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It is probable that one of the earliest homes (if not the first seat)…
Quote byMonier Monier-Williams · 1819–1899
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Monier Williams (1891) quoted in Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate. Oxford University Press. ch 1.
English (original)
It is probable that one of the earliest homes (if not the first seat) of the members of the great Aryan family was in the high land surrounding the sources of the Oxus, to the north of die point connecting the Hindu Kush with the Himalayas . . . the Pamir Plateau.
— Monier Monier-Williams
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