Jhelum is a major tributary of the Indus that flows from a spring at Verinag, located at the foot of the Pir Panjal in Kashmir's south-eastern valley. It was historically known as 'Vitasta' by the ancient Greeks.

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The Aryans' garments were classified as Nivi, Paridhan, and Adhivasa.

One of the Boghazkoi inscriptions demonstrates that the Aryans originated in Central Asia and traveled from Iran to India.

There are four Vedas in total: the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda, and the Atharva Veda. The youngest of the four Vedas, Atharva Veda, was not present when Vedatrayi was introduced. As a result, Atharva Veda is not included in Vedatrayi. It is also known as 'the book of magic and charms'.
It dates from 1000 to 600 BCE.

During the Vedic period, the Ravi River was known as Purushni. The Ravi River is a transboundary river that runs through northwest India and East Pakistan. This is one of the Punjab Indus basin's six rivers (Punjab means "five rivers").

Panchjanya is the collective name for the five most ancient vedic tribes. It is assumed that they are all descended from the Five Folks and are known by that name, for example, Yadav for Yadu's descendants, Paurav for Puru's descendants, and so on. The Kikat tribe does not belong to the Rigvedic aryan Panchajahya.

• Iron was first discovered in India at a number of locations, each associated with a different chronological and cultural phase.
• In north India, important sites include Ahichchhatra in Bareilly, Jakhera and Atranjikhera in Etah, Hastinapura in Meerut, and Kausambi in Kausambi.

The Rigveda's Samvada-sukta is thought to contain the fundamentals of Indian drama.

The trade was dominated by a class of merchants known as 'Pani'. The terms "ganas" and "sreshthins" clearly refer to the formation of guilds or corporations to facilitate trade and commerce.