[INDOLOGY] The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story

Matthew Kapstein mattkapstein at proton.me
Thu Oct 16 22:32:24 UTC 2025


As this article includes discussion of the work of one of our list members, Michael Witzel, it may be of interest to many of you. Of course, the New Yorker is a journal intended for a broad readership and not academic specialists.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/20/review-the-roots-of-ancient-mythology-books

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

Associate
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein

https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949

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