Michael Witzel
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WESTWARD HO! The Incredible Wanderlust of the Ṛgvedic Tribes, Exposed by S. Talageri Open
Review of: Shrikant G. Talageri, The Rigveda. A historical analysis. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan 2000, pp. xxiv, 520. ISBN 81-7742-0s10-0. Rs. 750; http://voi.org/books/rig/
Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan. (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic) Open
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Early Sanskritization. Origins and Development of the Kuru State Open
The Mahābhārata is, by and large, the tale of a great battle between two sections of the ancient Kuru people of the Haryana/W. Uttar Pradesh region, as told at the snake sacrifice of the post-battle Kuru king Parīkṣit. Since the Vedic text…
The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization Open
Archaeologists have long claimed the Indus Valley as one of the four literate centers of the early ancient world, complete with long texts written on perishable materials. We demonstrate the impossibility of the lost-manuscript thesis and …
Vala und Iwato: The Myth of the Hidden Sun in India, Japan and beyond Open
In this paper two fundamental myths and the related rituals from archaic India and old Japan are compared. Exploring their close mutual relationship offers the chance of taking another look at comparative mythology in a wholly new way. Thi…