CONTENTS:-
I. Early Vedic phase, c. 1500-1000 BC:
1. The Rigveda.
2. Antecedents and region of settlements.
3. Economy.
4. Society and polity.
5. Aryas and Dasyus and Dasas: the emergence of Four Varnas.
6. Religion.
7. Other aspects of culture.
II. Late Vedic Society, c. 1000-700 BC:
1. The Vedic corpus after the Rigveda, the Avesta.
2. Political history.
3. Economy.
4. Society.
5. Religion.
6. Other aspects of culture.
III. India, 1500-700 BC: The archaeological evidence:
1. Archaeological cultures of the Aryan zone.
2. Peninsular India.
3. The coming of Iron.
