Bhairitu wrote: > What should be taken from "Vedic Society" is the > practice of meditation... > Most historians agree that the Vedic Age was over after 1500 B.C. with the composition of the Vedas. After that came Brahmanism, then Buddhism, then Hinduism. There's no mention of meditation or any other yogic excercise in the Rig Veda. What John is reading about in the Srimad Bhagwatam is Vedic "literature", the puranas, which in almost all cases has nothing to do with the Vedas or Vedic society.
> many kings... > Monarchy in India was not invented until after the the time of the historical Buddha. The "kings" mentioned in Rig Veda were clan priests, not Kings of Government such as Asoka.
