ARC3080 Town Planning Vedic Village Khan Amadur Rahman

ARC-3080 Town Planning Vedic Village Khan Amadur Rahman Assistant Professor Department of Architecture

Various Ages �Stone age (7000– 3000 BC) �Bronze age(3000– 1300 BC) �Iron age (1700– 26 BC)

Period �Early Vedic 1700 B. C. -1100 B. C. Ø Nomadic Life � 1100 -500 B. C. Ø Use of iron to clear forests. Ø Settled into Indo-gangetic plains. Ø End of the period around 500 B. C. � 500 -320 B. C. Ø Development of Mahajanapadas. � 320 B. C. Ø Formation of the Mauryan empire.

Early Vedic (1700 -1100 B. C. ) https: //www. google. com/imgres? imgurl=https%3 A%2 F%2 Fupload. wikimedia. org%2 Fwikipedia%2 Fcommons%2 F 57%2 FEarly_Vedic_Culture_%

Early Vedic (1700 -1100 B. C. ) �Rigveda was composed from 1700 B. C. to 1100 B. C. �Oral Tradition. �Battles between Aryans and Dasas and Dasyus. �Battle of ten kings b/w Bharatas led by their chief Sadus and Purus and their allies. �Bharats lived in the upper region of river Saraswati and purus in the western lower region. �Bharatas won and merged Purus to form kuru tribe. �Around 1000 B. C. the vedic society settled to form agriculture.

Late Vedic 1100 -500 B. C. https: //www. google. com/imgres? imgurl=https%3 A%2 F%2 Fupload. wikimedia. org%2 Fwikipedia%2 Fcom mons%2 F 57%2 FEarly_Vedic_Culture

Late Vedic 1100 -500 B. C. �Moving to Indo-Gangetic plains. �Heavy forests were cleared using iron axes. �Agriculture development demanded more resources. �More conflicts occurred. �Yadavas moved south to settle around Mathura. �Anga east to Magadha formed the eastern boundary of the kingdom. �The Narmada river formed the southern limits.

Late Vedic 1100 -500 B. C. �The tribes bonded and formed large political units. �Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice) was started to achieve supremacy over other kings. �This strained the relations b/w various political units. �By 500 B. C. the political units consolidated to form large political states called the Mahajanapadas. �Urbanisation began and trade and travel started over large distances. �This political, linguistic and cultural change marked the end of the vedic period.

Political system �Rajan �Purohit �Senani �Dutas (envoys) �Spash (spies) �Sabha (meeting of the chieftains). �Samiti (meting of all tribeman). �Rajan ruled by the help of chieftains. �Later vedic sees development of Raja who was supreme and formed rajyas.

Economy �Professions of warriors, priests, cattle–rearers, farmers, hunters, barbers, and crafts of chariot– making, cart–making, carpentry, metal working, tanning, making of bows, sewing, weaving, making mats of grass and reed. �Barter system with cattle as currency. �Slavery. �Agriculture along with carpentry, leather work, tanning, pottery, astrology, jewellery, dying increased in later vedic period.

Social system �The Sam, yajur and athar ved were written. �Caste system was absent in the early period. �Social heirarchy from Rajan to Dasi. �Social mobility. �Patriarchial society. �Monogamy, Polygamy, polyandry, remarriage.

Social system https: //www. pinterest. com/pin/789607 747138019690/ • Later vedic developed varna system. • The role of women deteriorated. • The heirarchy seems to be a bit blurred. • Indication of limited social mobility.

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