Shrikant Talageri

"Witzel starts out with the intention of pitting the linguistic evidence of place-names and river-names against the evidence of archaeology; and he ends up having to try and argue against, or explain a…"

"An academic debate on any subject should concentrate on the pros and cons of the arguments presented by the two opposing sides in the debate; it should be conducted in an open and sincere atmosphere; …"

"The reader is struck by Witzel’s repeated disparaging remarks against the Puranas and their utility in the derivation of Indian history. Scholars who have read Witzel’s publications in detail inform m…"

"“Indian culture being the greatest and richest is not a narrow or chauvinistic idea; it is a demonstrable fact. It would be chauvinistic if it acquired an imperialist tinge: that other cultures are in…"

"“The earliest form of Indo-European speech was spoken in the interior of India, and in late prehistoric times, it spread out as far north and west as Kashmir and Afghanistan” . It developed into diffe…"

"Quite apart from the Aryan angle, the decipherment of the Indus Script by Dr. Rao is of great significance for Indian culture in another way: it proves that the South Arabic and Old Aramaic alphabets …"

"What adds to the force of the archaeological evidence is the fact that there is considerable acceptable archaeological, as also hydronomic, evidence, for the Indo-European intrusions, in the case of t…"

"They, therefore, postulate that some time had elapsed since the actual invasion and conquest, and it was the close ancestors of the composers of the hymns who had come from outside, and the composers …"