Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern

Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (6 April 1833 – 4 July 1917) was a Dutch linguist and orientalist. In the literature, he is usually referred to as H. Kern or Hendrik Kern; a few other scholars bear the same surname. Quotes H. Kern in his book Over het woord Zarathushtra (1867) states, “the Bactrian (i.e. Avestan) is so (greatly) related to the Old- Indian language (Vedic), and in particular, that of the Vedas, that without exaggeration it can be called a dialect thereof.” quoted in The Idea of India- Bhārat as a Civilisation -- Subhash Kak External links Category:1833 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Indologists Category:Linguists from the Netherlands Category:Academics from the Netherlands Category:Orientalists