LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ASIAN LITERATURE
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The Vedas
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The Veda
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The Crazies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest Indian literature took the form of the canonical Hindu sacred writings, known as the Veda, which were written in Sanskrit. To the Veda were added prose commentaries such as the Brahmanas and the Upanishads.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vedas are considered as the oldest surviving literature of Indian subcontinent. The Vedas were believed to be from the pre-vedic period.
Detailed explanation-3: -The knowledge about the Aryans comes mostly from the Rigveda-samhita, i.e. the oldest layer of the Vedas, which was composed c. 1200–1000 BCE. They brought with them their distinctive religious traditions and practices.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Epic of Gilgamesh started out as a series of Sumerian poems and tales dating back to 2100 B.C., but the most complete version was written around the 12th century B.C. by the Babylonians.