This book deals with the period 1500 BC - 700 BC when the sacred Sanskrit Rigveda texts were transmitted orally.  It explores aspects of geography, migrations, technology, economy, society, and religion in the Vedic corpus and draws on this to reconstruct the lives of ordinary people.  A separate chapter reports on major regional cultures as revealed by archaeological evidence, with particular refrence to the dawning of the Iron Age.  Hardback.  100 pages.  Very good clean condition.  Cat No 4181