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THE QUEST FOR THE ORIGINS OF VEDIC CULTURE
THE INDO-ARYAN MIGRATION DEBATE |
| By: |
Edwin Bryant |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195169476 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195169478 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
15 November, 2003 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
Western scholars have argued that Indian civilisation must have been the joint product of an invading "Indo-European" people - the "Indo-Aryan" - and indigenous non-Indo-European peoples. Although Indian scholars have consistently and vehemently rejected this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship has given little heed to their arguments. This book is a study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, haverejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. In the process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views from within mainstream academic circles addressing the issue of Indo-Aryanorigins. |
| Synopsis: |
Western 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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11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus |
| Publication: |
US |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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