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Indo-European religion  

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  • Originally a linguistic category, Indo-European (or Proto-Indo-European) has been employed by scholars to explain commonalities in linguistics, material culture, religion, and politics attested in various sources across Europe and Asia.Historical and Geographical ParametersThe specific historical and geographical borders that circumscribe the category Indo-European remain contested and inconclusive. A vast number of works have been produced to reconstruct the lives of Indo-European peoples. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Indo-European Religion]

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