandhar Rawalpindi & Peshawar

 

Chronology of Foreign Invasion

•    518-486 B.C.: King Darius or Darus invaded India.
•    326 B.C.: Alexander invaded India.
•    190 B.C.: India-Greeks or Bactrians invaded India.
•    90 B.C.: Sakas invaded India.
•   AD. 151 Century: Pahlavas invaded India.
•    AD. 45: Kushanas or Yue-chis invaded India

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