Batakrishna Ghosh

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Batakrishna Ghosh (1905-1950) was an Indian linguist, who specialised in Indo-European linguistics. He wrote a number of books and articles on Sanskrit and Indo-European linguistics. He translated Wilhelm Geiger's German book on the Pali language into English, published by the University of Calcutta.

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  • The Rgveda clearly reflects the picture of a highly complex society in the full blaze of civilisation.
    • Ghosh, B.K., ‘The Origin of the Indo-Aryans’, in Bhattacharya, K., (ed.), The Cultural Heritage of India, vol. I : The Early Phases, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta, 1958, p. 137. in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
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