Part of the prestigious Debate series, this book brings together aa selection of pioneering essays. The introduction spells out the extremely topical Aryan debate. The central question behind this selection is, did the Sanskrit-speaking Aryans enter India from the Northwest in 1500 BC, or were they indigenous to India and identical with the people who inhabited the Indus Valley between 2800 - 1500. BC.
ISBN: | 9780195692006 |
Publication date: | 30th November 2007 |
Author: | Thomas R. (, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA) Trautmann |
Publisher: | OUP India |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 334 pages |
Series: | Debates in Indian History |
Genres: |
Asian history Anthropology |