Contents: (i) Preliminary observations (ii) The myth of Aryan invasion (iii) The horse and the Aryans (iv) Nature of the Vedic conflicts (v) Stock breeding and agriculture (vi) Harappan pottery in the Rgveda (vii) Industry (viii) Mineral resources of Vedic merchants (ix) Navigation (x) Overland trade and commerce (xi) Housing and urban centres (xii) The language the Harappans spoke (xiii) The social mosaic (xiv) Literacy and education (xv) Mythology and religion, bibliography, index.;;Books an ancient Indian history are based partly on borrowed imagination and partly on distorted facts. They conceal boldly and reveal sceptically. But quite contrarily this work provides a novel conduit, honestly postulated, to the study of Vedic and Harappan civilizations which no student and scholar of the subject can fail to notice.

ISBN 13: 9788186471043

ISBN 10: 8186471049

Year: 2018

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: xiv,494p., (64)pls., (17)ill., (3)maps, bibl., ind., 28cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): History, Voice of India