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IN SEARCH OF VEDIC HARAPPAN RELATIONSHIP

Edited By :- Ashvini Agrawal

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Pages: xiv+194

Format: HB

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-282-8

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 22cm x 28cm

Product Year: 2005

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The search for Vedic-Harappan relationship has received serious attention of the scholars in recent years though the theory was put forward as early as 1920s. With the renewed interest in India?s past, a number of works both by Indian and foreign scholars have been published on the subject. Where as a specific group of scholars continues to be sceptic about the idea going to the extent of calling it a fundamen-talist attempt, the more scientifically inclined scholars around the world have taken up the issue seriously and are gradually veering around to the view that the Harappan civilization is a continuity of the Vedic culture. The present anthology of articles on the Vedic-Harappan Relationship is a result of an in-depth study by some of the senior most scholars of the discipline who debated the issue at length in the international seminar organised by the Panjab University, Chandigarh. It encompasses views presented on scientific lines and studies from various angles ? archaeology, art, ethnology, geography, geology, history, literature, linguistics and other related aspects. The latest researches contained in the volume are sure to make a valuable contribution to the discipline and a rich food for thought to the students and scholars of the subject.

Preface, Acknowledgements, List of Contributors, 1. Keynote Address - Search for Vedic-Harappan Relationship : New Perspectives - B.B. Lal 2. Two Harappan Motifs and Their Vedic Affinity - P.K. Agrawala 3. The ?Rigvedic Sarasvati - O.P. Bharadwaj 4. Geographical References: The Ocean and Soma - David Frawley 5. Vaidic-Harappa Sanskriti : Dharmik Vriksh Ashwath - Ved Kumari Ghai 6. The Sarasvati and the Homeland of Early Rigvedic Rishis : In the Light of Recent Scientific Researches - S.P. Gupta 7. Vedic vis-a-vis Harappan Culture : Some Thoughts - Devendra Handa 8. The Mahabharata and the Sindhu-Sarasvati Tradition - Subhash Kak 9. The Rigveda and Harappa - N. Kazanas 10. Kunal Excavations : New Light on the Origin of Harappan Civilization - J.S. Khatri & M. Acharya 11. The Peoples of India and the Dawn of Civilization in the Indian Subcontinent - Y. Krishan 12. Were the Aryans Barbarians? - N.K. Ojha 13. Connections Between the Harappan Seals and the Vedic Literature - N.S. Rajaram 14. Arya or Anarya Bhed Jatigat ya Karmgat ? : Ved or Vaidik Sahitya Ke Sandharbh Mein - Vasundhara Rehani 15. The Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization and Vedic Co-relations - I.K. Sarma 16. Need of a New Paradigm : Ascertaining ?Rigvedic-Harappan Relationship - Shivaji Singh Index

Prof. Ashvini Agrawal, presently Dean, Faculty of Arts and Professor of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Panjab University, Chandigarh is a well known Indologist. He has distinguished himself as a meticulous researcher in various branches of the discipline. He has to his credit about one hundred research papers and book reviews published in reputed journals in India and abroad. Besides his magnum opus, The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, he has authored/edited several other books on various aspects of Indological studies such as Working Women in Ancient India, Buddhist Art and Thought, Sarupa Saurabham, Ratna Chandrika, etc. He is the founder Editor of the Research Bulletin of the VVRI. A life-member of several academic bodies besides being on the executive boards of some of them, he has participated in and chaired numerous seminars and conferences. He has been invited to deliver special lectures by several institutions in India and abroad and is a recipient of many fellowships and awards.

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