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A. K. NARAIN: Indo-Europeans in Inner Asia

	(re: the Tokharian language family Tocharian)

An Indo-European impact as a reason for the so-called "sudden" growth of
civilization in China has been denied, and it is considered as settled that
"the Chinese civilization, on the whole, was built upon Chinese neolithic
foundation." [7] Once the raison d'etre for the western influence is removed,
it is not difficult to appreciate the recent argument that "there probably
was no Indo-European invasion on the western frontiers of China in the early
years of the first millenium B.C. causing the barbarians to migrate either to
the west or to the northwest, for the single reason that the Indo-Europeans
had been there since time immemorial."[8]

7. Chang, Kwang-chih, 1963, Archaeology of Ancient China. p. 138
   Cheng, T'e-kun, 1973, "The Beginning of Chinese Civilization,"
   Antiquity 47, pp. 197-209.
8. Andersson, J.G., 1943, "Researches into the Pre-History of the Chinese",
   BMFEA 15.