{"product_id":"still-no-trace-of-aryan-invasion-collection-on-indo-european-origins-nap340","title":"Still no Trace of an Aryan Invasion - A Collection on Indo-European Origins","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAP340\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-author\/koenraad%20elst\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Koenraad Elst\"\u003eKoenraad Elst\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-publisher\/aryan%20books%20international\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL\"\u003eARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2018\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788173056048\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e475\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.5 inch x 5.5 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e700 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The question of the Homeland of the Indo-European (IE) or \"Aryan\" language family is, as riddles in the otherwise prosaic field of historical linguistics go, of unusual importance. It pits essentially two theories against one another. Either ancestral Proto-Indo-European (PIE)' mother of most Indian and European languages, was spoken in Northwestern India, some 6000 years ago. This was the dominant view for some forty years after the close kinship between these languages had been announced by William Jones in 1786. It was revived amid lots of commotion around 1990, and since 1996 it is known as the Out-of-India Theory (OIT). Alternatively, it was spoken outside India, in Homelands ranging from Bactria to Anatolia, but now most popularly accepted to have been Southwestern Russia. As these more westerly Homelands all imply that the Indian branch of this language family had entered India from abroad, probably some 3600 years ago, this alternative is called the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT), or with a more recent weasel word, the Aryan Migration Theory (AMT). This theory has led to the grossest political abuse: by British colonialism, by German National-Socialism, and even now by Dravidianism, Ambedkarism and other \"Breaking India\" forces. Nevertheless, most scholars still swear by it because they assume that someone somewhere must have proven it, otherwise it wouldn't have become the official theory. But this assumption is in need of verification. Over the years, Dr. Koenraad Elst has devoted a number of scholarly papers and journalistic articles to this controversy. For easy future reference, they have been collected here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Koenraad Elst (Leuven 1959) distinguished himself early on as eager to learn and to dissent. In a youthful zest to find the truth, he took up qigong and yoga along with the study of the concomitant worldviews. He put his interest in Oriental wisdom traditions on a firmer footing by obtaining MA degrees in Sinology, Indology and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. During a research stay at Benares Hindu University he discovered India's communal controversy and subsequently did original fieldwork for a doctorate on Hindu Revivalism, which he obtained magna cum laude in 1998. As an independent scholar he earned laurels and ostracism with his findings on hot items like the genesis and differential essence of the word's religions; multiculturalism and the secular state; the roots of Indo-European; the Ayodhya temple\/mosque dispute; and Mahatma Gandhi's legacy. He made a living with political journalism, as a foreign policy assistant in the Belgian Senate and as a Visiting Professor, but has always considered writing and research as his main vocation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e In hopeful anticipation of a real book delving into the linguistic aspects of the Indo-European Homeland controversy, I am herewith presenting a collection of my recent papers, articles and conference reports on various aspects of the \"Aryan\" question. The spelling of Sanskrit words is in some writings a ' journalistic approximation, in some fully scholarly, in some a hybrid, but each time consistent within the document, and essentially self-explanatory. After participating in the conference on Vedic-Harappan evidence organized by the Draupadi Trust in Delhi (26-28 March 2015), where strong material and textual evidence was presented for full civilizational continuity between the Harappan, Vedic and later Hindu societies, I am convinced that this controversy will soon be resolved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"05%\"\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"90%\"\u003e MANU AS A Weapon against Egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu Political Philosophy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"05%\"\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A Great Book about the' Great Book\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 53\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Still No Trace of an Aryan Invasion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 60\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Ethnic Meaning of \"Arya\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 63\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Mapping the Sarasvati: A Review of The Lost River by Michel Danino\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 67\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Buddha and Caste\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 72\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Indo-Aryan Controversy is a Real Debate: A Reply to Nicholas Kazanas\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 79\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Aazi Out-of-India Theory?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 97\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Some Unlikely Tentacles of Early Indo-European\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 106\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Globalization of Mythology\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 148\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hindu Month in California and the Lessons from the Textbook Controversy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 159\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e An Indo-European Conference\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 171\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The \"Varna Event\" and the Indo-European Homeland Question\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 175\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 14\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Aryan Non-Invasion Theory\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 185\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Leipzig Conference\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 190\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 16\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Kozhikode Vedic Workshop\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 204\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 17\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \"Horseplay at Harappa\" Revisited\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 210\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 18\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rajaram, Witzel, and Racism\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 215\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 19\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Witzel at SOAS\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 225\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 20\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Moralism and the Aryan Invasion Theory\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 229\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 21\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Why Linguistics Necessarily Holds the Key to the Solution of the Indo-European Homeland Question\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 235\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 22\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Conflict Between Vedic Aryans and Iranians\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 290\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 23\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Concept of Pakistan in the Vedas\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 318\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 24\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Vedic Harappans Excavated\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 325\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 25\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Andronovo Cradle of the Indo-Iranians?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 333\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 26\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Rigvedic Hymn to Vasistha: The Oldest Attested Divinization\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 343\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 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