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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture

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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture is a book by Edwin Bryant

published at Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-513777-9).

 

The book aims to present the theories of various scholars on the Indo-

Aryan migration debate in an evenhanded way, and examines the role of

the " Indigenous Aryan " model in recent Indian nationalist discourse.

 

J. P. Mallory commented on this book: " Edwin Bryant's The Quest for

the Origins of Vedic Culture ... systematically exposes the logical

weaknesses of most of the arguments that support the consensus of

either side. This is not only an important work in the field of Indo-

 

 

Aryan studies but a long overdue challenge for scholarly fair play. "

 

 

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Introduction

1. Myths of Origin

2. Early Indian Responses

3. Vedic Philology

4. Indo-European Comparative Linguistics

5. Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts

6. Linguistic Paleontology

7. Linguistic Evidence from Outside of India

8. The Viability of a South Asian Homeland

9. The Indus Valley Civilization

10. Aryans in the Archaeological Record

11. Aryans in the Archaeological Record

12. The Date of the Veda

13. Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse

Conclusion