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The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c16.s1.63

The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c16.s1.63

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c16.s1.63

After all the Sumerian flood-legend, which got transformed into various versions like Babylonian, Hebrew etc., might have one more in the Sanskrit version. Could it not be that the Manavas represent the Pre-Aryan or Dravidian, as suggested by Pargiter? This miscegenation could only result from a long co-existence and contacts between the various cultural elements. Archaeology certainly points to that; and what has been described in this book as the Proto-historic tri-junction, is the area to look for it.