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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... eastern part of this region could be one possible candidate among several, albeit not a particularly convincing one ... east. As we shall see, the issue is that problems arise when one tries to prove that the IndoAryans were intrusive ...
... eastern part of this region could be one possible candidate among several, albeit not a particularly convincing one ... east. As we shall see, the issue is that problems arise when one tries to prove that the IndoAryans were intrusive ...
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... British scholars John Holwell, Nathaniel Halhed, and Alexander Dow—all associated in various capacities with the British East India Trading Company—had relayed back to an eager Europe gleanings from Puranic Biblical Origins.
... British scholars John Holwell, Nathaniel Halhed, and Alexander Dow—all associated in various capacities with the British East India Trading Company—had relayed back to an eager Europe gleanings from Puranic Biblical Origins.
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... East to West along the sun's course.... At its starting point, man arose in India, the birthplace of races and of religions, the womb of the world” (Febvre 1946, 95–96). According to Poliakov, it was JohannGottfried Herder, a Lutheran ...
... East to West along the sun's course.... At its starting point, man arose in India, the birthplace of races and of religions, the womb of the world” (Febvre 1946, 95–96). According to Poliakov, it was JohannGottfried Herder, a Lutheran ...
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... East—and that, consequently, the movement of population must have been from east to west—partly on the belief that Sanskrit preserved more faithfully than any of its sisters the features of the Aryan parent speech” (385). In time ...
... East—and that, consequently, the movement of population must have been from east to west—partly on the belief that Sanskrit preserved more faithfully than any of its sisters the features of the Aryan parent speech” (385). In time ...
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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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