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Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

Ramayanic era. How is this possible if "writ<strong>in</strong>g" was not known <strong>in</strong> that era? The<br />

Yujurvedic Taittiriya Samhita and the Atharvaveda utilize the word "likha (to<br />

write)", although not as ancient as the RgVed, at least are of the Ramayana era.<br />

The art of writ<strong>in</strong>g was known by ancient Vedic peoples s<strong>in</strong>ce remote times.”<br />

http://www.h<strong>in</strong>dunet.org/alt_h<strong>in</strong>du/1994_2/msg00104.html<br />

However, history, archeology, or architecture does not support any such<br />

possibility. The Aryans who were nomads did mark their animals and properties<br />

with symbols to mark their ownership, which is still practiced among the D<strong>in</strong>ka<br />

and other tribes of Africa even though they do not have a script.<br />

The question then is how is that Vedas refers to it be<strong>in</strong>g written, when there were<br />

no writ<strong>in</strong>g systems <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>. There are two possible alternative solutions:<br />

1. These verses are corruptions or redactions to the orig<strong>in</strong>al text and are not<br />

really part of the orig<strong>in</strong>al text. If such flagrant conceptual errors are found with<strong>in</strong><br />

the text, the <strong>in</strong>tegrity of the text and transmissions are then <strong>in</strong> question.<br />

or<br />

2. Vedas themselves were composed only after 5 th Centaury BC at the earliest..<br />

Now look at the time l<strong>in</strong>e:<br />

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