The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration DebateWestern scholars have argued that Indian civilization was the joint product of an invading Indo-European people--the "Indo-Aryans"--and indigenous non-Indo European peoples. Although Indian scholars reject this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship gives little heed to their argument. In this book, Edwin Bryant explores the nature and origins of this fascinating debate. |
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Europe and the Aryan Homeland Quest | 13 |
2 Early Indian Responses | 46 |
3 Vedic Philology | 57 |
The Dethronement of Sanskrit | 68 |
5 Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts | 76 |
6 Linguistic Paleontology | 108 |
7 Linguistic Evidence from outside of India | 124 |
The Evidence outside the Subcontinent | 197 |
The Evidence inside the Subcontinent | 224 |
12 The Date of the Veda | 238 |
13 Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse | 267 |
Conclusion | 298 |
Notes | 311 |
Works Cited | 349 |
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