Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c5.63
Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c5.63
- Language
- English
c5.63
The race and the language of the Tochari is a difficult problem. It was once supposed that they brought it from Europe and spoke the Centum language with the Italo-Celtic affinities discovered in Chinese Turkestan. Today two dialects said to be A and B the languages of two states in northern part of Chinese Turkestan A of Agni-Karachar (Turfan) and B of Kucha are known, and that none of these languages could be the language of historical Tochari, who invaded Bactria as their name is aspirated while dialect A and B have no aspirates.