What are the Vedas? Are they sacred messages from gods or expressions
of nomads and tribal? What time period they came into existence? And where? What
is unique in each of those four Vedas?
This book answers those questions by extracting concrete
information from the oral tradition and archaeology. It sheds light on mantras
and rituals that became bedrock of Hinduism and also contributed significantly
to Buddhism. From this book I came to know that Gayatri Mantra we recite is one of the 1028 shloka's from Rigveda.
This is a thoughtful
and a remarkable book. It helps to understand the religious subject from
historical perspective.