TY - BOOK ID - 78073003 TI - The Rig-Vedic and post-Rig-Vedic polity (1500 BCE - 500 BCE) PY - 2015 SN - 1622730437 9781622730438 1622730267 9781622730261 9781622730360 1622730364 PB - Wilmington, Delaware DB - UniCat KW - Vedic literature KW - Hindu civilization. KW - Civilization, Hindu KW - Vedic civilization KW - Civilization KW - Hinduism KW - History and criticism. KW - Vedas. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - India. KW - R̥igveda KW - R̥gveda KW - Rg Weda KW - R̥gveda-saṃhitā KW - R̥g-Veda-saṃhitā KW - Rigvedasamkhita KW - Rig Veda KW - Ригведасамхита KW - Āśvalāyanaśākhīyā R̥gvedasaṃhitā KW - Bharat KW - Bhārata KW - Government of India KW - Ḣindiston Respublikasi KW - Inde KW - Indi KW - Indien KW - Indii͡ KW - Indland KW - Indo KW - Republic of India KW - Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa KW - Yin-tu UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78073003 AB - The book critically examines and assesses the literary evidence available through Vedic and allied literature portraying the nature of Vedic polity, the functionalities of its various institutions, and the various social and religious practices. The book is not a narrative but critically examines the nature of changes in a host of these areas that occurred at each stage of Vedic polity from early Vedic period to post Ṛig-Vedic period. It outlines in historical perspective the various stages involved in the development of Vedic polity and Vedic canon and how the two processes have gone along ER -