The Aryan debate / [edited by] Thomas R. Trautmann.

Papers previously published in various sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indo-European / William Jones -- The Dravidian proof / F.W. Ellis -- The Indus civilization / John Marshall -- Linguistic prehistory of India / M.B. Emeneau -- Indo-Aryans, Indo-Iranians, and Indo-Europeans / M.A. Mehendale -- Vedic Aryans, non-vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: judging the linguistics evidence of the Veda / Madhav M. Deshpande -- Constructing the racial theory of Indian civilization / Thomas R. Trautman -- Some appropriations of the theory of Aryan race relating to the beginnings of Indian history / Romila Thapar -- The end of the Harappan civilization / Shereen Ratnagar -- It is time to rethink / B.B. Lal -- The Indus-Sarasvati civilization: beginnings and developments / S.P. Gupta -- Archaeology and language / Colin Renfrew -- The truant horse clears the hurdles / B.B. Lal -- The horse and the language of the Indus civilization / Asko Parpola -- Horse remains from Surkotada / Sandor Bokonyi -- Comment on 'Horse remains from Surkotada' / Richard H. Meadow and Ajita Patel -- The domestication of the horse in Asia / David Anthony -- Decipherments of the Indus script / Kamil V. Zvelebil.