The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c24.118

v1.c24.118

¹ ^1 A convenient summary of these now familiar facts will be found in F. Spiegel, *Die arische Periode*, Leipzig, 1887. Throughout the present chapter the terms 'Irān' and 'Irānians' are to be taken broadly, so as to comprehend Persia and its people in the widest significance—whether Medes, Persians, or Bactrians—as forming a special division of the Indo-Irānian branch of the great Indo-European, or Indo-Germanic, stock. The designation 'Āryan' should really be restricted (as is done by scholars) to the common bond represented historically by the Hindus and the Persians.