Periode Weda
Periode Wea atau Zaman Weda adalah periode ketika Weda sedang dikumpulkan, sekitar pertengahn milenium kedua sampai pertengahan milenium pertama SM. Kebudayaan yang muncul pada periode ini, dikenal sebgai Peradaban Weda, berpusat di bagian barat laut anak benua India. Secara kronologis, fase awal periode ini terjadi bersamaan dengan periode Harappa Akhir sedangkan fase akhirnya bersamaan dengan kebangkitan Mahajanapadas, kerajaan Indo-Arya awal di India.
Setelah periode Weda berakhir, muncul zaman Kekaisaran Maurya (ca. 320 SM), zaman emas sastra Sanskaerta klasik.
Lihat pula
Referensi
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Bacaan lanjutan
- R. C. Majumdar and A. D. Pusalker (editors): The History and Culture of the Indian People. Volume I, The Vedic age. Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 1951
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- Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak "The Arctic Home in the Vedas", Messrs Tilak Bros., 1903
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Pranala luar
- (Inggris) Restoration of Vedic Wisdom (pdf), Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet