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What group was in the highest caste?

What are the Vedas?

Topic 4, Lesson 2 - The Vedic Age

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1
What are the Vedas?
sacred hymns
a language written in Sanskrit
priests who recited offerings
the number system of the Indo-Aryans
2
What group was in the highest caste?
priests
landowners and merchants
dalits
rulers and warriors
3
How did the early Indo-Aryans measure their wealth?
in the number of chariots they owned
in cattle
in corn
in horses
4
Where did the Indo-Aryan kingdoms develop by 500 BCE?
Brahmaputra Plain
Ganges Plain
southern coast of South Asia
Indus Valley
5
Why was the Ganges Plain a good region for settlement?
A.It was protected by mountain ranges on all sides.
It was near the ocean.
It provided lush, tropical forests.
It provided fertile, flat land.