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The quest for the origins of Vedic culture [[electronic resource] ] : the Indo-Aryan migration debate / / Edwin Bryant
| The quest for the origins of Vedic culture [[electronic resource] ] : the Indo-Aryan migration debate / / Edwin Bryant |
| Autore | Bryant Edwin F (Edwin Francis), <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p. ) : 11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus |
| Disciplina | 934/.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indo-Aryans - Origin
Indus civilization |
| ISBN |
0-19-988133-2
1-280-48088-2 0-19-803151-3 1-4237-3874-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783351303321 |
Bryant Edwin F (Edwin Francis), <1957->
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The quest for the origins of Vedic culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate / / Edwin Bryant
| The quest for the origins of Vedic culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate / / Edwin Bryant |
| Autore | Bryant Edwin F (Edwin Francis), <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p. ) : 11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus |
| Disciplina | 934/.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indo-Aryans - Origin
Indus civilization |
| ISBN |
0-19-988133-2
1-280-48088-2 0-19-803151-3 1-4237-3874-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- 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.
11. 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813838603321 |
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Bryant Edwin F (Edwin Francis), <1957->
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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