Re: Mitanni and Matsya

When we talk of Vedas, we have to think of two things

1. When they were composed
 2. when the events described therein happened

When the Vedas were "written" is practically irrelevant because practically, it is considered that Vedas should not written down and hence, they might have not written until many centuries after the script has evolved.

Even today, we find it very difficult to find Vedas in their entirety in vernacular languages. In Telugu itself, hardly any work has gone in this regard barring a telugu translation of Dasarathi.

Kishore patnaik

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:53 AM, 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

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