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Revision as of 22:47, 25 December 2005 by Dbachmann (talk | contribs) (rm to my version, cat; no potshots, source criticism (academic).)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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, Witzel 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)