Composition of the Rigveda
Hymns to the gods become Hinduism's oldest text
In north-western India, Vedic Aryans began composing Sanskrit hymns to their gods, later gathered as the Rigveda. Passed down orally for centuries, it is the oldest scripture of Hinduism and a key Indo-European text.
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