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Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed?
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Gujarat
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Punjab
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Rajasthan
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Uttar Pradesh
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Punjab is where the hymns were written. So, the answer is option A. Punjab. Note: The Rigveda is one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language, according to philological and linguistic evidence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rigveda, (Sanskrit: “The Knowledge of Verses”) also spelled Ṛgveda, the oldest of the sacred books of Hinduism, composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 bce, in what is now the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rigveda Samhita is the core text and is a collection of 10 books (maṇḍalas) with 1, 028 hymns (sūktas) in about 10, 600 verses (called ṛc, eponymous of the name Rigveda).
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