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Irfan Habib Quotes

born 1931 India

Irfan Habib (born 12 August 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the approach of Marxist historiography.

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Without undue modesty, we can say we know more about India’s past than Marx did.

But it seems likely... that Sarasvati/Harakhvati was the name for the Helmand. Otherwise it is difficult to understand how Sarasvati could be put between Sindhu and Sarayu as the major intervening river in RV X, 64.9.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Irfan Habib (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.