The latter prevails already in the
Rigveda and is presumably the younger formation.
attested in the
Rigveda in connection to the Agvins: the sea, the rescue, and the Sun Maiden.
233: Dahl translates Pururavas' threat to commit suicide in X.95.18 after Jared Klein, Toward a Discourse Grammar of the
Rigveda, vol.
One issue he also points out is that there are considerable chronological gaps between the periods in which the Oxus or Oxus-Steppe communities moved south and the first Iranian speakers (Medes, Achaemenids, and possibly their ancestors) emerged in Iran (1000-300 BC) with the
Rigveda being written down for the first time (probably around 500 BC).
So if we are to believe the story of the
Rigveda, then Lahore was very much a major capital city of the Punjab 3,700 years ago.
In 1500 BC, the
Rigveda described the illness as Rajayakshma, "King of Diseases.
*-[e]r- extension attested in Sanskrit tamra 'dark' (
Rigveda)
In the
Rigveda, the word Arjuna is used (R.V.1/122/5) for the first time (Anonymous 2011).
It was mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit script
Rigveda, dating as far back as 2000 BC.
In the
Rigveda, one of Hinduism's most ancient texts, Samara " the mother of dogs " assists Indra, the ruler of heaven, in retrieving stolen cattle.