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[13] An on-line review of Rajesh Kochhar’s book by
Koenraad Elst is available at following URL:http://
koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/reviews/
kochhar.html
Another review by K. Chandra Hari is available online
at the URL:http://sarasvati.simplenet.com/
book_review1.htm
[14] A laudatory overview of the conference, where
these remarks were made by Victor Mair, is available
in a webpage ( http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/
~witzel/mt26i.html ) maintained by Michael Witzel
[15] In a similar manner, Kuiper [2000] speculates on
the Munda origins of the Kanva priests, who have
contributed numerous hymns to the 8th and other
Mandalas of the Rigveda.
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[19] See message number 2735 dated 11 December
2000 at the Indic Traditions Discussion list at the URL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indictraditions/
[20] See also Witzel [2000:291]
[21] I want to emphasize very strongly that I am not
denying the role that chariots have played during
Bronze-Age warfare in general, as discussed by Drews
[1993:104-134]. However, the notion of an elite
overpowering an entire culture merely by merely
migrating to that area is too romantic. I shall discuss
this viewpoint elsewhere. For details in the functions
and ritual uses of the Vedic chariot, refer Sparreboom
[1985]. Kulkarni [1994:15-33] has described the Vedic
chariot in the Samhitas, Brahmanas and Sutras quite
exhaustively, proceeding on with the later
descriptions of chariots in the Indian tradition. For a
recent scholarly and up-to-date work on IE linguistics
and chariots/horses, refer Raulwing [2000].
[22] It appears sometimes that T. Elizarenkova is still
an invasionist. In a recent publication for instance
[1995:41], she flip-flops between ‘entered’ and
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‘invaded’, and says: “The role of the forests in the RV
might also have bearings on the studies of the
prehistory of the Aryan tribes that invaded India”.
(emphasis added)
[23] An on-line review of this volume by Koenraad
Elst is available at the following URL:http://
koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/reviews/hock.html
Abbreviations:
IA = Indo-Aryan
IE = Indo European
IIr = Indo-Iranian
IVC= Indus Valley Civilization
PIE= Proto Indo-European
RV = Rigveda
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