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The Elusive Aryans [Elektronische Ressource] : Archaeological Search and Vedic Research; The Origin of the Hindus

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

314 p.

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The question of the original home of the Aryans and their migrations to India is only part of the problem of their ""elusiveness."" Their subsequent assimilation and nativization in India also contributed to this elusive quality. This socio-cultural process can be traced through a study of their gods, rituals, and philosophy. Thus changes in the nature and function of Rgvedic gods; the appearance of upstart gods in the late Rgvedic period; the elaboration of the soma ritual with elaborate supplementary rituals; the introduction of the new ritual of Agnicayana; the rise of the eschatology of ""...