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The four basic Vedic texts used by Hindus is a collection of hymns and other ancient religious texts written in India between about 1500 and 1000 BCE. It includes elements such as liturgical material as well as well as mythological accounts, poems, prayers, and formulas considered to be sacred by the Vedic religion. These Vedic texts are called, the Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-Veda, and the Athrava-Veda. The Rig-Veda is "Knowledge of the Hymns of Praise", for recitation. The Sama-Veda is "knowledge of the Melodies", for chanting. The Yajur-Veda is "Knowledge of Sacrificial Formulas", for liturgy. The last text is the Athrava-Veda, which is the "Knowledge of Magical Formulas", named after a kind of group of priests. The Rig-Veda has 1,017 hymns, the Sama-Veda has 1,549 hymns, the Yajur-Veda has 1,017 hymns, and the Athrava-Veda has 730 hymns. An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain defined conditions through the Church's help. People named Indulgence Hawkers would carry around indulgences in a box and sell them to late Catholics. Martin Luther was a German monk who questioned the leadership and theology of the Catholic Church in 1517. The Catholic Church sold indulgences in the late medieval period, and their sale motivated Martin Luther to present his "95 Theses". Hajj is a pilgrimage made to Kaaba, the 'House of God', in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th.