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distinguishing excavations. He brought out the full picture of the Ægean culture and civilization.
Many other eminent archaeologists have worked on different sites in Greece, Egypt, West Asia and Bhārata since the pioneer work first revealed the picture of ancient civilizations and cultures. Archæologists had been influenced by the discoveries of their predecessor philologists and they worked hard to give the picture of that culture and civilization which was brought to light by the sciences of comparative philology and comparative mythology. In turn, they began to influence the discoveries made by those scholars. The linguists, in gratitude to archaeology, are now discarding their pet theories of Solarism and Racism.
Nineteenth century gave a great impetus to the growth of the sciences of Anthropology, Geology and Geography. They have supplemented and co-ordinated the conclusions arrived at by philology and archaelogy.
The cumulative result of the discoveries made by the sciences is two-fold. They have given us a picture of the culture and civilization of the Aryan people. The foundations of the science of Aryalogy have been well laid. They have, side by side, also given us a picture, fairly reliable, of the culture and civilization of the people, strikingly similar, who lived in the region that stretched from Egypt and Greece to Bhārata through Western Asia. Egyptologists, Ægiologists, Sumerologists and Bhāratalogists have definitely proved that the culture and civilization that flourished in this region was far superior and more advanced than that of the Āryans. And these unbiased scholars, in the main, had been Āryans. If these sciences together have to be called by one name, I would suggest the name “The science of Śramaņalogy." Before the rise and growth of Aryanism, Śramanism held its sway in the world.
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