From: "S Singh Sandhu" <s7606439@np.edu.sg>
Subject: Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars
Date: 29 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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e.karloukovski@uea.ac.uk (Vassil Karloukovski) wrote:
>In article <36A95129.AF5336A1@earthlink.net>, Robdimi@earthlink.net says...
>>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:
>
>>     You seem to be basing your appraisal of his work on a site known to
>>me on the internet. I've actually read one of his books in Bulgarian,
>>where he sticks primarily to Iranic (Dardic) cognates. I don't think it
>>would be accurate to say that he doesn't make much sense of them
>>interpreting them as such. As I mentioned, the namebook of the Bulgar
>>khans yielded a 100% accuracy using his translations, as opposed to the
>>abysmal success of the turkologists. However, since this is a seemingly
>>obscure field of study, the generally accepted dogma about "turkic"
>>Bulgars is likely to remain the dominant one for a long time to come.
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>
>Robert,
>We should not worry too much. At the end, even the Scythians were thought to
>be Turkic in the 19-th century, so - be patient and probably in the due time
>the scholars will start to study the old Bulgars' question more seriously and 
>without the constant repetition of the Turkic mantra.
>
>

There was a head of  a scythian found in india wasn't it? 
that should be conclusive.
>Regards,
>Vassil Karloukovski
>
>>All studies of Bulgars, Avars, and others appears to stem from the
>>"turkic" paradigm.
>>
>>Robert
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