in Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate. Oxford University Press. chapter 10
• Thapar, B. K., and Abdul Rahman. 1996. "The Post-Indus Cultures." In History of Humanity (I-.266-219). Ed. A. H. Dani and J. P. Mohen. Paris: Routledge
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As far as Thapar and Rahman (1996) are concerned, there is nothing "to show that the Indo-Aryan peoples possessed a specific material culture, special pottery, or particular figurines that would enable us to establish some kind of identification marks for their migration" (1996, 277).

— B. K. Thapar

What It Means

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• Thapar, B. K., and Abdul Rahman. 1996. "The Post-Indus Cultures." In History of Humanity (I-.266-219). Ed. A. H. Dani and J. P. Mohen. Paris: Routledge" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About B. K. Thapar

Bal Krishen Thapar (18 October 1921 – 6 September 1995) was an Indian archaeologist who served as the Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1978 to 1981. He was the founder of INTACH.