torical Vedic religion (also known as Vedism or (anachronistically) ancient Hinduism[a]), and subsequent Brahmanism, constituted the religious ideas and practices among some of the Indo-Aryan peoples of northwest INDIA and the western Ganges plain of ancient India during the Vedic period (1500–500 BC). These ideas and practices are found in the Vedic texts.The spread of the Vedic culture in the LATE Vedic period. Aryavarta was limited to northwest India and the western Ganges plain, while Greater Magadha in the east was occupied by non-Vedic Indo-Aryans.[The location of shakhas is labeled in maroon.The Vedic religion developed during the early Vedic period (1500–1100 BCE), but has roots in the Eurasian steppe Sintashta culture (2200–1800 BCE) and the subsequent Central ASIAN Andronovo culture (2000–900 BCE), and possibly also the Indus Valley Civilisation (2600–1900 BCE).[7] It was a composite of the religion of the Central Asian Indo-Aryans, itself "a syncretic mixture of old Central Asian and new Indo-European elements",[8] which borrowed "distinctive religious beliefs and practices"] from the Bactria–Margiana culture;and the remnants of the Harappan culture of the Indus Valley.During the late Vedic period (1100–500 BCE) Brahmanism, also called Brahminism, developed out of the Vedic religion, as an ideology of the Kuru-Pancala realm which expanded into a wider area after the demise of the Kuru-Pancala realm. Brahmanism was one of the major influences that shaped contemporary Hinduism, when it was synthesized with the non-Vedic Indo-Aryan religious heritage of the eastern Ganges plain (which also gave rise to Buddhism and Jainism), and with local religious traditions.Specific RITUALS and SACRIFICES of the Vedic religion include, among others: the Soma rituals; Fire rituals involving oblations (havir); and the Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice)The rites of grave burials as well as cremation are seen since the Rigvedic period. Deities are different from Hinduism, and include Indra, Agni and Varuna. Hope it's helpful for you ☺