Public Administration in Ancient India c4.13

c4.13

¹ Considerable doubts still exist as to the dates of composition of the Vedas, the Epics, the Smritis, and the Purānas. We do not propose to enter here upon a discussion of this controversial topic, but will content ourselves with a few remarks on the subject. The hymns of the Rig-Veda are considered to have been the earliest utterances of the Āryan race, and many of them go back to a very remote period, while the bulk of the Vedic literature seems to have been composed before 1000 B.C.