The Vedic period 1500 - 500 BC

The Vedic period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the history of India when the sacred Hindu texts such as the four Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads were composed in Vedic Sanskrit language. The origin of the Vedic civilization and its relation to the Indus Valley civilization, Indo-Aryan migration and Gandhara Grave culture related cultures remains controversial and politically charged in Indian society, often leading to disputes on the history of Vedic culture. The Rigveda is primarily a collection of religious hymns, and allusions to, but not explanation of, various myths and stories.

The Aryan invasion or migration

Many scholars today postulate an Indo-Aryan migration into India, proposing that early Indo-Aryan speaking tribes migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent in the early 2nd millennium BC. Many scholars postulate these Indo-Aryan tribes as originating in Iran, Kurdistan or Anatolia from where they migrated east into India .

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