Book

The Vedic people: their history and geography

Orient LongmanNew 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.
Subjects
Identification
Location
Historical reconstruction
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Settlement patterns
Topography and geology
Verbal arts
Dating methods in archaeology
Chronologies and culture sequences
Comparative evidence
tradition
Vedic
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