 Complete the following phrase:  The post-Vedic period of the Second Urbanisation saw a decline of Brahmanism. At the end of the Vedic period, the meaning of the words of the Vedas had become obscure, and was perceived as a fixed sequence of sounds with a magical power, means to an end. With the growth of cities, which threatened the income and patronage of the rural Brahmins; the rise of Buddhism; and the 