Advent of the Aryans in India

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The book highlights the distinctive traits of Aryan culture and discusses the identity of the Indus civilization. It presents the archaeological counterpart of the Indus civilization. it presents the archaeological counterpart of the Vedic culture reconstructed on the basis of textual and lexical evidence. the presence of the Dravidian language followed by the spread of the Indo-Aryan language in the Indian sub-continent receive considerable attention. the features of the Aryan culture in the central Asian archaeology during the second millennium BC are pointed out, and the question of migration of horse-using tribes there to the sub-continent is examined. This study will interest historians, linguists and archaeologists as well as general readers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ram Sharan Sharma

R.S. Sharma is Professor Emeritus of History at Patna University. He has earlier taught at Delhi (1973-85) and Toronto Universities. He was also the first chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research.

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Title
Advent of the Aryans in India
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8173042896, 9788173042898
Length
130p., Bibliography; Index.
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