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The Vedic Age - Short Trick

Homeland, rivers, polity, samskaras, gods, literature and philosophy — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Original Home of the Aryans

Which scholar placed the Aryan homeland where, and the Boghazkoi inscription.

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Scholar — Aryan homeland

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Tilak pointed to the Pole Star.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak=Arctic region

Daya met a kind Tibetan monk.

Dayanand Saraswati=Tibet

Max toured Central Asia.

Max Müller=Central Asia — the most accepted view

Das babu counted seven rivers.

A.C. Das=Sapta Sindhu region

Pen made in Germany

Penka=German plains

A rhyme about bacteria

J.G. Rhodes=Bactria

William bought a ticket to Europe.

William Jones=Europe

Ginger tea in Hungary by the Danube

P. Giles=Hungary (Danube)

The bogie rolled towards Turkey.

Boghazkoi inscription=c. 1400 BC, Asia Minor (Turkey) — treaty of a Hittite and a Mitanni king · calls to witness Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the Nasatyas

Why they spread fast — horse-drawn chariots, good bronze weapons, armour (varman), the siege engine purcharishnu · "Aryan" today denotes mainly a language group.

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Rig Vedic Rivers

The Rig Vedic names of rivers and their names today.

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Polity and Officials

The order of tribal units, the Battle of Ten Kings, the officials’ duties and the later Vedic systems of rule.

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Economic Terms

Words from the early and later Vedic economy and what they mean.

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Ashramas, Marriage and Samskaras

The four ashramas, the eight forms of marriage and the sixteen samskaras — in order.

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Gods and Sacrifices

The gods with the most hymns, deities and their roles, and the royal sacrifices.

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Vedic Literature

The four Vedas and their priests, the Upavedas, the family books, each Veda’s Upanishads, Upanishad facts and the Shulva Sutra.

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Six Schools of Philosophy

The six orthodox schools and their founders.

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