Geographical Area : Vedic Age

Features Early Vedic Period Later Vedic Period
Location
  • Early Aryans were based in and around Indus and its tributaries (Western India)
  • They called it Sapt-Sindavah(land of Seven Rivers)

Saraswati (Ghaggar-Hakra Channel) was considered the holiestriver
  • Later Aryans moved to eastern areas(up to Bengal) with the help of fire and Iron tools
  • The core area wasthe Kuru-Panchala region (Indo-Gangetic divide and the upper Ganga Valley)(see image)

Story of Videga Madhava (in Satapatha Brahmana): Videga Madhava moved east of River Gandak with help of fire god Agni
Reference to Sea No referenceto Sea in Rig Veda (term ‘Samudra’ meant the collection of water and not sea) Acquired knowledge of Eastern and Western Sea and also ofNarmada and Vindhyan Mountains

Geography of the Vedic Age