Question

Categorise the following Vedic literature into Early Vedic and Later Vedic:

• A. Early Vedic- 1,2,3;
  Later Vedic- 4,5,6
• B. Early Vedic- 1,2,6;
  Later Vedic- 3,4,5
• C. Early Vedic- 1,3,4;
  Later Vedic- 2,5,6
• D. Early Vedic- 3,4,5;
  Later Vedic- 1,2,6

Answer 1

The correct option is B Early Vedic- 1,2,6;

Later Vedic- 3,4,5
The early Vedic literature comprises the four Principal Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads. Similarly, the Later Vedic literature includes the Sutras, the Vedangas, the Upavedas, the Darshanas, the Puranas, the Dharmashastras, and the Great epics or the Mahakavyas.