[INDOLOGY] Article on Panini in Friday Times, a Pakistani news paper

[Madhav Deshpande]

Please correct "colleage" in my message to "colleague".  Sorry.

Madhav

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> I found an interesting popular article on Panini by Salma Mahmud, a
> Pakistani reporter.  My late colleage Professor Ian Catford from the
> University of Michigan many years ago visited Chota Lahur, the old
> Śalatura, in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, and told me that the local
> farmers had heard about Panini being from their town.  My other colleage
> from Michigan, Professor Peter Hook brought a potsherd from this place for
> me.  So I have the pleasure of physically touching an object from the
> birthplace of Panini.
>
> --
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
> 202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
> The University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA
>



-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA


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