How old are the Vedas
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The Vedas are among the oldest sacred texts. The bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region (Punjab) of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. 1500 and 1200 BCE, although a wider approximation of c. 1700–1100 BCE has also been given.
The Vedas are some of the oldest religious texts in the world, and their origins can be traced back several millennia. The precise dating of the Vedas is challenging due to their oral transmission and the lack of concrete historical records. However, scholars generally agree on the following approximate timelines:
Rigveda: The oldest of the four Vedas, it is believed to have been composed around 1500-1200 BCE. Some scholars suggest that parts of it might date back even earlier, possibly to 1900 BCE or more.
Samaveda: Derived largely from the Rigveda, it is estimated to have been composed around 1200-1000 BCE.
Yajurveda: It is believed to have been composed between 1200-1000 BCE, around the same time as the Samaveda.
Atharvaveda: It is considered to have been composed around 1000-900 BCE, making it the youngest of the four Vedas.
The Vedas were transmitted orally for many centuries before being written down. The oral tradition is believed to have been established by the middle of the second millennium BCE. The written form of the Vedas is thought to have emerged much later, around the early first millennium CE.
These texts are foundational to the religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions of Hinduism and have had a profound influence on Indian civilization.
Copy of the oldest available Rig Veda, written in the year1464, is registered at the UNESCO website. It was submitted for registration by India in 2007 and accepted. The two nominators were :
(1) Dr Sudha Gopalakrishnan (Mission Director), National Mission for Manuscripts,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
New Delhi 110 001
India
AND
(2) Dr M. G. Dhadphale (Retired Professor of Sanskrit and Pali, Fergusson College, Pune)
Honorary Secretary,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Following is from the UNESCO website
There is no proof of the Rig Veda being written thousands of years earlier as is often claimed. It mentions the Buddhist Stupas, pointing to the fact that this version of the Rig Veda must have been compiled sometime after the Buddha and before (or in) 1464.
Following is courtesy of Historian Rajendra Prasad Singh Ji