[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v1.c8.55 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c8.55 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c8.55 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8.55) An alternative hypothesis has, however, been freely urged of late, which would see in the Aryan speech of the Rigveda no proof of real invasion of a people, and would, therefore, refer the religion of that Saṁhitā not to Aryans but to the aborigines, presumably the Dravidians, who are clearly the most important of the early inhabitants of India.⁵ With this theory may be conof such influence which are scanty in the Rigveda can be seen in greater abundance in the later texts. - [Previous: v1.c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8.54) - [Next: v1.c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8.56) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c8.55) · Pramāṇa