I do not know a lot but " Rig-Veda" leads to the fact that it is a doctrine of then "Aryan" civilization-"civilization  means passage of time we need to remember this fact. Aryan believed to have migrated from central asia, todays Turkimenasthan to the Indus River then they moved to eastward along the river " Godavari, Sindh, Saraswati" towards the gangetic plain. I guess saraswti river is already died . Hindu still worship these three rivers even today. Rig Veda were practiced long before pyramid were built. It is a bronze age doctrine, while people in the west practicing " stone hinge" in the Indian Subcontinent, Veda were praticed. As time passes there were some new heroes or GOD were established, such as Rama and Krishna, incarnation of lord Vishnu. This must have been the time when whole hindu regilion got weaker and they need some hero GOD to revamp it. This is how new GODS were added. Coming back to Rig-Vedas god, " Indra is still worshiped in Nepal, if not in India, Rudhra-is lord Siva still worshiped, Vayu is still worshiped, Vrihaspati guru of Astrology still a major component of astrology, Bramha-is still worshiped they say " aham bramha-letter become aham " mama"  means " I am the god" or " God/Brahma" resides on me. As mentioned " SOMA", as I know, according to rig beda is a " weeds/or kind of jadi buti" -a plant product used to make " Soma Ras" a tea-which is a drink of Indra, may be a kind of aphrodaisiac of that period, and still found in turkiminsthan and afganisthan and people out there still drink it. "Som Ras" is not alcoholic beverege as misunderstood by many, it is a herbal drink to stimulate/energize the nervous system.

Dravidian civilization came lot later than "aryan" and they are believed to have came from east africa sailing across then Arabian Sea. Their culture related water in Kerala further justifies it. However, by this time Rig Veda must have become a popular doctrine around the indian sub continent. This is why later part we see the invlovement of south india in advancing hindu doctrine.  Rama born in ayodhya north india went to Lanka and worshiped Lord Siva in Ramesworam south india, Krishna was Born in Mathura south india and has enourmous impact in North India-Hastinapur-or Delhi. Basically it appears that this time Hindus were active wanted to spread their religion. During this course lot of god/goddess were omitted this might be the reason why there are some conflicts in south/north indian practicing of hinduism. We  also know that, Great aryan civilizations were always challenged some time by western writers saying aryan came from Germany which is total false and some time some religious scholars. But the truth is Harappa and Mohenzodaro was built long before the Madhurai temple was built in south asia. Varanashi was developed when peopel form Mohenzodaro moved towards east of gangetic plain. Vedic and aryan civilization has more written manuscripts/hieroglyphs etc which mention presence of " himalaya" "sumeru parbat" as well as " sagar" sea, arabian sea. Few years ago, they discovered evidences of  civilization in arabian sea near Gujrat. So I find hard to belive that hindu relgion does not have any link to aryan or vedic civilization.

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