An alternative history of IE languages and the AIT.

[Axel Michaels]

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>Anshuman Pandey said:
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>>    The above explanations and scenarios answer many problems philologists
>> have faced and raised for around 200 years. It also settles the question
>> of the cultural unity of India. The Aryans and Dravidians together shaped
>> the languages and culture of India.
>>   (Source: Aryan Invasion Theory and Indian Nationalsism By S.G. Talageri, and
>>            The Hindu Phenomenon By Girilal Jain)
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>We are going to go on getting this sort of material periodically posted
>to INDOLOGY for the simple reason that the ideas are out there, being
>energetically promoted by Hindu fundamentalists and others who may not
>realize the sinister communalist and anti-muslim agenda that underlies
>and accompanies such propaganda.
>
>Do any of the INDOLOGY members who are professional university-level
>teachers of Sanskrit, Old Persian, Greek, Tamil, archaeology, or other
>relevant topics, have time to put together a short, careful response to
>such claims, pointing out the principle evidence for the received
>opinion concerning Indian pre-history?  Or perhaps someone already has a
>document of this kind on their PC?  Perhaps someone has written some
>book reviews of the above books or the materials by Frawley, Kak, or
>similar contemporary writers?  I feel sure that someone amongst us who
>deals professionally with PIE, historical phonology, early archaeology,
>etc., has the appropriate materials readily to hand.  The resulting
>statement could be added to the files available from the INDOLOGY
>file-server, or could be sent on an individual basis to enquirers.
>
>This would be a singular service to INDOLOGY.
>
>Dominik
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