Aryans without caste -4

.....The cattle stock in Rig Vedic period was the wealth of whole of the tribe; it was commonly owned. They were dependent on hunting and cattle rearing. When required they plundered other Aryan tribes and native people. There was no group wise grading in the commune based society. The private property institute was absent, No claim on land could be made since the tribe itself kept on moving from one place to another. All the cattle belonged to whole of the tribe. There was one king who sometime doubled as priest also. He was above others but had to function under the regulation of Sabha (committee) of the tribe. He did not have divinely ordained inheritable position of later days Brahmans and Kshatriyas.

These people moved along the banks of life giving rivers. The river Sindhu and Sarawati assume great importance in Rig Veda. The river Sindhu is now known as river Indus. The source of food was mainly hunting and cattle stock. The grain was not substantive part of the diet. Their food naturally included milk and dairy products. But alone, these are never sufficient for human body. So definitely the meat formed a major portion of their food. The source of daily meat was hunting. When the hunting was scarce, the livestock became the source of food. The cattle were killed and eaten meaning killing of cows also. However, in later times the cow eating was downgraded to the prohibited level and cow killing became the second highest crime next only to killing of Brahman. The people made a complete somersault to achieve this position in their coming eternal religion – the current Sanatana dhama. The eating of cow was downgraded to become a heathen act but, strangely, their beef-eating ancestors remained great. In the period after Rig Veda the cow came to be killed for feeding the guests. This invariably included butchering of cow and other animals which in fact was one of the major activities of Rig Vedic people. This profession of butchering was later to belong to the untouchables – actually it should not surprise anybody. To make them pure and more pure, the Brahmans degraded others as much as they could. Another important activity was that of skinning the dead cows and other animals. The skinning gains importance due to near absence of cotton from Rig Veda. The skins were used as clothes by Rig Vedic Aryans and also used to make tents to live in. This activity was later downgraded to untouchable level. The fire was also important as an object of worship and also for roasting the animals for the purpose of eating. In addition it also kept wild animal away. For worshipping they had Indra, Varun , Agni and Vayu and other gods. These gods were invoked to assure the victory in a war as well as for improving the general welfare of the tribe. The importance of war preparing ceremony and fire’s part in it was extreme - almost beyond describable point. These extremely and crucial activities were known Yagnyas...