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That the Rig-Vedic aryans were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
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- There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
- Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows.
- Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
- All of the above
- There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
Correct Option: D
Economy in the Rig Vedic period was sustained by a combination of pastoralism and agriculture. There are references, in the Rig Veda, to leveling of field, seed, implements, yet the maximum references are made to ‘cow.’ Such terms as gotra, godhuli, goghana, gavya, gavyuti, etc shows the overwhelming place cow had in the period. The Vedic socio-economic-politico system revolved around cow.
