The Rgveda - In its Historical Setting

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Item Code: NAO752
Author: Ramesh Nath Nandi
Publisher: Primus Books, Delhi
Language: English
Edition: 2018
ISBN: 9789384092894
Pages: 146
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 9.5 inch X 6.5 inch
Weight 350 gm
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About The Book

The text-archaeology correlation in respect of the Harappan Civilization shows that the Harappans and the people of the R. gveda were part of the same multi-ethnic, multilingual, multicultural geographical and chronological space; that a prolonged phase of geo-climatic devastations ravaging the Vedic-Harappan subcontinent triggered an ideology of nature worship in which prayers could be recited only in the Vedic dialect which, in-turn, put the Vedic-speaking moral community on a high pedestal. The increasing number of clients hiring Vedic-speaking chantsmen inflated the ranks of the priesthood with attendant Jealousy and infighting Which was further aggravated with the introduction of the Soma oblation.

This book tries to identify the Soma plant on the basis of available literary and archaeological evidence as well as trace a hydrographic history of the river Saraswati between the fourth and the second millennium BC. Ii also examines the sanctification of the river as the greatest goddess (Devitame). The greatest river (Naditame), and the great mother (Ambitame). The final segment of the book explores the archaeo-textual possibilities and limitations of a faunal reconstruction in the Vedic-Harappen subcontinent.

 

About The Author

Ramerndra Nath Nandi is former Professor of History, Patna University. His major publications are: An Outline of the Aryan Civilization (2017): Ideology and Environment, Situating the Origin of Vedic Culture (2009); Aryans Revisited (2001); State Formation, Agrarian Growth and Social Change in Feudal South India, AD 600-1200 (2000); Prachin Bharat Me Dharma Ke Samajik Adhar (in Hindi, 1998); Social Roots of Religion in Ancient India (1986); Critical Edition of S.C. Nandimath’s A Handbook of Virasaivism (London, 1942; revd edn 1979); and Religious Institutions and Cults in the Deccan (c. AD 600-1000) (1973).

 

Preface

This Study Followed the award of a senior academic fellowship by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) during 2005-6. Subsequently, the Council cleared the manuscript for publication and even took the initiative to this effect but could not see it through. The manuscript had to find a berth for itself with a publisher.

The work draws substantially upon a longish engagement with the life and times of old Vedic people, outlined in a monumental bardic literature. Accordingly, it deals with issues not covered elsewhere by the present writer though issues discussed in various places are touched upon here for the sake of perspective.

For text study, I have used the four-volume compendium of the Rgveda edited by F. Max Muller together with the commentary of Sayana. Text citations are in the order of book, hymn and stanza like the Fifth Book, second hymn and third stanza (5.2.3).

During the course of this investigation, I have received valuable support from a host of friends and well- wishers, particularly from the next generation.

 

Contents

 

  Preface vii
1 Introduction 1
  Agriculture 4
  Trade and Crafts 8
  The Political System 12
  The Liturgy 14
  The Geographical Limits 16
2 Timing The Text 20
  Third Millennium BC: The Take-off Time 21
  From Chants to Fire Rituals 22
  The Cult of the Solar Disc 25
  The Urban Context 26
  The Commercial Context 29
  The Age of Decay 33
  Significance of theVistasva-Kaksivan Episode 36
  The Funerary Horizon 41
3 Language and Social Change 49
4 Ritual and Power 58
  Genesis of the Word 60
  Word and the Ideology 63
  Word as Oblation 66
  Word and the Corporate 68
  Word as the Basis of Conflict 73
  Word and the Subaltern 76
5 Soma In Archaeology And Literature 81
  Aboriginal Beginnings 82
  Arcaeological Contexts 82
  The Plurality of Soma 85
  Ancient Soma priests 89
6 Revisiting The Sarasvati 96
  The Western Sarasvati 103
7 Animals In Art And Literature 109
  Elephat, Tiger and Rhinoceros 110
  The Lion 113
  The Horse 114
  The Horse Riders 119
  Bibliography 125
  Index 133

 

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