Book
The Vedic people: their history and geography
Orient Longman • New Delhi • Published In 1997 • Pages:
By: Kochhar, Rajesh.
Abstract
This attempt to better understand the people behind the Rigveda traces multiple lines of evidence—texts (the Vedas, Puranas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata, as well as the Zoroastrian Avesta), archaeology, astronomy, genetics, geology, linguistics, literature, and metallurgy—in arriving at the theory that India cannot be the original home of the Vedic people. A wide variety of cultures are covered, dating 4500-1500 BC and found from the Dnieper to the Yenisei rivers, including Sredni Stog, Afanasievo, Andronovo, Yamna, Hut and Catacomb, and Srubnaya.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field Date
- Not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 4100-2100 BP
- Coverage Place
- Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Notes
- Rajesh Kochhar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index
- LCCN
- 99946448
- LCSH
- Vedas--Geography
- Hindu civilization
- Vedic literature--History and criticism