Tribal Fusion and Social EvolutionThe present book comprises of five essays on Vedic history. An attempt has been done to analyze the demographic situation accordingly the Aryan migration model. This contains studies on tribal structures, culture, demographic settlements, collapse of the Indus political-economic system followed by the formative phase of the Rigvedic period and the subsequent demographic expansion in Ganga valley. Transition to settlements has been discussed with reference to the archaeological sources discovered hitherto including Ochre Color Pottery (O.C.P.), Black-and-red Ware (B.R.W.), Painted Grey Ware (P.G.W.) and Northern Black Polished Ware (N.B.P.W.). Continuity of the Rigvedic tribes in the P.G.W. period has been discussed including some historical aspects of the Mahabharata. Fusions of the Rigvedic tribes to form bigger tribal identities and effects of territorial settlements on the lineage identity have been discussed. |
Contents
Transition to Settlements in | 30 |
Trickling of the Prehistoric Aryans | 51 |
Selected Bibliography | 89 |
Common terms and phrases
7th Mandala agrarian agricultural Ancient India Aryans Atharvaveda became blood relationships booty Brahma Brahmins Buddha caste century B.C. ceremonial sacrifices Chhandogya Upanishad clan conservation of cattle contemporary cultivation cults cultural assimilation D.D. Kosambi deforestation developed Drahyus family culture family-books Fire-god forests Ganga valley guilds Harappa historical Ibid ideal ideological Indian history Indian subcontinent Indra Indus valley inter-tribal clashes king Kosala Krishna Kshatriya Kumar Kurus land later lineage society Mahâbhârata male Mandala Matsyas millennium B.C. myths Nâgas namely non-Vedic original Pañchâls Pândavas Panis patriarchal phase plough polyandrous population priestly class Purus R.S. Sharma râjanya Râvana reflected Rg.V Rigvedic tribes Rishi rites rituals Romila ruling class Samîti Sanskrit settlements Shatapatha Brahmana Shudras Sîtâ slaves social sons spirit Sudas suggests surplus production Sushant ten-kings territorial identity Thapar totem traditional tribal bond tribal fusions tribal property tribesmen Tritsus Turvashas urban Vaishyas Vedic Vidatha Vish Vishwamitra women womenfolk Yadus yajna