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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Foreword to the Series
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Preface
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References
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I. Theoretical perspectives
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1. Language, material culture and ethnicity: Theoretical perspectives
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George Erdosy
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2. Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races
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Kenneth A. R. Kennedy
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3. Vedic Aryans, non-Vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: Judging the linguistic evidence of the Veda
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Madhav M. Deshpande
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4. Early Indian history: Linguistic and textual parametres
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Michael Witzel
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5. The concepts of "cultural traditon" and "palaeoethnicity" in South Asian archaeology
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Jim G. Shaffer and Diane A. Lichtenstein
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6. The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians
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P. Oktor Skjaervø
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7. The Aryan question: Some general considerations
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Arvind Sharma
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8. South Asia from a Central Asian perspective
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Fredrik T. Hiebert
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9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: The archaeological evidence
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Walter A. Fairservis
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10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia
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Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
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11. Reconstructing social context from language: Indo-Aryan and Dravidian prehistory
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Franklin C. Southworth
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12. Dialect variation in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan
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K.R. Norman
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13. On drawing socio-linguistic distinctions in Old Indo-Aryan: The question of Kṣatriya Sanskrit and related problems
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Richard Salomon
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14. Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities
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Michael Witzel and Michael Witzel
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15. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: Textual-linguistic and archaeological evidence
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Asko Parpola
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16. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: The botanical evidence
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Harri Nyberg
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Author Index
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General Index
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Indoarische Sprachen; Aufsatzsammlung; Südasien; Kultur; Geschichte

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The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia

Overview

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword to the Series

Preface

Acknowledgements

References

Contents

List of contributors

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 traditon" and "palaeoethnicity" in South Asian archaeology

6. The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians

7. The Aryan question: Some general considerations

8. South Asia from a Central Asian perspective

9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: 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 Kṣatriya Sanskrit and related problems

14. Ṛgvedic 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

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