Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi

RIGVEDA & CULTURE OF PUNJABI COLONISTS
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The Aryans of the Rigveda period also claim
that some of their gods exist in couples. Some of
them are gods and some goddesses. The Aryans
also believed that if sacrifices are offered to the
gods, they will show favour to the devotees. Rig-
gives full details of these sacrifices.
Mr Taylor in his book, Primitive Culture ,
has
also mentioned Suttee whiie giving a description
of the customs of the Rigveda Aryans. He has
quoted many hymns from Rigveda which show
that when some big man died, his servants.
wives and other relations also killed themselves
in order to join him in his travels. This has been
attested by Herodotus also in his “Diary”.
Professor Bradley Keith is regarded as a
great scholar of
opinion that Rigveda is also
Sanskrit and Rigveda. He is of
the greatest source
for the political life of its period, because the
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colonists of the Rigveda peiiod have not left
behind them any cultural remains which could
throw light on their alliances, hostilities and
political activity. Professor Bradley Keith also
says that in this respect Rigveda is the only
source which every student of ancient history is
obliged to make use of .
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