The Indo-Aryans of ancient South Asia : language, material culture and ethnicity /

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Other Authors: Erdosy, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1995
Series:Indian philology and South Asian studies ; volume 1.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • ""Foreword To The Series ""; ""Preface ""; ""List Of Contributors ""; ""I. Theoretical Perspectives ""; ""1. Language, Material Culture And Ethnicity: Theoretical Perspectives ""; ""2. Have Aryans Been Identified In The Prehistoric Skeletal Record From South Asia? Biological Anthropology And Concepts Of Ancient Races ""; ""3. Vedic Aryans, Non-Vedic Aryans, And Non-Aryans: Judging The Linguistic Evidence Of The Veda ""; ""4. Early Indian History: Linguistic And Textual Parametres ""; ""5. The Concepts Of “Cultural Traditionâ€? And “Palaeoethnicityâ€? In South Asian Archaeology ""
  • 6. The Avesta As Source For The Early History Of The Iranians 7. The Aryan Question: Some General Considerations
  • Ii. Historical Perspectives
  • 8. South Asia From A Central Asian Perspective
  • 9. Central Asia And The R?Gveda: The Archaeological Evidence
  • 10. Interaction Systems, Specialised Crafts And Culture Change: The Indus Valley Tradition And The Indo-Gangetic Tradition In South Asia
  • 11. Reconstructing Social Context From Language: Indo-Aryan And Dravidian Prehistory
  • 12. Dialect Variation In Old And Middle Indo-Aryan
  • ""13. On Drawing Socio-Linguistic Distinctions In Old Indo-Aryan: The Question Of KsÌ£Atriya Sanskrit And Related Problems """"14. RÌ£Gvedic History: Poets, Chieftains And Polities ""; ""15. The Problem Of The Aryans And The Soma: Textual-Linguistic And Archaeological Evidence ""; ""16. The Problem Of The Aryans And The Soma: The Botanical Evidence ""; ""Author Index ""; ""General Index ""