The hymn in the later portion of the …………. for the first time describes the origin of the four varnas.

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• The term ‘Shudra’ is mentioned in the ………… book of Rigveda, which was a later addition.
• The literary sources like the Sama, Yajur and the Atharva Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, the Upanishads etc.throw light on the ………… life and culture of the later Vedic period.
• The later Vedic text Aitereya Brahmana mentioned the worst position
• The original belief that one who is sick cannot cure others came to be radically transformed by the bodhisattva ideal, which appeared in the later phase of Buddhism known as …………….
• Like elsewhere, in ancient India the myth related to the origin of the world is related with the great flood as depicted in the ………… tradition.
• The ………….. contains both hymns and commentaries. It describes the performance of sacrifices.
• The ……………. describes the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. According to tradition, Vyasa was its compiler.
• The …………… ‘Anguttara Nikaya’ describes the society consisting of three states; Brahmana, Kshatriya and Gahapathi.
• There was a male god with three faces in Yogic pose surrounded by four animals depicted on the ………….. seals. It is identified as the pre-historic Siva or Pasupati.
• In Purusha-Sukta of the ………………, there is reference to the division of Hindu society into four classesnamely the Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and the Sudras.