A bestseller, now in paperback edition, this work serves as a virtual primer to the major issues of Indo-Aryan origins. Written in an extremely lucid style with laudable detachment and restraint, this book is remarkable for its openness and lack of bias. Was the Rgveda composed in Afghanistan? Was the Ghaggar River once the mighty Sarasvati of the Rgveda? Were the Rgvedic people and the Harappans the same? Was Rama's Ayodhya in India? In 'The Vedic People', well ...