A. C. Woolner

Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Punjab

Alfred Cooper Woolner was a Sanskrit scholar and professor. He served as the vice-chancellor of the University of the Punjab, Lahore from 1928 to 1936.

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  • Perhaps it may be asked—is there then no limit? Can we equally go back to 3000 or even 4000 BCE? ...
    The highest possible date for the Vedic deities, and of many elements of Vedic culture, not to speak of possible reminiscences of older periods, is a very different matter.
    • Woolner (1986) in Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate. Oxford University Press. chapter 12
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