Re: Mitanni and Matsya

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> On 2008-04-03 06:39, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > The Vedas refer to events that happened c. 1500
> BCE,
> > over a thousand years before they were written
> down.
> > Supposedly, they were transmitted orally rather
> > faithfully and because of this, linguists can date
> > with relative precision when they were written.
>
> You mean "composed", don't you?
>
> Piotr
>

That's a good question. My understanding is that they
were written down around the time writing arrived in
India but composed shortly after the events. Someone
on the list will know more details.



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