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“To sum up, we have argued that the Indo-Iranian speakers appeared on the central Asian scene in c. 2000 BC. This was the time when the urban phase of the Harappan tradition was coming to an end. The Indie speakers first appeared on the northwestern doorstep of the Indian subcontinent during c. 2000-1700 BC. They were not the Ṛgvedic people. They independently combined with the post-urban Harappans to set up late Harappan cultures: Cemetery H culture in Punjab, Jhukar in Sind, and Rangpur in Gujarat.”
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
“We have pointed out that the oft-quoted date of 3102 BC for the Bh ārata battle is not mentioned or implied in the Purānas but arises from a misappropriation of Āryabhaṭa's astronomical work. We have argued in favour of c. 900 BC as the period of the Bhārata battle and shown it to be consistent with the archaeological and Vedic evidence.”
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
“The Soma cult along with the associated terminology is common to both the Ṛgveda and the Avesta (chapter 6). Soma is not known to the Indo-Europeans. It must therefore have been discovered in central Asia whose mountainous regions produce the candidate Ephedra plant. In other words, the Avestan and the Ṛgvedic people must have been living together in central Asia. Furthermore, Zoroastrianism presupposes the existence of the Ṛgvedic elements which it selectively retains (Vrtrahana, Soma) or negates (Indra, Devas). Zarathushtra himself is said to have been a Ṛgvedic hotr priest to begin with (table 4; chapter 3, p. 32).”
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
― The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
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