The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian ...

The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian History - Edwin F. Bryant, Laurie L. Patton (ed.) [epub]

For the first time in a single volume, this book presents the various arguments in the Indo-Aryan controversy. It also provides a template for the basic issues addressing four major areas: archaeological research, linguistic issues, the interpretation of Vedic texts in their historical contexts, and ideological roots.

The volume ends with a plea for a return to civility in the debates which have become increasingly, and unproductively, politicized, and suggests a program of research and inquiry upon which scholars from all sides of the debate might embark