•Period from 1000 to 600 BC. •Aryans moved towards east in later vedic period. •The satapatha brahmana refers to expansion of aryans to the eastern gangetic plains. •Great kingdoms grew like kuru and panchala. •After the fall of kuru & panchala, other kingdoms like Kasi, Videha and Kosala came into prominence. •The later vedic texts also refer to the three divisions of India — Aryavarta (northern India), Madhyadesa (central India) and Dakshinapatha (southern India)

•Around aryans entered in India and came to be known as indoaryans. •They spoke sanskrit language. •Their initial settlement was in north western mountain and later they moved into indogangetic plains. •The period between 1500 BC & 600 BC is divided into early vedic period and later vedic period.

The word veda is derived from the root 'to know'. The vedic literature consist of 4 vedas — •vid' which means rig, yaiur, sama, atharva. NAME OF RIG VEDA YAJUR VEDA SAMA VEDA ATHARVA VEDA EARLIEST OF ALL VEDAS BOOK OF SACRIFICIAL FEARS BOOK OF CHAINTS BOOK OF AND CHARMS