Yoga in its earliest form back to 3100 BC, if not earlier. And Mohenjo-Daro as well, obviously.
Yoga meditation can thus be safely dated to have its origins as early as 5000 years ago, if not earlier. And to have originally been associated with a peaceful, mother goddess type of understanding.
Indian #carnelian #beads with white design, etched in white with an alkali through a heat process, imported to Susa in 2600–1700 BC. Found in the tell of the Susa acropolis. Louvre Museum, reference Sb 17751. These beads are identical with beads found in the #Indus Civilization site of Dholavira [ #Gujarat].
The next significant way that the #Veda is not like the #Bible is because it does not really use a chain of descent from #Adam.
In fact prior to its founders it says humanity went back "for ages and ages".
Its origin, #Ayodhya, is not modern Ayodhya, it may not be an actual place, may be a symbol, such as, evidently from Atharva Veda, a yogic symbol of the #human #body. Grammatically, ayodhya is an adjective, similar to #Invincible.
aṣṭācakrā navadvārā devānāṃ pūrayodhyā
tasyāṃ hiraṇyayaḥkośaḥ svargo jyotiṣāvṛtaḥ
Eight-wheeled, nine-doored, is the impregnable stronghold of the gods;
in that is a golden vessel, heaven-going (swarga), covered with #light
—Atharvaveda 10.2.31 —Translation by William Dwight Whitney
