Author: Ladli Nath Renu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788172763466
Category : Hindu civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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Vedic Records on Early Aryans
Author: Ladli Nath Renu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788172763466
Category : Hindu civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788172763466
Category : Hindu civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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Early Aryans of India, 3100-1400 B.C.
Author: S. B. Roy
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Roots of Hinduism
Author: Asko Parpola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190226935
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script. Discovered in the valley of the Indus River in the early 1920s, the Indus civilization had a population estimated at one million people, in more than 1000 settlements, several of which were cities of some 50,000 inhabitants. With an area of nearly a million square kilometers, the Indus civilization was more extensive than the contemporaneous urban cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Yet, after almost a century of excavation and research the Indus civilization remains little understood. How might we decipher the Indus inscriptions? What language did the Indus people speak? What deities did they worship? Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s. In this pioneering book, he traces the archaeological route of the Indo-Iranian languages from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea to Central, West, and South Asia. His new ideas on the formation of the Vedic literature and rites and the great Hindu epics hinge on the profound impact that the invention of the horse-drawn chariot had on Indo-Aryan religion. Parpola's comprehensive assessment of the Indus language and religion is based on all available textual, linguistic and archaeological evidence, including West Asian sources and the Indus script. The results affirm cultural and religious continuity to the present day and, among many other things, shed new light on the prehistory of the key Hindu goddess Durga and her Tantric cult.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190226935
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script. Discovered in the valley of the Indus River in the early 1920s, the Indus civilization had a population estimated at one million people, in more than 1000 settlements, several of which were cities of some 50,000 inhabitants. With an area of nearly a million square kilometers, the Indus civilization was more extensive than the contemporaneous urban cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Yet, after almost a century of excavation and research the Indus civilization remains little understood. How might we decipher the Indus inscriptions? What language did the Indus people speak? What deities did they worship? Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s. In this pioneering book, he traces the archaeological route of the Indo-Iranian languages from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea to Central, West, and South Asia. His new ideas on the formation of the Vedic literature and rites and the great Hindu epics hinge on the profound impact that the invention of the horse-drawn chariot had on Indo-Aryan religion. Parpola's comprehensive assessment of the Indus language and religion is based on all available textual, linguistic and archaeological evidence, including West Asian sources and the Indus script. The results affirm cultural and religious continuity to the present day and, among many other things, shed new light on the prehistory of the key Hindu goddess Durga and her Tantric cult.
The Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization
Author: Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Early Aryans to Swaraj
Author: S.R. Bakshi
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176255370
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176255370
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The Roots of Hinduism
Author: Asko Parpola
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190226927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
In this pioneering book, Asko Parpola traces the Indo-Iranian speakers from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea through the Eurasian steppes to Central, West and South Asia, presenting new ideas on the origin and formation of the Vedic literature and rites, and the great Hindu epics.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190226927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
In this pioneering book, Asko Parpola traces the Indo-Iranian speakers from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea through the Eurasian steppes to Central, West and South Asia, presenting new ideas on the origin and formation of the Vedic literature and rites, and the great Hindu epics.
A Comprehensive History of the Religion of the Hindus: Pre-Vedic period
Author: Dhirendra Nath Paul
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Category : Hindu philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : Hindu philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture
Author: Edwin Bryant
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195169476
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This work studies how Indian scholars have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo-Aryans, by questioning the logic assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195169476
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This work studies how Indian scholars have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo-Aryans, by questioning the logic assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based.
History of Hinduism
Author: Domenic Marbaniang
Publisher: Independent Imprint
ISBN: 1329138961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This book surveys the Pre-vedic religion of ancient India. It reflects upon controversies surrounding discoveries at the Indus sites and then takes a dip into the world of Vedas to discover the religion of that age. The book uncovers interesting facts about ancient Hinduism reviewing controversies surrounding the Aryan Invasion (now migrations) theory, the Asuran Indus theory, and the Indigenous theories.
Publisher: Independent Imprint
ISBN: 1329138961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This book surveys the Pre-vedic religion of ancient India. It reflects upon controversies surrounding discoveries at the Indus sites and then takes a dip into the world of Vedas to discover the religion of that age. The book uncovers interesting facts about ancient Hinduism reviewing controversies surrounding the Aryan Invasion (now migrations) theory, the Asuran Indus theory, and the Indigenous theories.
The Aryans
Author: K. C. Aryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Aryan question has remained enmeshed and enveloped in layers and layers of controversial views.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Aryan question has remained enmeshed and enveloped in layers and layers of controversial views.