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About The Book: A Sumer-Aryan Dictionary by Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell is an ambitious etymological work that attempts to link the Sumerian language with Aryan (Indo-European) languages, including Sanskrit and English. Waddell proposes that many ancient languages, scripts, and cultural elements—from Sumerian to Egyptian hieroglyphs—derive from a common Aryan root, reflecting a shared prehistoric civilization. The dictionary aims to decode and trace linguistic connections to support his theory of Aryan cultural primacy. While innovative for its time, the work is largely considered speculative and not supported by mainstream linguistics or archaeology today. About The Author: Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938) was a Scottish explorer, Indian Army surgeon, and scholar of Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Sumerian. He served as Professor of Tibetan and of Chemistry and Pathology, gaining fame for his explorations in the Himalayas and Tibet. His respected early works include The Buddhism of Tibet and Lhasa and Its Mysteries. Later, he controversially theorized that ancient civilizations—Sumerian, Indus Valley, Egyptian, and even British—shared Aryan roots. Books like Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered and The British Edda reflect these racial-linguistic theories, now discredited. Despite this, his contributions to Tibetology and early archaeology remain historically significant. The Title 'A Sumer Aryan Dictionary written/authored/edited by Austine L. Waddell', published in the year 1927. The ISBN 9789372254556 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 122 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Dictionary. Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms.