1500 BC INDIA HINDU VEDA REG VEDA

The Rigveda, a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns and one of the four canonical Hindu śruti texts, composed in an early form of Sanskrit around 1,500 BC in the region corresponding to modern Punjab. Only one of its many original branches, the Śākala śākhā, survives today.

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• Date — 1,500 BC
• Where — Punjab region, north-west India; a textual and oral tradition rather than a single archaeological site. 31.0000, 75.0000 — approximate
• Evidence grade — WEB-PHOTO

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