Around 1,500 b.c.e., religious practices and beliefs began to solidify in India. This period is known as the Vedic Period.
Explanation:
In Indian history, the Vedic Period (a.k.a. Vedic Age) generally refers to the period between 1500 – 500 B.C.E. This is the most important period after the one of the Indus Valley Civilization: First, the rise of the northern states of India called the mahaajanapadas took place. Moreover, the the four-layered system of social order (called the chaturvarnya) was born and it established the caste system in India, (consisting of the priestly class of brahmins, the warrior class of the kshatriyas, the trading and farming class of the vaishyas, and the working class of the shudras.)
It is important to mention that the period is called Vedic because the Vedas were being composed: the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.
