History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
The earliest Vedic literature comes from a background of:
AAgrarian economy
BPastoralism ✓ Correct
CSettled agrarian economy
DCommercial urban economy
Correct answer: (B) Pastoralism — The answer is pastoralism, the background of the earliest Vedic literature.
Explanation
★The answer is pastoralism, the background of the earliest Vedic literature.
★Cattle were the main form of wealth and the chief object of dakshina or gift.
★Agriculture was negligible compared to the rearing of cattle.
★The pastoral subsistence economy fostered tribal cohesion among the Aryans.
★The predominance of pastoralism helped form a patriarchal social structure.
★Settled agriculture and urban economy belong to later Vedic and post-Vedic phases.
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