In the Punjab, poets compose the hymns of the Rig Veda to Indra, Agni, and the gods of the sacrifice; the collection becomes the oldest and most authoritative layer of Hindu scripture, preserved orally with exacting precision for millennia.
Tagged: Hindu Shaivism Vaishnavism
The Event
- Date
- c. 1900–1500 BCE (approximate)
- Era
- Indus and Vedic; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Punjab; today Punjab, Pakistan and India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Shaivism, Vaishnavism
- Key texts
- Rig Veda
Primary Sources
- Rig Veda Samhita
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Doniger, The Hindus: An Alternative History (Penguin, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0302; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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