Book 5 [...] even knows, in a hymn not suspected as an addi… - Michael Witzel

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Book 5 [...] even knows, in a hymn not suspected as an addition, of the Yamunā.

Michael Witzel

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Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist and academic. Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50-80). He is an author on Indian sacred texts and Indian history, and a critic of the "Indigenous Aryans" theory and of right-wing Hindu activists. In 2005, he attracted the scorn of Hindu activists when he opposed their attempts to influence USA school curricula in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history.

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The so-called ‘invasion’ of IA speakers is not (yet) visible in the archaeology.

Since the SarasvatI, which dries up progressively after the mid 2nd millennium BC is still described as a mighty river in the Rigveda, the earliest hymns in the latter must have been composed by C.1500 BC. (p. 98)

“all these geographical notes belonging to diverse hymns are attributed to one and the same poet, SyAvASva, which is indicative of the poet’s travels.” [about Mandala 5 of the RV]

Book 5 [...] even knows, in a hymn not suspected as an addition, of the Yamunā. - Michael Witzel

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