Arthur Berriedale Keith

Indo-Europeans in the Mediterranean Area

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

Forrer's article begins by examining the deep interest of Louis de La Vallée Poussin in the Indo-European question and asks at what date people speaking Indo-European languages appear in the…

Reviews

By Mano Mohan Ghosh, Chintaharan Chakravarti, A. B. M. Habibullah, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Amar Nath Roy

The review section summarises and critiques recent scholarly works on Indian history and culture. Among the titles discussed are H.C. Seth’s chronology of Aśokan inscriptions, Dhirendranath…

The Relation of Hittite, Tocharian and Indo-European

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This article examines the linguistic relationship between Hittite, Tocharian, and Indo‑European languages. Scholars have debated whether Hittite belongs within the Indo‑European family or forms a…

Reviews

By Kalidas Nag, A. B. M. Habibullah, Arthur Berriedale Keith

The ‘Reviews’ section of the journal offers critical assessments of recent publications across Buddhist; historical and cultural studies. It opens with a detailed appraisal of Bimala Churn Law’s…

Reviews and Select Contents of Oriental }oumals

By Nalinaksha Dutt, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly, Arthur Berriedale Keith

Review: Mahavira: His Life and Teachings

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This review assesses Dr. Bimala Churn Law’s book on Mahāvīra, the 24th Jain Tīrthaṅkara. The reviewer notes that the author draws upon both Buddhist and Jain texts, using Pāli sources to illuminate…

The Home of the Indo-Europeans

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

Aryan Names in Early Asiatic Records

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This article examines Indo‐European names found in ancient Asiatic records and questions the widely held belief that many of these names are Aryan, Indian or Iranian. The author discusses names from…

Pre‑Canonical Buddhism

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This opening article examines how little can be stated with certainty about the Buddha’s own teaching and the character of early Buddhism. Drawing on examples from philosophy and religious history,…

Bombay and English Constitutional Law

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

The God Varuna

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

In this essay the author examines theories about the origin of the Vedic deity Varuṇa. Some modern scholars have proposed that Varuṇa derives from an Austro‑Asiatic or Austronesian sea god, citing…

Some Problems of Indian Philosophy

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

Vasubandhu and the Vādavidhī

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

In this scholarly study the author re‑examines the authorship of the short treatise known as the Vādavidhi, a manual on debate and reasoning traditionally ascribed either to Dignāga or to an…

The Authorship of the Nyayapravesa

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This article reopens the question of who wrote the Nyāyapraveśa, an introductory text on logic traditionally attributed to the Buddhist logician Dignāga. French scholar M. Tubianski suggested that…

The Date of Zoroaster

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

The debate over Zoroaster's date centers on conflicting arguments between scholars. Professor Hertel posits Zoroaster (6th century BCE) as a contemporary of Darius, claiming he inspired the king’s…

Reviews

By U. N. Ghoshal, Kaccayana, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Bimala Charan Law

This section of the journal offers reviews of recent books in Indology. Louis de la Vallée Poussin’s ‘Nirvāṇa’ synthesises previous scholarship on the Buddhist notion of liberation and, for the…

Pali, the Language of the Southern Buddhists

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

This long essay reviews competing theories about the origin of Pāli, the canonical language of Theravāda Buddhism. One school holds that Pāli is Magadhan, basing the claim on a passage in the…

The Date of Zoroaster and the Rgveda

By Arthur Berriedale Keith

Professor Johannes Hertel argues that the date of Zoroaster and the Rgveda must be determined primarily through textual evidence rather than Indian tradition. He posits that Zoroaster’s activity…