An article on the conflicting views of the origns of the Pali language (and
the over-reliance on the innuendo of the Ashokan inscriptions) that I wrote
a few months bago, based on controversies encountered in compiling a book
I'm working on:

http://www.indology.net/article36.html

Further controversy would be appreciated from any who have read it.

E.M.

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