Ques. When do the Hindoos think that the world was created?
Ans. At an incredibly remote period; they say the present arrangement of the Vedas was made by a sage named Vyasa, some five thousand years ago.
Ques. What is the more correct opinion?
Ans. That they were written in the second thousand years before our era, a little later, probably, than the Books of Moses.
Ques. Had the Hindoos then conquered the country which now bears their name?
Ans. No; they were only crossing the borders of India.
Ques. In what form are the Vedas written?
Ans. In poetry. The principal Veda contains ten thousand double verses. These works are heavy and uninteresting, but very important to historians.
Ques. Why so?
Ans. Because they throw light on the early history of the Indian and European races.