Timeline of Hindu texts

Hindu scriptures are traditionally classified into two parts: śruti, meaning "what has been heard" (originally transmitted orally) and smriti, meaning "what has been retained or remembered" (originally written, and attributed to individual authors). The Vedas are classified under śruti.

Quotes

• It was once said that dates in Indian studies are like bowling pins, set up only to be knocked down later. I do not think that this ought to stop us from making suggestions.
  • S. H. Levitt, "Vedic–Ancient Mesopotamian Interconnections and the Dating of the Indian Tradition", Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 93 (2012), pp. 137-192