C.V. Vaidya points out that the Brahmin families who have preserved the Rig Vedic tradition are, at present, only to be found in the Deccan, Konkan and some parts of south India: all places south of the Vindhyas, where ḷ exists in the local languages.61 We do not have, for the Rig Veda, other versions from other parts of India to compare with: they did exist, but they have been lost.
