“Other scholars, when they deign to notice the evidence in the PurANas in respect of the indigenous origin of the Aryans and their expansion outside India, tend to dismiss this evidence as irrelevant on the ground that it is allegedly contradictory to the evidence of the Rigveda.”

—  Shrikant Talageri

The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (2000), Chapter 8 : Misinterpretations of Rigvedic History

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