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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.

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Author:   Toshiki Osada
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9788173047992

ISBN 10:   8173047995
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   15 June 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Preface 7 Introduction 9 THE INDUS CIVILIZATION 1. The Origin, Context and Function of the Indus Script: Recent Insights from -Harappa J.M. Kenoyer 13 2. Faunal Studies in India: Methodological Issues and Prospects P.P. Joglekar 33 3. Early Farmers: Issues of Spread and Migration with Respect to the Indian Subcontinent P. Bellwood 55 4. A New Indus Seal Excavated at Gonur (Turkmenistan) in November 2004 Asko Parpola 71 AGRICULTURAL VOCABULARY 5. South Asian Agricultural Terms in Old Indo-Aryan M. Witzel 79 6. Proto-Dravidian Agriculture F.C. Southworth 101 7. How Many Proto-Munda Words in Sanskrit?: With Special Reference to Agricultual Vocabulary Toshiki Osada 127 8. Silence Before Sedentism and the Advent of Cash-Crops: A Revised Summary of Early Agriculture in South Asia from Plant Domestication to the Development of Political Economies (with an Excursus on the Problem of Semantic Shift Among Millets and Rice) D.Q. Fuller 147 COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY 9. Indo-European Epics and Comparative Methods: Pentadics Structures in Homer and the Mahabharata N. Allen 191 10. Asvin and Nasatya in the Rgveda and their Background T.Goto 199 11. Creation Myths M. Witzel 227 List of Contributors 261

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Toshiki Osada is a Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, and the leader of Indus Project. He has conducted extensive field research on the language and culture of Munda since 1984. His major publications include A Reference Grammar of Mundari (1992) and some books on Munda languages and culture in Japanese. He has edited Indus Civilization:?Text?and?Context?(2006).

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