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	'''Michael Witzel''' (born ]) is Wales Professor of Sanskrit ~~and Chair of the Committee on South Asian Studies~~ at ]. He has been teaching Sanskrit since ]. He is noted for his studies of the dialects of ], old ] and the development of ].		'''Michael Witzel''' (born ]) is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at ]. He has been teaching Sanskrit since ]. He is noted for his studies of the dialects of ], old ] and the development of ].


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	==External links==		==External links==
	*http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm		*http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm

	*http://hamilton.indymedia.org/newswire/display/144/index.php

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Michael Witzel (born 1943) is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University. He has been teaching Sanskrit since 1972. He is noted for his studies of the dialects of Vedic Sanskrit, old Indian history and the development of Vedic religion.

He is criticized for asserting the controversial Aryan Invasion Theory.