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The quest for the origins of Vedic culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate /

This work studies how Indian scholars have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo-Aryans, by questioning the logic assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Myths of origin: Europe and the Aryan homeland quest.
  • Early Indian response.
  • Vedic philology.
  • Indo-European comparative linguistics: the dethronement of Sanskrit.
  • Linguistic substrata in Sanskrit texts.
  • Linguistic paleontology.
  • Linguistic evidence from outside India.
  • The viability of a South Asian homeland.
  • The Indus Valley civilization.
  • Aryans in the archaeological records: the evidence outside the subcontinent.
  • Aryans in the archaeological records: the evidence inside the subcontinent.
  • The date of the Veda.
  • Aryan origins and modern nationalist discourse.