"A close reading of the Rg-vedic passages in which terms meaning white or light and dark or black are employed in refe…"

"[RV 1.100.18] is the only one among these that contains a word meaning white or light. Given that the very next line …"

"Examples 6-9 contain references to black or dark or even black skin; and Geldner's interpretation is almost consisten…"

"Moreover, to get his racial interpretation in [RV 4.6.13-14], Geldner has to unnecessarily assume "attraction", i.e. …"

"The word tvac 'skin' ... does not necessarily designate human or animal skin, but can also refer to the surface of th…"

"Moreover, in [RV 2.20.7 , 1.101.1] , Geldner's translations of the krsnayonih... as meaning 'having blacks or embryos…"

"Geldner's interpretation of [RV 9.73.5 , 10.116.4 ] strike me as even more arbitrary, given the limited context; Gras…"

"In light of the preceding discussion, the racial interpretation of the of the notions light/white and dark/black foun…"

"Early Sanskrit literature offers no conclusive evidence for preoccupation with skin color. More than that, some of th…"

"“….the ‘Sanskrit-origin’ hypothesis runs into insurmountable difficulties, due to the irreversible nature of relevant…"