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Title The Indo-Aryans of ancient South Asia : language, material culture and ethnicity / edited by George Erdosy
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 417 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Indian philology and South Asian studies, 0948-1923 ; volume 1
Indian philology and South Asian studies ; volume 1. 0948-1923
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 Tradition� 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 -- 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 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 ""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Indo-Aryans.
Indo-Aryan languages.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Civilization
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryans
Ethnologie
Kultur
Indo-Arische talen.
Cultuur.
Voorindiërs.
Indo-Aryens.
Langues indo-aryennes.
SUBJECT South Asia -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006002811
Subject South Asia
Südasien
Asie du Sud -- Civilisation.
Toronto <1991>
Indoarische Sprachen.
Indogermanen.
Form Electronic book
Author Erdosy, George
ISBN 9783110816433
3110816431