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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:
Indo-Aryans > Origin.
Indus civilization.
India > History > To 324 B.C.
Indo-Aryens > Origines.
Civilisation de l'Indus.
Inde > Histoire > Jusqu'à 324 av. J.-C.
Hinduism.
RELIGION.
Indo-Aryans > Origin
Indus civilization
India
Oorsprong.
Vedisme.
Indus-beschaving.
To 324 B.C.
Humaniora > Arkæologi.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.