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Allen, Charles

Aryans: The search for a people, a place and a myth / By Charles Allen - Gurugram Hachette India 2023 - 387 pages 24 cm

Introduction;
Part One - The Myth of the Aryan Race:
1. The Rise and Fall of Superman: Aryanism and the Swastika;
2. What's in a Name: Was There Ever an Aryan Race or Language?;
Part Two - Urheimat, Ursprache, Urvolk: The Search for European Origins:
3. Scythian Gold and the Search for the Russian Soul;
4. Gravhög and Hügelgraber: Celts and Germans;
5. Horses, Wheels and Wagons: The Transport Revolution;
6. The Kurgan Hypothesis Part Three - India and the Aryans;
7. Ancient Cities: India Before the Aryans;
8. Sacred Cows and Water-Goddesses: The Proto-Indo-Iranian Identity;
9. Aryas and Ariyas: The Great Split and the Elixir of Life;
10. Holy Cows and Gurus: Orientalism and Indian Nationalism Part Four - Ancient Genomes;
11. The Gold Rush: The Palaeogenetic Revolution;
Acknowledgements;
Notes;
Pivture Credits;
Index.


ISBN: 9789357312684 (hbk)

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8924