HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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About 4500 BC
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1500 BC
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1500 BC to 1000 BC
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1000 BC
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its composition is usually dated to roughly between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE. According to Michael Witzel, the codification of the Rigveda took place at the end of the Rigvedic period between ca. 1200 and 1000 BCE, in the early Kuru kingdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Age of RigVeda Max Muller gives arbitrarily the date of composition of Rig Veda to be around 1, 200 to 1, 000 B.C.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rig-Veda is a collection of over 1, 000 hymns, which contain the mythology of the Hindu gods, and is considered to be one of the foundations of the Hindu religion.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.