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Re: Age of the Rig Veda
On 7 Mar 1996, BAD SKULL wrote:
> I am working on a project regarding the age of the Vedas. Modern western
> views date them to c. 1500BCE (the Rig veda). This is based on the
> concept of the aryan invasion theory. New evidence suggest that the
> aryans did not invade the indus valley c.2000BCE. It is suggested that
You are right. "New evidence" suggests that there was no aryan invasion,
that "aryan" is not a race of any kind and that the Veda were composed
much earlier than the presumed date (1500 B.C.). The emergence of the
myth of aryan invasion is inextricably linked to nineteenth century
European politics and there craze to "conquer" the world - even using the
mode of education and history.
Instead of further delving into the details of the politics, I attach in
the following three mails some answers to your questions regarding the
antiquity and continuity of the Veda. Please write to me if you need any
further information.
I am posting only the first three parts of the 6-part article "Antiquity
and Continuity of Indian History", since there are alone significant to
your query.
Sasneha,
Prasad.
