The Rig Veda is the oldest known book in the world

The Rig Veda, one of the oldest books in existence, is one of the four Hindu sacred writings known as Veda. There are four Vedas in total: the Atharva Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Rig Veda.

The Rig Veda is a collection of 1,028 hymns known as Suktas, which means well-said in English. It was written about 3,500 years ago. Since the Rig Veda was only printed 200 years ago, it was initially learned orally. The hymns honor God and Goddesses, particularly Agni, the god of fire, Indra, the god of war, and Soma, the god of the holy brew.

Vedic Sanskrit, a member of the Indo-European language family, is the language used to write the Rig Veda. The hymns are composed in the style of conversations between people or between people and natural elements. Rig Veda has prayers for sons, horses, livestock, and other things besides gods. The hymns make reference to horses because they were linked to chariots and employed on the battlefield. The conflicts were waged to seize individuals as slaves, as well as cattle, land, and water. At that time, there was no concept of an army, therefore every man participated in combat.