Revisiting the Date of Rigveda | Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi | Sangam Talks
2,079Chronology of the Vedic literature, a plea to re-look at the date of the Rigveda.
It is well known that the Indian authors, unlike their Roman, Greek, and Chinese counterparts, never cared to mention the exact date of their literary creations. However, over the ages, historians have tried to round up on specific time-lines of the composition of the Vedas. Prof. Tripathi draws many parallels between the Indian and the corresponding European civilizations, drawing from a wide range of subjects like language, etymology, anthropology, ancient inscriptions, even astronomy, to determine a date for the creation of the Rigveda. According to him, there is much substance in the view that the Vedic hymns were traditionally handed down in various families of sages and were subsequently collected into various samhitas or collections. The timelines for these collections, being ‘the beginning of the kali era’ could be in or around 3000 B.C., while the composition of the hymns as such goes back to a much earlier era around 4000 B.C.
About the Speaker:
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi, Indian research administrator, educator. Recipient Gold medal for proficiency in Sanskrit German Academy Exchange Service, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1962-1966, Certified Honor, President India, 2005. President Bhasha-Sangam Society, Allahabad, 1985-1991, Uttar Pradesh Government Sanskrit Academy, 1992-1995.
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