The History of Antiquity, Vol. 4 (of 6)

by Max Duncker

[4] Lassen, loc. cit. 1², 440.

[5] Lassen, loc. cit. 1², 461.

[6] According to Whitney ("Language," p. 327), the language of the Kolas and Santals is quite distinct from the Dravidian languages. Lassen's view on the relation of the Vindhya tribes to the Dravida and the Nishada is given, loc. cit. 1², 456.

[7] The Ganges (Ganga) is mentioned only twice in the Rigveda, and then without any emphasis or epithet; "Rigveda," 10, 75, 5; 64, 9. This book is of later origin; Roth, "Zur Literatur und Geschichte des Veda," s. 127, 136, 137, 139.

[8] This name, it is true, may also have arisen from the fact that the Indians turned to the east when praying.

[9] The root syand means "to flow."

[10] Arrian, "Ind." 1, 3; "Anab." 4, 25.

[11] 1 Kings ix. 26-28; x. 11, 12, 22.

[12] Lassen, loc. cit. 1², 651 ff.; 2², 595 ff.

[13] Arrian, "Ind." 1, 3.