"Now it is clear that the presumption of 200 years for each of the literary epochs in the birth of the Veda is purely arbitrary... it was strangely forgotten on how weak a footing the prevailing view actually stood...” (Ketkar 1987:272)"

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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)