Indian religions these hero stones to bless them with victory. The documented history of Indian religions begins with the historical Vedic religion, the religious practices of the early Indo-Aryans, which were collected and later redacted into the "Samhitas" (usually known as the Vedas), four canonical collections of hymns or mantras composed in archaic Sanskrit. These texts are the central "shruti" (revealed) texts of Hinduism. The period of the composition, redaction and commentary of these texts is known as the Vedic period, which lasted from roughly 1750 to 500 BCE. The Vedic Period is most significant for the composition of the four Vedas,
Vedas (horse) the Jockey Club after riding his own horse to defeat in a match race at Sandown which involved highly suspicious betting patterns. Vedas earned £5,150 on 1905. Vedas remained in training as a four-year-old but in April it was announced that he had "broken down badly" and would not race again. He was reported dead shortly afterwards. In their book, "A Century of Champions", based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Vedas an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas. Vedas (horse) Vedas (1902 – 1906) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 1904