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Aryans : The Search for a People a Place and a Myth

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: India Hachette 2023Description: 387p HB 24x16 cmISBN:
  • 9789357312684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 954.01 ALLA
Summary: Few themes in history have had as strong a hold on people’s imagination. Fewer still have managed to alter the course of civilization. This is Charles Allen’s definitive account of the Aryans, offering a grand sweep of language, mythology, contested histories and conflict. Spanning continents, cultures and societies: from the Russian steppe to the Indus valley, the Iliad to the Mahabharata, Greek to Sanskrit, Putin to Trump, and Müller to Vivekananda, Aryans astonishes with its scope. Allen, true to a style that has endeared him to a legion of admirers, weaves a narrative that is startling and illuminating. Product of a great investigation and meticulous scholarship, Aryans, Allen’s last book, is his crowning achievement and marks the end of an illustrious career.
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Few themes in history have had as strong a hold on people’s imagination. Fewer still have managed to alter the course of civilization.
This is Charles Allen’s definitive account of the Aryans, offering a grand sweep of language, mythology, contested histories and conflict. Spanning continents, cultures and societies: from the Russian steppe to the Indus valley, the Iliad to the Mahabharata, Greek to Sanskrit, Putin to Trump, and Müller to Vivekananda, Aryans astonishes with its scope. Allen, true to a style that has endeared him to a legion of admirers, weaves a narrative that is startling and illuminating.
Product of a great investigation and meticulous scholarship, Aryans, Allen’s last book, is his crowning achievement and marks the end of an illustrious career.

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