The Gandharvaveda focuses on:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Art and music, highlighting the cultural aspects of the period.
The Gandharvaveda is one of the four Upavedas (subsidiary Vedas), the texts on practical arts and sciences linked to the four Vedas. It deals with music, dance and the performing arts and is attached to the Samaveda, the Veda of chants.
The four Upavedas:
Ayurveda — medicine (linked to the Rigveda or Atharvaveda)
Dhanurveda — archery and the art of warfare (Yajurveda)
Gandharvaveda — music and the arts (Samaveda)
Arthaveda / Shilpaveda — economics, crafts and architecture (Atharvaveda)