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The quest for the origins of Vedic culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate

This work studies how Indian scholars have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo-Aryans, by questioning the logic assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based
eBook, English, 2001
Oxford University Press, New York, 2001
History
1 online resource (xi, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780195137774, 9780195169478, 0195137779, 0195169476
70735976
Myths of origin: Europe and the Aryan homeland quest
Early Indian response
Vedic philology
Indo-European comparative linguistics: the dethronement of Sanskrit
Linguistic substrata in Sanskrit texts
Linguistic paleontology
Linguistic evidence from outside India
The viability of a South Asian homeland
The Indus Valley civilization
Aryans in the archaeological records: the evidence outside the subcontinent
Aryans in the archaeological records: the evidence inside the subcontinent
The date of the Veda
Aryan origins and modern nationalist discourse