The Aryan debate / [edited by] Thomas R. Trautmann.

By:

Trautmann, Thomas R. [ed.]

Contributor(s):

Trautmann, Thomas R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford in India readings | Debates in Indian history and society | Oxford in India readings. Debates in Indian history and society | Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xliii, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:

0195692004
9780195692006

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

934.02 TRA

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	934.02 TRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30119

First published: 2005.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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