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The Chronology of YogannIn IndianExact dates are extremely difficult to pinpoint when looking at yoga’s ancient history asnmany teachings were orally transmitted. The dates below form a rough guide:n• 2,500 – 1,500 BCE – Indus Valley civilization, where carved figures depicted in whatnmay be seated meditation postures were found. Untranslatable text accompanies thenfigures.n• 1,000 BCE – The Vedas are composed. “Veda” means knowledge. These teachingsndescribe rituals, hymns, practices, and spells.n• 700 BCE – The oldest Upanishads are written. A collection of orally transmittednteachings.n• 500 BCE – The Bhagavad Gita is written. Concepts of rebirth and a broadening ofnthe practice of yoga are clearly explained.n• 200 CE – The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are composed. Short, well-organized versesnexplaining the nature of the Self and an approach to self-realization.n• 600 CE – The beginnings of Tantra Yoga.n• 800 CE – Sankara’s “Advaita Vedanta” school of non-dual philosophy is formulated.n• 900 CE – Kashmir Saivism. One of the more clearly articulated non-dual yoganphilosophies, reliant on the transmission of grace from guru to student, calledn“Shaktipat.”n• 900 C.E (?) –Rajanaka Tantra. Horizontal model of yoga without the concept of ansingular, fixed attainment or enlightenment.