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,
Glossary of ancient Roman religion collective, core knowledge of the augural college. Some scholars consider them distinct from the "commentarii augurum" (commentaries of the augurs) which recorded the collegial acts of the augurs, including the "decreta" and "responsa". The books were central to the practice of augury. They have not survived, but Cicero, who was an augur himself, offers a summary in "De Legibus" that represents "precise dispositions based certainly on an official collection edited in a professional fashion." The "libri pontificales" (pontifical books) are core texts in Roman religion, which survive as fragmentary transcripts and commentaries. They may have been partly annalistic, part priestly;