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There's a little contradiction on this and that's why we see such books investigating about authorship.
Many of Indian mythological/religious books written way before 7th century has a writer's name. Although scribes were dominant for the oldest texts books 'The Vedas'.
Indian mythology at first was only transmitted orally from gen to gen. And after 1 BCE they were properly written on paper/material.
Yes and this is the reason why the authorship for Bible or other Hebrew texts is searched. You won't find many books in Hebrew from the same period written by a specific writer. Was scribing popular in Hebrew culture for longer than that of India's?
Yes, Hebrew scribing was significant but mostly focused on royal records and religious texts. On the other hand, India’s writing traditions, like Sanskrit, have a much older history and were used for a wide variety of things, including science, philosophy, and storytelling.
You got good knowledge about Indian literature. How come this?
When I was a child my dad used to gift me a lot of books and encyclopedias and as I have mentioned earlier I have Asperger It was hard for me to make friends and thats why I was always in my room reading books and stuff! And you know what Mythologies were my favorite!
Cool. As a kid I was also very interested in mythological texts. I first read through the Mahabharata when I was 6. Then other texts including Vedas, puranas and Upanishads.
Awesome dude! I haven't studied this much.
Someome told me long ago and thats correct, Hebrew Bible was shaped by scribal communities and oral traditions, with much written during Jerusalem's 7th-century cultural peak, rather than by individual authors.