Oldest Books In The World
* The Rig Veda, one of the oldest books in the world, was composed nearly 3,500 years ago.
* The Rig Veda was written in Vedic Sanskrit.
* The Rig Veda contains 1028 hymns that praise different gods and goddesses.
* The Rig Veda also contains various hymns for cattle, horses and children.
How Men Became Rulers
* The Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda throw light n the society that existed during the later Vedic Period.
* The Varna system that existed during the later Vedic period was inflexible and was decided on the basis of birth.
* The rajas of the later Vedic period performed a ritual called the Ashwamedha to establish their supremacy.
* They then formed a mahajanapada, which had fortified capitals
* Under the mahajanapada, taxes were introduces to collect revenue to build fortified cities, and to pay the salaries of soldiers and labour.
