Joseph Amyot Padjan is a grammarian, writer, and independent researcher. He is the author of two ground-breaking books, The Padjanaks and The Kangar, as well as a number of monographs, the most important of which are Anomalous and Kurdish Surnames in Croatia and Symphorose Ouaouagoukoué and The Origin of the Illini. His demonstrating that the Padjanaks were the Kushans has profound implications for our understanding and interpretation of history.

