The Aryan debate /

Trautmann, Thomas R. [ed.]

The Aryan debate / [edited by] Thomas R. Trautmann. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xliii, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - Oxford in India readings. Debates in Indian history and society. . - Oxford in India readings. Debates in Indian history and society Oxford India paperbacks . - Oxford in India readings. Debates in Indian history and society Oxford India paperbacks. .

First published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indo-European / William Jones --
The Dravidian proof / F.W. Ellis --
The Indus civilization / John Marshall --
Linguistic prehistory of India / M.B. Emeneau --

Indo-Aryans, Indo-Iranians, and Indo-Europeans / M.A. Mehendale --

Vedic Aryans, non-vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: judging the linguistics evidence of the Veda / Madhav M. Deshpande --

Constructing the racial theory of Indian civilization / Thomas R. Trautman --


Some appropriations of the theory of Aryan race relating to the beginnings of Indian history / Romila Thapar --



The end of the Harappan civilization / Shereen Ratnagar --



It is time to rethink / B.B. Lal --

The Indus-Sarasvati civilization: beginnings and developments / S.P. Gupta --




Archaeology and language / Colin Renfrew --





The truant horse clears the hurdles / B.B. Lal --






The horse and the language of the Indus civilization / Asko Parpola --







Horse remains from Surkotada / Sandor Bokonyi --







Comment on 'Horse remains from Surkotada' / Richard H. Meadow and Ajita Patel --








The domestication of the horse in Asia / David Anthony --









Decipherments of the Indus script / Kamil V. Zvelebil.











This book, the seventh in the Debates series, brings together a selection of significant essays on the extremely topical Aryan debate. The central question behind this selection is, did the Sanskrit-speaking Aryans enter India from the Northwest in 1500 BC, or were they indigenous to India and identical with the people who inhabited the Indus Valley between 2800 - 1500.

0195692004 9780195692006


Indo-Aryans.
Indus civilization.


India--History--To 324 B.C.
India--Civilization--To 1200.

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