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[Star Wars] How far back does the Republic know of its own history?

I'm going through Knights of the Old Republic again and it made me wonder, does the Republic have any records of these events? What about the Mandalorian Wars or the formation of the Republic? What is the earliest event that the Republic still has records of?
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Pre-Purge, the records reached back thousands of years, roughly 25 000 BBY, to the formation of the Old Republic.

Though, there are some sources that have records stretching back almost 40 000 BBY, such as the Temple of the Ancients on Lehon, which was home to the Rakata of the Infinite Empire, who are responsible for most of what we see as "natural" on certain planets (extreme tree growth on Kashyyk, Tatooine being a desert instead of it's natural forests, etc)