History · From State to Empire
UGC NET September 2013 History
Which of the following is not correct about the Vedic age?
ASome portions of the Rigveda seem to have been added later
BThere is evidence of the existence of brahmavadinis
CThe varna divisions started during its later phase
DThe society was wholly matriarchal ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) The society was wholly matriarchal — The claim that the society was wholly matriarchal is not correct, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The claim that the society was wholly matriarchal is not correct, so that is the answer.
★Vedic society was in fact patriarchal, with the father as the head of the family.
★So describing it as wholly matriarchal is wrong.
★Some hymns of the Rigveda, like the tenth book, were indeed added later.
★Learned women called brahmavadinis did exist in the Vedic age.
★The fourfold varna order took clearer shape only in the later Vedic phase.
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