Indo-Aryans in the Bronze Age
By (author) Stanislav Grigoriev
Hardback (Published)
(December 2025)
ISBN: 9781805830665
8.31 x 11.69 inches
Price: $84.00
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The book explores Indo-Aryan origins, arguing their homeland was in NW Iran. Using linguistic, genetic, and archaeological data, it traces migrations from Iran to Central Asia, India, and beyond during the 3rd millennium BC, shaping Indo-Aryan dialects and cultures.
Indo-Aryans in the Bronze Age is devoted to the origins and early history of the Indo-Aryans. According to the generally accepted theory, they originated in the Eurasian steppe, from where they then migrated to the Indian subcontinent and the Iranian plateau. However, there is no real evidence that indicates these processes. The author has collected linguistic, palaeogenetic and archaeological data to reconstruct the processes that occurred in the Eneolithic and Bronze Age over large areas of Eurasia, demonstrating that the ancestral homeland of the Indo-Iranians was in Northwestern Iran. From there some migrated to Southeastern Iran, which led to the emergence of Indo-Aryan dialects around the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, the migration of Indo-Aryan tribes to the north-east of Iran and Central Asia began, which later ended with migration to India, as well as to the Near East, Eastern Europe, the Southern Urals and, occasionally, to Southern Siberia.
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
The Problem of the Indo-Aryan Homeland
Methodological problems of homeland reconstruction
Steppe hypothesis
Chapter 1. Linguistic foundations of the Indo-Aryan problem
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan homeland
Aryans in South Asia and autochthonous tribes
Indo-Aryan linguistic relations in Northern Eurasia
Mitannian Aryan
Summarizing linguistic data on the Indo-Aryan homeland
Chapter 2. Palaeogenetics and the Indo-Aryan problem
Palaeogenetics of the Near East
Palaeogenetics of Northern Eurasia
Palaeogenetics of the Karasuk culture and the Early Iron Age in steppe Eurasia
Palaeogenetics of South Asia
Chapter 3. Archaeology and the Indo-Aryan problem
Archaeology of South Asia
Catacomb cultures of Eastern Iran and southern Central Asia
Catacombs in Northern Eurasia
Indo-Aryans in the Levant
Mitanni and chariots in the Near East
Post-Catacomb period in Eastern Europe
Formation and development of LBA cultures in Northern Eurasia
Northern Eurasia in the Late Bronze Age
Northern Eurasia in the Final Bronze Age
Chapter 4. Conclusion
Some methodological reflections on the Indo-European problem
General scheme of Indo-Aryan migrations in the 3rd–2nd millennia BC
Bibliography
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List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
The Problem of the Indo-Aryan Homeland
Methodological problems of homeland reconstruction
Steppe hypothesis
Chapter 1. Linguistic foundations of the Indo-Aryan problem
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan homeland
Aryans in South Asia and autochthonous tribes
Indo-Aryan linguistic relations in Northern Eurasia
Mitannian Aryan
Summarizing linguistic data on the Indo-Aryan homeland
Chapter 2. Palaeogenetics and the Indo-Aryan problem
Palaeogenetics of the Near East
Palaeogenetics of Northern Eurasia
Palaeogenetics of the Karasuk culture and the Early Iron Age in steppe Eurasia
Palaeogenetics of South Asia
Chapter 3. Archaeology and the Indo-Aryan problem
Archaeology of South Asia
Catacomb cultures of Eastern Iran and southern Central Asia
Catacombs in Northern Eurasia
Indo-Aryans in the Levant
Mitanni and chariots in the Near East
Post-Catacomb period in Eastern Europe
Formation and development of LBA cultures in Northern Eurasia
Northern Eurasia in the Late Bronze Age
Northern Eurasia in the Final Bronze Age
Chapter 4. Conclusion
Some methodological reflections on the Indo-European problem
General scheme of Indo-Aryan migrations in the 3rd–2nd millennia BC
Bibliography
- By (author) Stanislav Grigoriev
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