Contents : EXCERPTS FROM A VEDIC READER FOR STUDENTS BY ARTHUR ANTHONY MACDONELL (1854-1930) [1917] Scanned At Www.sacred-texts.com August 31, 2000. INTRODUCTION 1. AGE OF THE RIGVEDA. THE Rigveda is undoubtedly the oldest literary monument of the Indo-European languages. But the exact period when the hymns...