The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture
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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate is a book by Edwin Bryant published at Oxford University Press
in 2001 (ISBN 0-19-513777-9).
The book aims to present the theories of various scholars on the Indo-Aryan migration
debate in an evenhanded way, and examines the role of the "Indigenous Aryan" model in then-recent Hindu nationalist discourse.
J. P. Mallory commented on this book: "Edwin Bryant's The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture ... systematically exposes the logical weaknesses of most of the arguments that support the consensus of either side. This is not only an important work in the field of Indo-Aryan studies but a long overdue challenge for scholarly fair play."
Oxford University Press
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in 2001 (ISBN 0-19-513777-9).
The book aims to present the theories of various scholars on the Indo-Aryan migration
Indo-Aryan migration
Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discuss scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the proto-Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas of settlement in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent...
debate in an evenhanded way, and examines the role of the "Indigenous Aryan" model in then-recent Hindu nationalist discourse.
J. P. Mallory commented on this book: "Edwin Bryant's The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture ... systematically exposes the logical weaknesses of most of the arguments that support the consensus of either side. This is not only an important work in the field of Indo-Aryan studies but a long overdue challenge for scholarly fair play."
Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. Myths of Origin
- 2. Early Indian Responses
- 3. Vedic PhilologyPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
- 4. Indo-European Comparative Linguistics
- 5. Linguistic SubstrataSubstrataSubstrata may refer to:*Substrata , plural of substratum, a language influenced by another*Substrata , another term for subsoil*Substrata , an ambient music album by Biosphere-See also:*Substratum...
in Sanskrit Texts - 6. Linguistic PaleontologyPaleontologyPaleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
- 7. LinguisticLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
Evidence from Outside of India - 8. The Viability of a South Asian Homeland
- 9. The Indus Valley CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationThe Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...
- 10. Aryans in the Archaeological Record
- 11. Aryans in the Archaeological Record
- 12. The Date of the Veda
- 13. Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse
- Conclusion
External links
- Site with abstracts of each chapter of the book
- Book website, with introduction