"The opinions of best researchers in the matter of the age of the Ṛgveda differed not by a few centuries but by a few thousands of years."
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Ketkar, S. (Trans.) (1987, 19271). Maurice Winternitz’s A History of Indian Literature. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. (Ketkar 1987:270). quoted in Reclaiming Sanskrit Studies 03) Manjushree Hegde_ (Ed.) Dr. K. S. Kannan - RECLAIMING RĀMĀYAṆA. 3-Infinity Foundation India (2018)
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Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar
Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar (2 February 1884 – 10 April 1937) was a Marathi sociologist, historian and novelist from Maharashtra, India.
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