Nicholas
Kazanas was born in the Greek island Chios in 1939. He studied English
Literature at University College, Economics and Philosophy at the School
of Economic Science and Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African
studies - all in London; also post-graduate at SOAS and at Deccan
College in Pune. (India)
He taught in London and Athens and since 1980 has been Director of
Omilos Meleton Cultural Institute. In Greece he has published treatises
of social, economic and philosophical interest. He has many publications
in Western and Indian Journals and some books. He is on the Editorial
Board of Adyar Library Bulettin (Chennai). He has also produced a three-year course of learning Sanskrit for Greeks.
From
1997 he has turned towards the Vedic Tradition of India and its place
in the wider Indo-European culture. This research comprises thorough
examination of Indo-European cultures, comparing their philosophical
ideas and values, their languages, mythological issues and religions. He
has also translated the ten principal Upanishads (ISA, KENA, KATHA,
MANDUKYA, BrHADARANYAKA, etc) from the original Sanskrit text into
Greek.
Prof.
Kazanas is also a foremost authority in debunking the Aryan invasion
theory (AIT) so stubbornly pervasive even today but dying a slow but
sure death at the hands of such imminent and learned scholars. Prof.
Kazanas has produced some very original works primarily because of his
command over Sanskrit which allows him independent research of the Vedas
and other scriptures written in archaic Sanskrit.
Below
is a link to a letter written by Prof. Kazanas to Michael Witzel whose
sole claim to fame is propagating the AIT and is probably the only
infamous purveyor of this relic of the colonial era, he is also
the villain and chief architect of the California text book controversy.
I have read some early works of Witzel and at that time like our very
own Romila Thappar was talking about the lack of horse remains found in
the Saraswati and Indus civilization sites. He added to that, lack of
chariots. But apart from that he has not come up with any credible
defense in favour of the AIT in all these years. Prof. Kazanas also rips
off the lone fig leaf he held on to regarding genetics and human
migration. It has been recently been found through genetics and
migration patterns that early humans migrated out of India and not the
other way around. The rest is in the letter and other links I will post
after I finish reading them.
Radha this one is for you. You have another arrow in your quiver against the AIT.
http://sowingseedsofthought.blogspot.com/2010/03/prof-kazanas-open-letter-to-witzel-on.html
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