The Quest for the origins of Vedic culture

Type
Book
Authors
Bryant, Edwin H.
 
ISBN 10
0195653610 
ISBN 13
9780195653618 
Category
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Publication Year
2002 
Publisher
Oxford University Press 
Pages
xi, 387 p. : ill., m 
Subject
Philosophy 
Tags
vedic_language_history_and_criticism, indus_civilization, india_history_to_324_b_c, indo_aryans_origin, ebook 
Abstract
A study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. Inthe process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins 
Description
A study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. Inthe process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins 
Biblio Notes
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.  
Number of Copies
1 
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