Asya Pereltsvaig - Languages of the World_ An Introduction-Cambridge University Press (2012)
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But the alternative hypotheses do not stop there. For example, another old idea given a new life by modern scholarship is that Proto-Indo-European speakers originated in the Indian subcontinent and spread to the remainder of the Indo-European realm through a series of migrations. This “Out-of-India” hypothesis goes back to the work of German poet, critic and scholar Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829), but has been recently revived mainly by Flemish Indologist Koenraad Elst and Indian author Shrikant Talageri.

— Asya Pereltsvaig - Languages of the World_ An Introduction-Cambridge University Press

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Koenraad Elst

About Koenraad Elst

Koenraad Elst (born 7 August 1959) is a Flemish author, known primarily for his support of the Out of India theory and the Hindutva movement.