Vedic texts don't count. Use Mesopotamian, Hittite, Levantine or Mycenaean sources.And I mean true IE cultures, living in tents as barbarian nomads. Not Hittites and other institutionalized ones.Also, mention recognized really possible IE society, not tribes with unknown languages (Guttians, etc.).
>>18658202Maybe Gutians
>>18658202The Zoroastrian Avesta records memory of Ariyanem Vaejah, mythical homeland of the Aryans which is described as very cold
>>18658436>Zoroastrian Avesta records memory of Ariyanem VaejahIron Age.
>>18658488>what is oral traditionAnyway, to answer OP's question, the IE Hittites are first attested in Assyrian trading records from the beginning of the second millennium BC. Took me sixty seconds to look up, could have done it even faster if I asked an AI.
>>18658202Cuneiform tablets talking about the Mittani probably. Maybe the Amarna letter, idk.They (probably) had an Indo-Aryan ruling class under a Hurrian base. And Indo-Aryan words in Mitanni Hurrian only show up relating to the Military and Horses,
>>18658502Yes, iron age. possibly from the 15th century BC to the 4th century BCToo late
>>18658202>Vedic texts don't count.seems like a random exception. why?
>>18658202>What's the earliest mention to a Indoeuropean culture in the Ancient records?>The earliest historically attested records don't count.Fuck you and your bad-faith question, OP. No further comment.
>>18659099cause they were written down way later probably
>>18659099Too late. 1500 at best
>>18658706No, earlier than that. Starting around 1800 BC, firmly in the Bronze Age. What are you even talking about? This is such a weird question
>>18660527>Starting around 1800 BCThere's no evidence for such claim.
>>18660527I think you're demonstrating considerable ignorance regarding chronology. There were no separate Iranian and Indian groups in 1800 BC. at that time, Indo-Iranian groups existed within the cultural horizon of Andronovo. The Avesta doesn't date from that era, and I wish you good luck in proving that Zoroaster lived in the Middle Bronze Age
