Talk:Timeline of Hindu texts
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What about the oldest surviving manuscripts for each of the scriptures[edit]
We have the best estimates of dates of composition, but no list of manuscript dates, which ought to be crucial. A chart like the one below ought to be offered.
Document Estimated date of composition.................................................Oldest manuscript studied to conclude date of composition
Rigveda, 1500 – 1100 BCE[1][2] Samaveda, 1200 - 800 BCE[2] Yajurveda, 1100 - 800 BCE[2] Atharvaveda, 1000 - 800 BCE[2] The early Upanishads were composed over 900 - 300 BCE.[2][3]
Others[edit] Mahabharata, 400 BCE[4][5][6](Origins likely in the 8th or 9th century BCE)[5] Bhagavad Gita, 400 BCE[2] Ramayana, 400 BCE[4][7][8] Samkhya Sutra Mimamsa Sutra, 300-200 BCE[9] Arthashastra, 400 BCE - 200 CE[10] Nyāya Sūtras, 2nd century BCE[11] Vaiśeṣika Sūtra, 2nd century BCE[12] Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 100 BCE - 500 BCE[13] Brahma Sutra, 500 BCE[14][15] Puranas, 250 – 1000 CE[16] Shiva Sutras, 120 BCE[citation needed] Abhinavabharati, 950 - 1020 CE[citation needed] Yoga Vasistha, 750 CE [17][18] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:D200:7000:A8FF:4479:58D4:F7C0 (talk) 21:33, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
Conflict![edit]
Bhagavad Gita is part of Mahabharata. The date mentioned for Bhagavad Gita is 3000 BCE - 2900 BCE, which is nearly correct (best estimation is 3102 BC), since it is part of Mahabharata how can Mahabharata's date be 400 BCE - 400 CE?. Also, all the Vedas find their mention in Bhagavad Gita, how can their dates be in future when compared with Bhagavad Gita's?
Wiki.Gunjan (talk) 00:27, 18 February 2016 (UTC)