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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture is a book by Edwin Bryant published at Oxford University Press (ISBN 0195137779). Edwin Bryant arrived in San Francisco by overland route in 1846, served as a lieutenant in Frémont’s Battalion, and in February 1847 succeeded Bartlett and Hyde as alcalde of San Francisco. ...
The book aims to present the theories of various scholars on the Indo-Aryan migration debate in an evenhanded way.
J. P. Mallory commented on this book: "Edwin Bryant's The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture ... systematically exposes the logical weaknesses of most of the arguments that support the consensus of either side. This is not only an important work in the field of Indo-Aryan studies but a long overdue challenge for scholarly fair play." JP Mallory is the nom-de-plume of Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist Prof. ...
13. Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse
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Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... The Indus Valley Civilization existed along the Indus River and the Hakra-Ghaggar river and their tributaries. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Vedas are part of the Hindu Shruti; these religious scriptures form part of the core of the Brahminical and Vedic traditions within Hinduism and are the inspirational, metaphysical and mythological foundation for later Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra and even Bhakti forms of Hinduism. ...
OxfordUniversityPress, 2001), explores a contested historical period that is extremely important to the sensitivities of traditional Hindus and many Indian scholars -- the antiquity and origins of the Vedic (Indo-Aryan) language and religious culture.
Many scholars from the subcontinent insist on an indigenous, and more ancient and sophisticated origin for the Vedic Hindu culture than critical scholarship has so far allowed.
This debate over Vedic, Indo-Aryan origins has developed into one of the most contested issues in Indology.
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