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| '''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 ]. He is editor-in-chief of the ] (EJVS). | '''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 ]. He is editor-in-chief of the ] (EJVS). | ||
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Witzel has become involved in controversies surrounding the so-called ] debate pursued by Hindu nationalists (]). Witzel has defended mainstream academic views of the ] against Hindutva claims equating ] with the ], involving claims of decipherment of the ] (Farmer, Sproat, Witel 2004). | ||
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| *Steve Farmer, Richard Sproat, and Michael Witzel, '' The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization'', EVJS, vol. 11 (2004), issue 2 (Dec) (]) | |||
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| He also has a track record of publisihng works that disprove the claims of the socalled Hindutva Movement. He also runs a hate group which spreads racial discrimination. | |||
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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 editor-in-chief of the Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies (EJVS).
Witzel has become involved in controversies surrounding the so-called Aryan Invasion Theory debate pursued by Hindu nationalists (Hindutva). Witzel has defended mainstream academic views of the Indo-Aryan migration against Hindutva claims equating Vedic civilization with the Indus Valley civilization, involving claims of decipherment of the Indus Script (Farmer, Sproat, Witel 2004).
References
- Steve Farmer, Richard Sproat, and Michael Witzel, The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization, EVJS, vol. 11 (2004), issue 2 (Dec) (PDF)