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The identification of the BhRgus with Soma is deeper, older and more significant: it is clear that the Soma plant originated among the BhRgus of the northwest, and it is they who introduced the plant and its rituals to the Vedic Aryans and their priests.

— Shrikant Talageri The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (2000)

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The essence of Tony Joseph's book is the new "genetic evidence".

To paraphrase himself: “give Witzel one archaeological site, and he will produce a comprehensive dictionary, complete with etymological analysis, of its language”.

Michael Witzel – An Examination of his Review of my Book (2001)

The family MaNDalas can be divided into Early Family MaNDalas (VI, III, VII) and Later Family MaNDalas (IV, II, V).

The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (2000)

Pargiter’s examination of traditional history produces a picture which tallies perfectly with our theory. He describes the expansion of the Aryans from the region around Allahabad into the northwest and beyond in great detail.

The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (2000)

Witzel’s criticism of my book contains only two “substantial” objections: the issue of an allegedly “original” vs. an allegedly “interpolated” (present day) RV, and the issue of the Anukramanis as allegedly “late” and “unreliable”.

Michael Witzel – An Examination of his Review of my Book (2001)

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