VEDIC RELIGION:
the religion of the ancient ARYAN invaders of India which is found in
the G VEDA and other early Indian literature. It is similar to ancient Greek
RELIGION being rich in MYTH and RITUAL involving GODS, SACRIFICE and heroic deeds. Life
affirming and worldly and very different from later HINDUISM. Later Vedic religion tends
towards MONOTHEISM and eventually develops through a series of textual reinterpretations
through such works as the UPANISHADS into classical Hinduism which ignores and
even reverses many earlier concerns.