Rig Vedic Age or Early Vedic Period
(1500-1000 BCE)
During the Rig Vedic Age, Aryans were mostly confined to Indus region. The Rig Veda refers to Saptsindhu or the Land of Seven Rivers. This includes five rivers of Punjab namely Satluej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum along with the Indus and Saraswati.
The political, social and cultural life of the Rig Vedic people can be traced from the hymns of the Rig Veda.