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1. VEDIC RELIGION
Vedic Religion or Vedism is the religion of the ancient Indo-European-speaking peoples who entered India about 1500 BC from the region of present-day Iran; it takes its name from the collections of sacred texts known as the Vedas. Vedism is the oldest stratum of religious activity in India
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LEThe Indo-Iranians, i.e. speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, includes four different subgroups:
speakers of the Indo-Aryan languages (that is, the Indic branch); speakers of the Iranian-Aryan languages (both east and west - Iranian branch); speakers of the Dardic languages (Dard people, various ethnic groups living in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.) Dard, Pisaca, or Pisacha Languages, group of closely related Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan. They are often divided into three subgroups: Kafiri, or Western; Khowari, or Central (spoken in the Chitral district of northwestern Pakistan); and the Eastern group, which includes Shina and Kashmiri. and those of the Nuristani languages. (of the people of Nurestan Province of Afghanistan.)
