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The oldest Veda, composed about 3500 years ago, is the:

ARigveda
BSamaveda
CYajurveda
DAtharva
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rigveda
1. There are four Vedas. 2. The Rigveda is the oldest. 3. It has more than a thousand hymns. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 4, What Books and Burials Tell Us._
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