The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity

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The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia

Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity

Edited by: George Erdosy

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1995

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Volume 1 | Indian Philology and South Asian Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword to the Series Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	X
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XVI
References Publicly Available Download PDF	XVIII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
List of contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
I. Theoretical perspectives
1. Language, material culture and ethnicity: Theoretical perspectives George Erdosy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races Kenneth A. R. Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
3. Vedic Aryans, non-Vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: Judging the linguistic evidence of the Veda Madhav M. Deshpande Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
4. Early Indian history: Linguistic and textual parametres Michael Witzel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
5. The concepts of "cultural traditon" and "palaeoethnicity" in South Asian archaeology Jim G. Shaffer and Diane A. Lichtenstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
6. The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians P. Oktor Skjaervø Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
7. The Aryan question: Some general considerations Arvind Sharma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
II. Historical perspectives
8. South Asia from a Central Asian perspective Fredrik T. Hiebert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	192
9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: The archaeological evidence Walter A. Fairservis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
11. Reconstructing social context from language: Indo-Aryan and Dravidian prehistory Franklin C. Southworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	258
12. Dialect variation in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan K.R. Norman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	278
13. On drawing socio-linguistic distinctions in Old Indo-Aryan: The question of Kṣatriya Sanskrit and related problems Richard Salomon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
14. Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities Michael Witzel and Michael Witzel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
15. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: Textual-linguistic and archaeological evidence Asko Parpola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
16. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: The botanical evidence Harri Nyberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	382
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	407
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	410

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eBook published on:

October 25, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783110816433

Hardcover published on:

November 24, 1995

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110144475

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Reprint 2012

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Front matter:

22

Main content:

417

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13

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15 Ktn.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110816433

eBook ISBN: 9783110816433

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110144475

Keywords for this book

Indoarische Sprachen; Aufsatzsammlung; Südasien; Kultur; Geschichte

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