[world-vedic] Vedic Era

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Kailash Srivastava wrote:

>When did vedic period start and end?

>This may look a primitive and stupid question but I need to know. I guess

it

>ended with the demise of Lord Krishna but I do not know when it started.

 

The best guess of the Encyclopedia Britannica places the

writing of the Vedas between 1500 and 800 BC(E). See:

 

http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,121169+2,00.html

 

Another source says the Vedas were originally thought to be from

7000 BCE to 2500 BCE, but now "most" scholars:

 

http://www.hronline.com/aryasamaj/vedicp.html

 

A third source I've dug up on the net for you provides

astronomical evidence that a verse from the Rig Veda

is from 6500 BCE: it observes a winter solstice at (Aries).

This sources presents various theories and tries to come

up with a timeline consistent with the evidence. (He

says 10,000 years old.)

 

http://www.tamilnation.org/heritage/hindutimeline.htm

 

So, it seems that estimates vary fairly widely. The

only thing we can be sure of is that it predates

Classical Greek Culture by a long time. :-)

 

Bonnie Scott