The Roots of Hinduism : The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization / Asko Parpola.
The Roots of Hinduism : The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization / Asko Parpola.
The Roots of Hinduism : The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization / Asko Parpola.
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New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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G 2016/1686
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English
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xvi, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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still image
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
-- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Defining 'Hindu' and 'Hinduism' -- 2. The early Aryans -- 3. Indo-European linguistics -- 4. The Indus civilization -- 5. The Indus religion and the Indus script -- Part I: The Early Aryans -- 6. Proto-Indo-European homelands -- 7. Early Indo-Iranians on the Eurasian...
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New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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"This pioneering study derives Hinduism from the traditions brought to South Asia by Aryan-speaking pastoralists from the Eurasian steppes and those of the Indus Civilization, reconstructed from its visual and inscriptional remains and from West Asian and classical/modern South Asian sources"--...
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The Roots of Hinduism : The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization / Asko Parpola.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index.
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G 2016/1686
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74VKVpQBky7O
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9780190226909 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780190226923 (paperback : alk. paper)
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934/.02
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991023988312002626
