Update on the Aryan Invasion DebateThis book on the developing arguments concerning the Aryan Invasion Theory consists of adapted versions of papers the author has read:the first at the World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES)conference on the Indus-Saraswati civilization in Atlanta 1996,the third at the 1996 Annual South Asia conference in Madison,Wisconsin and in a lecture at the Linguistics Department in Madison;the fifth contains material used in author?s paper read at the second WAVES conference in Los Angeles 1998;the second and fourth were read at lectures for the Belgo-Indian Association,Brussels,and at the Etnografisch Museum,Antewerp. |
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ASTRONOMIC DATA AND THE ARYAN QUESTION | 89 |
LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF THE INDOEUROPEAN | 118 |
MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF THE ARYAN INVASION DEBATE | 159 |
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3rd millennium BC Ancient South Asia archaeological argument Arya Aryan Invasion Theory Aryan race Asko Parpola astronomical Asura attested Austro-Asiatic Austronesian Ayodhya Bactrian basin Bernard Sergent Brahmana Brahmins caste system Central Asia Chinese chronology civilization common constellation Dalit Dalit Voice Dasas Delhi Dravidian emigrants equinox Erdosy ethnic Europe European fact Ganga Genèse de l'Inde genetic Germanic Greek Harappan cities Hinduism homeland horse IE languages immigrants India Indian Marxists Indian Urheimat Indo Indo-Aryans of Ancient Indo-European Studies Indo-Iranian Indra Indus Indus-Saraswati invaders invasionist Iran Iranian Kassite Kurgan language family meaning mentioned Mesopotamia migration millennium BC Munda Muslim myth N.S. Rajaram native Nazi Neolithic non-Aryan non-invasionist Nouvelle Droite origin political population Prof Puranic racial reference religion Rg-Veda ritual Romila Thapar Sanskrit Saraswati scholars Semitic Shiva Shrikant Talageri Talageri term Tokharic tradition tribals tribes Uralic Urheimat Vedas Vedic Aryans Vedic literature Western words Zydenbos