Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s1.40

c11.s1.40

If our inquiry up to this point, which has been based essentially on the Brâhmana Text, has yielded the probability, that, for the history of the spread of Vedic culture, a sharp distinction must be drawn between Kurus, Pañcâlas, and the peoples connected with them on the one hand, and the Eastern stocks, especially the Videhas and Magadhas on the other, now is the time to examine this hypothesis by the data which the Rik-Samhitâ supplies. We ask: Can we discern among the stocks, which are mentioned in the Rik-Samhitâ, a prominence or even an exclusive appearance of the circle which groups itself round the Kuru-Pañcâlas? We believe we shall have to answer this question in the affirmative.