Vedic society Historians have analysed the Vedas to posit a Vedic culture in the Punjab region and the upper Gangetic Plain.[50] Most historians also consider this period to have encompassed several waves of Indo-Aryan migration into the subcontinent from the north-west.[51][52] Vedic people believed in the transmigration of the soul, and the peepul tree and cow were sanctified by the time of the Atharva Veda.[53] Many of the concepts of Indian philosophy espoused later like Dharma, Karma etc. trace their root to the Vedas.[54] The swastika is a major element of Hindu iconography. Early Vedic society consisted of largely pastoral groups, with late Harappan urbanisation having been abandoned.[55] After the time of the Rigveda, Aryan society became increasingly agricultural and was socially organised around the four varnas, or social classes. In addition to the Vedas, the principal texts of Hinduism, the core themes of the Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are said to have their ultimate origins during this period.[56] The Mahabharata remains, today, the longest single poem in the world.[57] The events described in the Ramayana are from a later period of history than the events of the Mahabharata.[58] The early Indo-Aryan presence probably corresponds, in part, to the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture in archaeological contexts
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