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Appendix 1 - Resolving the Ancient Language Problem |
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Punjab now contains five and not seven rivers, it may be added that
the Saraswati, biggest of them in Vedic times, dried up about the
same time as the so-called Indus Valley civilization disappeared
around 1800 B.C. and another river Drishadvati, now known as Naiwala,
is going dry.
Students of the Rigveda are familiar with the battle of ten Kings. The relevant hymns have been variously interpreted. Most of these interpretations cannot stand scrutiny. The details, however, do not concern us. Pertinent for us is the fact that the names mentioned there help us identify various Iranian peoples. The Parthus are obviously Parthians of latter-day Iran, the Parsus the Persians, the Pakthas the Pakhtoons or the Pathans, the Bhalanas the Baluchis (witness Bolan pass), the Visanins Pisaca (Dardic people), and the Bhrigus ancestors of the Phyrgians.
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