See Vedic Wisdom has been here since time immemorial. There is no fixed time as to when the knowledge began or started. It was not started by any one person alone. It was something that people got when they went deep into meditation.
Many Rishis meditated and when they meditated they heard something in the deep silence. Whatever they heard, they started saying it and asked somebody to note it down. This was then passed down from person to person by word of mouth - The Oral Tradition.
Gurudev in Narayana in 1990. In August November 1990 during satsangs at the Bangalore ashram Param Poojya Sri Sri gave profound commentaries on the sacred Ashtavakra Gita which is primarily about awareness.