SV: Date of the Buddha and RV

[Erik Seldeslachts]

Koenraad Elst wrote:
>
> Prof. Fosse,
>
> One possible argument for multiplying the entities and
> positing the non-kinship of Vedic and Harappan would be any proof that the
> Harappans spoke a non-Indo-Aryan language; this language would then
> obviously show up in the Vedas, esp. in the cultural lore borrowed from the
> Harappans.  But that borrowed cultural vocabulary (e.g. in names of
> constellations and astronomical concepts) is conspicuously missing in Vedic
> literature (much in contrast with e.g. the Greek loanwords in later
> astrological treatises).
>

Also conspiciously missing is an ancient layer of non-Indo-Aryan place-names and
geographical names in the entire area of the Harappan civilisation.

Erik Seldeslachts
University of Ghent, Belgium