LEADER 05059nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910813838603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-988133-2 010 $a1-280-48088-2 010 $a0-19-803151-3 010 $a1-4237-3874-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000029177 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24085478 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10087239 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48088 035 $a(OCoLC)70735976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051931 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000029177 100 $a19991221d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe quest for the origins of Vedic culture $ethe Indo-Aryan migration debate /$fEdwin Bryant 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (400 p. )$c11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus 311 $a0-19-516947-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-379) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Myths of Origin: Europe and the Aryan Homeland Quest -- Biblical Origins -- India, the Cradle of Civilization -- The Aryans and Colonial and Missionary Discourse -- German Aryanism -- Two Centuries of Homeland Theories -- Present-Day Homeland Hypotheses -- Conclusion -- 2. Early Indian Responses -- Hindu Nationalist Responses -- The First Reactions: Hindu Religious Leaders -- Conclusion -- 3. Vedic Philology -- The Racial Evidence -- The West-to-East Geographic Shift in Sanskrit Texts -- Conclusion -- 4. Indo-European Comparative Linguistics: The Dethronement of Sanskrit -- The Law of Palatals and the Discovery of Hittite -- Objections from India -- Conclusion -- 5. Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts -- Linguistic Innovations in Sanskrit -- Evidence of the Loanwords -- Terms for Flora in Indic Languages -- Place-Names and River Names -- Indo-Aryan, or Dravidian and Munda Migrations? -- Conclusion -- 6. Linguistic Paleontology -- Flora and Fauna -- The Horse -- Criticisms of the Method -- Conclusion -- 7. Linguistic Evidence from outside of India -- Semitic Loans in Indo-European: Nichols's Model -- Finno-Ugric Loans -- Other Traces of Indo-Aryan -- The Avestan Evidence -- The Mitanni Treaties -- Conclusion -- 8. The Viability of a South Asian Homeland -- Center of Origin Method -- Dialectical Subgroupings: Gamkrelidze and Ivanov's Model -- Nichols's Sogdiana Model -- Conclusion -- 9. The Indus Valley Civilization -- Indra Stands Accused -- The Religion of the Indus Valley -- The Sarasvat& -- #299 -- -- The Horse -- The Chariot -- The Indus Script -- Urbanity and the Rgveda -- Conclusion -- 10. Aryans in the Archaeological Record: The Evidence outside the Subcontinent -- Identifying Aryans -- The Northern Route -- The Southern Route -- Two Wave Theories -- Conclusion. 327 $a11. Aryans in the Archaeological Record: The Evidence inside the Subcontinent -- Gandhara Grave Culture -- Jhukar Culture -- Cemetery H Culture -- Painted Gray Ware Culture -- Aryans in the Skeletal Record -- Continuity and Innovation -- Conclusion -- 12. The Date of the Veda -- Dating Proto-Indo-European -- Dating the Veda -- Astronomy and Vedic Chronology -- The Mathematics of the & -- #346 -- ulvasautras -- Conclusion -- 13. Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse -- Nationalism and Historiography: General Comments -- The Aryans in Hindutva Ideology -- Stereotypes and Counterstereotypes -- Discourses of Suspicion -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z. 330 $aA 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. In the process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins. 330 $bWestern 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. 606 $aIndo-Aryans$xOrigin 606 $aIndus civilization 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yTo 324 B.C 615 0$aIndo-Aryans$xOrigin. 615 0$aIndus civilization. 676 $a934/.02 700 $aBryant$b Edwin F$g(Edwin Francis),$f1957-$01618211 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813838603321 996 $aThe quest for the origins of Vedic culture$94062932 997 $aUNINA