Analogies,valid and invalid (was Re: Scenario of language replacement)

[rohan.oberoi at CORNELL.EDU]

Dear Vidyasankar,

I think we would all like to see more rigour in the discussion.  To
that end, please do the following: instead of making vague, sweeping
assertions ("Indologists vehemently claim...", "it is said that...",
etc), please cite references to specific writings by specific
Indologists who make the claims you are talking about, so that those
comments can be directly discussed on their own merits.

Vague generalisations vitiate both the atmosphere and the rigour of a
discussion.

Regards,
Rohan.


>Still, I would like to see some rigor in the discussion, because I am
>curious to learn.  When it is said that arguing against the Aryan
>Invasion Theory is like flogging a dead horse, it seems to me that
>invasion has been ruled out, presumably for good reasons. The
>dichotmomy that you attribute to me is not of my creation. I would
>like to see a professional Indologist who prefers to talk of an Aryan
>Migration Theory explicitly accept that invasion(s) have not been
>ruled out.