No definite date can be ascribed to the composition of the Vedas, but the period of about 1500–1200 bce is acceptable to most scholars.

How old are Vedas in years?

The Vedas date back to 6000 BC, Sanskrit scholars brainstorming on the dates of the ancient texts at a conclave organised by Delhi University's Sanskrit department said on Saturday. This amounts to the Vedas getting older by 4500 years compared to what we thought.

What was the first Veda to be composed?

The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.