HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Vedic philosophy : Time and place Vedas constitute the most ancient of Indian philosophical thought. According to Max muller the vedas were invented by Indo-European Aryan tribes around 1500 BC when they invaded India and conquered the native people.This interpretation of Vedas however has been disputed.The vedas mention a lost river Saraswati around which they lived. The riverbed of this river has been discovered and more than a thousand settlements have been found along it. This river gradually dried up due to tectonic shifts from 6000 BC onwards. The vedas mention this river as full and flowing and presumably belong to this time and age. Rigveda is the oldest Veda and it mentions a tribal life ,partly nomadic. It is possible that around 6000 BC. scattered Bronze Age settlements were present along river saraswati and Indus and its tributaries.The archaeological evidence of settlements of this age has been discovered along th...