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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... century or more, have rejected this idea of an external origin of the IndoAryans by questioning much of the logic, assumptions, and methods upon which the theory is based. The aim of the book is threefold. A primary aim is to excavate ...
... century or more, have rejected this idea of an external origin of the IndoAryans by questioning much of the logic, assumptions, and methods upon which the theory is based. The aim of the book is threefold. A primary aim is to excavate ...
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... century; for our purposes, the IndoAryans are primarily the Vedic and preVedicspeaking members of the family. However, Aryan is often used by the Indian scholars in my survey to denote the Vedicspeaking peoples. Since the term is, after ...
... century; for our purposes, the IndoAryans are primarily the Vedic and preVedicspeaking members of the family. However, Aryan is often used by the Indian scholars in my survey to denote the Vedicspeaking peoples. Since the term is, after ...
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... century, one of the few things regarding the homeland that western IndoEuropean scholars did agree on was that it could not have been India; wherever the original homeland might have been the IndoAryans at least must have come to the ...
... century, one of the few things regarding the homeland that western IndoEuropean scholars did agree on was that it could not have been India; wherever the original homeland might have been the IndoAryans at least must have come to the ...
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... century in the study of ancient India by many dedicated and sincere scholars, this chapter will focus on the more biased and ideological appropriations of Aryan discourse in Europe. After these elements have been adequately processed ...
... century in the study of ancient India by many dedicated and sincere scholars, this chapter will focus on the more biased and ideological appropriations of Aryan discourse in Europe. After these elements have been adequately processed ...
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... century; the influence of the times clearly weighed heavily. However, Jones's compromise with the biblical narrative did make the new Orientalism safe for Anglicans: “Jones in effect showed that Sanskrit literature was not an enemy but ...
... century; the influence of the times clearly weighed heavily. However, Jones's compromise with the biblical narrative did make the new Orientalism safe for Anglicans: “Jones in effect showed that Sanskrit literature was not an enemy but ...
Contents
Early Indian Responses | |
Vedic Philology | |
Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts | |
Linguistic Evidence from outside of India | |
The Viability of a South Asian Homeland | |
The Indus Valley Civilization | |
The Evidence | |
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