Rig VedaRig Veda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic
Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas) in Hinduism. It is
counted among the four Hindu canonical sacred texts known as the
Vedas. Based on philological and linguistic evidence, the
Rigveda was composed roughly between 1700–1100 BC (the early
Vedic period) in the Sapta Sindhu region (a land of seven great
rivers) which is the region around present-day Punjab, putting
it among the world's oldest religious texts in continued use, as
well as among the oldest texts of any language. Today, this text
is revered by Hindus around the world. Its verses are recited at
prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions. The
text in its surviving form was redacted in the Iron Age. The
fixed text was preserved for more than a millennium by oral
tradition alone and was probably not put in writing until the
Gupta period. Considering its great age, the text is
spectacularly well preserved and uncorrupted. From the time of
its redaction, the text h