Vedic COMMON Indra ATK 10 DEF 8 SPR 8 SPD 9 INT 6 CHA – WIS – END – Special Vajra Strike Vedic Indra as supreme deity c. 1500–800 BCE; peak hymnic veneration c. 1500–1200 BCE (Rigveda); gradual demotion begins c. 800 BCE with rise of the Upanishads and Puranic deities