One of the Creation Poems of the Rig-Veda Provides the Earliest

question 13

Multiple Choice

One of the creation poems of the Rig-Veda provides the earliest allusion to __________.

• A) the belief that men are superior to women
• B) the four-fold class (varna) system that would later evolve into the complex Indian caste system
• C) the universe being essentially the body of a giant
• D) the importance of human sacrifice for the ordering of social life
• E) none of the above

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