The Vedas were a collection of Aryan religious writings

yes they were

Explanation:

The Vedas were a collection of Aryan religious writings

earlier philosophers whose work influenced the enlightenment included bacon, descartes, locke, and spinoza. the major figures of the enlightenment included beccaria, diderot, hume, kant, montesquieu, rousseau, adam smith, and voltaire. it spread the ideas of the enlightenment across europe and beyond.