Question 1 - One word Answer - Chapter 5 Class 6 History - The Age of Vedas - History

The Rig Veda is divided into 10

Answer: 

Answer to be written in the exam:

Mandals

Explanation:

• The Rig Veda is the oldest Veda. It was composed about 3,500 years ago.
  
  
• It is divided into ‘10 mandals’ or books and contains 1,028 hymns. These hymns are in praise of different gods such as Indra, the god of rain, storm and war ; Agni, the fire-god : Varun- the sky god and many others.
  
  
• The Vedas contain important ideas about the nature of realit y, the purpose of life, and the relationship between humans and the divine.