Re: [tied] Re: Proving India is the Indian Homeland

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From: vishalsagarwal

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Subject: [tied] Re: Proving India is the Indian Homeland

--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote:
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> [Piotr:] I haven't seen any Harappan chariots as yet; the presence
or absence of horses is really irrelevant inasmuch as horses don't
speak Indo-Aryan or PIE, and the evidence of "Vedic" fire altars in
the Indus Valley materials is debatable,

VA: On Fire Altars, numerous examples may be given although some Linguists will continue to deny them. For a start, here is a quote - ...

 

Linguists have absolutely nothing to say about them. Linguistics is about language, not fireplaces. I said that the evidence is debatable not because I am qualified to discuss archaeological findings (are you?) but because from my reading of the relevant literature I get the impression that the evidence _is_ debated by specialists.

 

Piotr