Indian Ethnogenesis: Social and Cultural History of Antiquity

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Sharp controversy still exists concerning the origins of the peoples of India. This book draws upon extensive research, applying a unique technique of linguistic analysis. The author also compares and establishes close links between Indias two national heritages the material one, based on most recent archeological discoveries by scholars from America, Britain, France, India, and Russia, and also the cultural legacy involving reference to various masterpieces of world literature. References are also made to the antique tradition during Alexander the Greats campaign, Aristobulus, Diodorus Siculus, Nearchus, Plutarch, Ptolemy, Strabo, and others. The author expertly examines the art of various civilizations, dynasties and periods; as well as folklore and ritual. This book, the result of 45 years of work, will interest Indologists, Orientalists, philologists, and literary scholars, as well as those interested in the interaction among cultures, philosophies and religions. This book is in Russian. Other Population Studies Books 2002 – Band Mobility and Leadership Among the Western Toba Hunter-Gatherers of Gran Chaco in Argentina 1997 – New Perspective on Race and Color Research on an Outer Vs. Inner Orientation to Anti-Black Dispositions 2001 – Guide to Resources in Ethnic Studies on Minority Populations