Witzel, Michael2012-03-272009Witzel, Michael E. J. 2009. Moving Targets? Texts, language, archaeology and history in the Late Vedic and early Buddhist periods. Indo-Iranian Journal 52(2-3): 287-310.0019-72461572-8536http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8457940The Late Vedic and earliest Buddhist texts are investigated to indicate their relative historical layering. Besides the texts themselves, their language, place names, archaeological and inherent historical background are brought to bear. These data and those on some historical contemporaries of the Buddha do not indicate a correlation with late Vedic personalities and texts. A certain period of time separates both corpora.en-USVedaUpaniṣadBuddhaPāliBuddhist canonKosalaVidehaMagadhaVajjiPasenadiBimbisāraAjātasattuurbanizationasceticsHerodotusPāṇinichandasJournal Article2012-03-2710.1163/001972409X12562030836859