Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century
Decades: 240s 250s 260s 270s 280s - 290s - 300s 310s 320s 330s 340s
Years: 286 287 288 289 290 - 291 - 292 293 294 295 296
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... Vedic and Avestan. The oldest form of Sanskrit is Vedic, in which the Vedas, the earliest Sanskrit texts, were composed. The earliest of the Vedas, the R^igveda, was ...