The vedas are sacred texts read by buddhists.
a. true
b. false

The Vedas are the secret texts of Hinduism - not Buddhism, so the statement is wrong and the answer is b.False.
They are the oldest scriptures of Hinduism -after that came the Upanishadas. 

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