--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>But as an author of linguistic essays he's done enough harm to his
>own reputation.
Indologists, who at least one classical language and texts
from India well, do not take Dr. Paul K Manansala's attribution
of many Indian cultural and lexical wealth to Austronesian.
You can check prof. Witzel's points in his replies to
Dr. Manansala in the list, Indology @ Liverpool archives.
I've hard time accepting that the Churning of the Ocean
story between devas and asuras described in Mahabharata epic
comes from Indonesia, volcanic eruptions etc., If I understand
some posts from PKM in Indology, that's the claim.
Regards,
N. Ganesan