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Telageri has put it, the evidence is overwhelming that eight groups
of Anus mentioned in the Rigveda and the Puranas (seven of those
being from the ten peoples named in a single historical incident)
are the ancient and modern Iranian peoples, covering practically all
the major ones: the Medes, the Persians, the Parthians, the
Phrygians, the Khivs, the Dards (Pisacas), the Baluchis and the
Pakhtoons. These peoples are today found stretched out westwards
from Kashmir right up to Asia Minor:
Dr.S.R.Rao, the well-known
archaeologist, has provided a valuable Foreword which
powerfully reinforces Telageri's case on the strength of
archaeological evidence. Dr.Rao himself is a linguist of no mean
achievement. Indeed, he has deciphered the script of the Indus
Valley seals. This has begun to win wide, though not yet universal,
recognition among scholars. Though the non-discovery so far a
bilingual seal remains a handicap, Dr.Rao's work is convincing in
that it links the seals with a concrete (Vedic) culture, while
others have speculated about a Dravidian culture which they have not
defined.
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