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Linguistics, Archaeology and Human Past in South Asia

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The book contains a selection of papers presented at the 7th Harvard Roundtable on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia co-organized by the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan.

The papers included are: 1. The Origin, Context and Function of the Indus Script: Recent Insights from Harappa by J.M. Kenoyer, 2. Faunal Studies in India: Methodological Issues and Prospects by P.P. Joglekar, 3. Early Farmers: Issues of Spread and Migration with Respect

to the Indian Subcontinent by P. Bellwood, 4. A New Indus Seal Excavated at Gonur (Turkmenistan) in November 2004 by Asko Parpola, 5. South Asian Agricultural Terms in Old Indo-Aryan by M. Witzel, 6. Proto-Dravidian Agriculture by F.C. Southworth, 7. How many Proto-Munda Words in Sanskrit?: With Special Reference to Agricultural Vocabulary by Toshiki Osada, 8. Silence Before Sedentism and the Advent of Cash-Crops by D.Q. Fuller, 9. Indo-European Epics and Comparative Methods: Pentadics Structures in Homer and the Maha­bharata by N. Allen, 10. A«sv«?n- and N«?satya- in the Rigveda and their Prehistoric Background by?T.?Goto,?and?11.?Creation?Myths?by?M.?Witzel.

Description

The book contains a selection of papers presented at the 7th Harvard Roundtable on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia co-organized by the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan.

The papers included are: 1. The Origin, Context and Function of the Indus Script: Recent Insights from Harappa by J.M. Kenoyer, 2. Faunal Studies in India: Methodological Issues and Prospects by P.P. Joglekar, 3. Early Farmers: Issues of Spread and Migration with Respect

to the Indian Subcontinent by P. Bellwood, 4. A New Indus Seal Excavated at Gonur (Turkmenistan) in November 2004 by Asko Parpola, 5. South Asian Agricultural Terms in Old Indo-Aryan by M. Witzel, 6. Proto-Dravidian Agriculture by F.C. Southworth, 7. How many Proto-Munda Words in Sanskrit?: With Special Reference to Agricultural Vocabulary by Toshiki Osada, 8. Silence Before Sedentism and the Advent of Cash-Crops by D.Q. Fuller, 9. Indo-European Epics and Comparative Methods: Pentadics Structures in Homer and the Maha­bharata by N. Allen, 10. A«sv«?n- and N«?satya- in the Rigveda and their Prehistoric Background by?T.?Goto,?and?11.?Creation?Myths?by?M.?Witzel.
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