References

1. Schafer, Jim G., Lichtenstein, Diane A.; Migration, Philology and South Asian Archaeology; in ‘Aryan and Non Aryan in South Asia; Ed. by Bronkhorst, Johannes and Deshpande, Madhav M. (Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora vol. 3); 1999



2. Schafer, Jim G., Lichtenstein, Diane A.; The Concepts of ‘Cultural Tradition” and “Palaeoethnicity” in South Asian Archaeology; in “The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia” ed. by Erdosy, George (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin); 1995



3. Kennedy, Kenneth A. R; Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races; in “The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia” ed. by Erdosy, George (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin); 1995



4. Elst, Koenraad; “The Vedic Corpus Provides No Evidence for the so-called Aryan Invasion of India”; 28 October 1998. Available on-line at http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/KoenraadElst/articles/vedicevidence.html



5. Talageri, Shrikant; Aryan Invasion Theory and Indian Nationalism; Voice of India; New Delhi; 1993



6. Vaidya, Ramagopal Shastri; Veda mein Arya dasa yuddha sambandhi paschatya mata ka khandana; Ramalal Kapoor Trust; Sonepat (Haryana)—in Hindi



7. Bryant, Edwin F.; Linguistic substrata and the indigenous Aryan debate; ‘Aryan and Non Aryan in South Asia; Ed. by Bronkhorst, Johannes and Deshpande, Madhav M. (Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora vol. 3); 1999


8. Witzel, M., Lubotsky, Alexander and Oort, M. S; F. B. J Kuiper: Selected Writings on Linguistics and Philology; Rodipi; Atlanta/Amsterdam; 1997



9. Hock, H. H.; Through a glass darkly: Modern “racial” interpretations; in ‘Aryan and Non Aryan in South Asia; Ed. by Bronkhorst, Johannes and Deshpande, Madhav M. (Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora vol. 3); 1999



10. Witzel, M.; Early Indian History: Linguistic and Textual Parameters; “The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia” ed. by Erdosy, George (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin); 1995



11. Witzel, M.; Rgvedic History: Poets, Chieftains and Politics; in “The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia” ed. by Erdosy, George (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin); 1995



12. Witzel, M.; Aryan and non-Aryan names in Vedic India; in ‘Aryan and Non Aryan in South Asia; Ed. by Bronkhorst, Johannes and Deshpande, Madhav M. (Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora vol. 3); 1999



13. Talageri, Shrikant G.; The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis; Aditya Prakashan; New Delhi; 2000



14. Witzel, M; Tracing the Vedic Dialects; in Dialectes dans les literatures indo-aryennes; Publications de l’Institute de Civilization Indienne, Serie in-8, Fascicule 55, ed. by C. Caillat; Diffusion de Boccard; Paris; 1989



15. Elst, Koenraad; Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate; Aditya Prakashan; New Delhi; 1999



16. The website address of the Indian Civilization Discussion list is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indiancivilization



17. The website address of the Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization Website of Dr. Kalyanaraman is http://sarasvati.simplenet.com



18. Message no. 3 (dated April 11, 2000) in the public archives of the Sarasvati Discussion list. The website of the discussion list is http://sarasvati.listbot.com/



19. Dr. Kalyanaraman’s message on 15 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 451



20. Dr. Witzel’s response on 15 July 200 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 453



21. Vishal Agarwal’s message on 21 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 508



22. Dr. Kalyanaraman’s message on 17 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 454



23. Dr. Kalyanaraman’s message on 22 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 509



24. Dr. Kalyanaraman’s message on 22 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 510



25. Dr. Kalyanaraman’s message on 01 August 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 533



26. Dr. George Cardona’s message on 17 July 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 474



27. Dr. Witzel’s message on 14 August 2000 on the Indology List (See archives for August 2000 at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/indology.html )



28. Koenraad Elst’s private communication to me and about 10 others on 11 August 2000



29. The Home of the Aryans. Fs. J.Narten, ed. A.Hintze. See the list of Professor Witzel’s publications at his homepage at http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwbib.htm



30. Caland, W (ed.); Baudhayana-Srautasutra; Asiatic Society; Calcutta; 1904, 1907, 1913



31. Koenraad Elst’s message on 18 August 2000 on the Indian Civilization List as message no. 642



32. Witzel, M. and Farmer, S; Horseplay in Harappa; cover story in the Indian magazine ‘Frontline’ (issue of 13 October 2000). The article is available online at
 http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/RAJARAM/FRONTLINE.htm

Note that the magazine is often considered to have a Communist orientation.



33. Chakrabarti, Dilip; Colonial Indology–Sociopolitics of the Ancient Indian Past; Munshiram Manoharlal; New Delhi; 1997; 257 pp.

An online review of the book by Dr. D. P. Agrawal, a noted Indian archaeologist, is available at
http://www.picatype.com/dig/dm2/dm2aa06.htm

Also reviewed in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 118.2 (April-June 1998) by Rosane Rocher



34. Kak, Subhash; Indology and Racism. Available online at http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITindologyframeset.html



35. Michael Witzel’s post on the Indology list on 5 April 2001. Available on-line at
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-shl/WA.EXE?A2=ind0104&L=indology&P=R1715



36. Romila Thapar’s lecture titled “The Aryan Question Revisited” is available on-line at http://members.tripod.com/ascjnu/aryan.html



37. Sharma, Ram Sharan; Advent of the Aryans in India; Manohar; New Delhi; 1999



38. Tichy, Eva and Hintze, Almut; Anusantatyai; J. H. Roll; Germany; 2000



39. Tushifumi Goto; “Pururavas und Urvasi” aus dem neuntdecktem Vadhula-Anvakhyana (Ed. Y. Ikari); pp. 79-110 of Ref. 38 above



40. Witzel, Michael; On the Localisation of Vedic Texts and Schools; pp. 173-213 in “India and the Ancient World” ed. by Gilbert Pollet; Departement Orientalistiek; Keuven; 1987





ã Vishal Agarwal



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