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from 1928 to 1934. From 1938 to 1939, Wikander taught
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326:University of Copenhagen
764:TimuĆ, Mihaela (2002).
739:Macmillan Reference USA
729:Timus, Mihaela (2005).
448:Indo-European Philology
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668:"WIKANDER, Oscar Stig"
476:Indo-European religion
412:Indo-Iranian languages
367:. It was published in
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175:Indo-European studies
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673:EncyclopĂŠdia Iranica
456:El Colegio de MĂ©xico
389:University of Munich
306:Henrik Samuel Nyberg
147:Henrik Samuel Nyberg
702:Littleton, C. Scott
484:Gunilla Gren-Eklund
468:history of religion
452:Columbia University
267:religious scientist
255:Oscar Stig Wikander
107:Academic background
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576:Religion och Bibel
496:Germanic Antiquity
440:Studia Linguistica
330:Arthur Christensen
287:Uppsala University
200:Uppsala University
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263:Iranologist
220:Jaan Puhvel
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324:. At the
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273:Biography
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518:See also
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359:and the
357:Sanskrit
180:Indology
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369:German
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314:Berlin
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