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SELECTEDREFERENCES
Dawn and Devolution of the Indus Civilization
by S.R. Rao, Aditya Prakashan,
1991 is a comprehensive discussion of Harappan archaeology by a world au-
thority on the subject. It includes Rao's controversial approach to the decipher-
ment of the Indus script and language. The author does not subscribe to the belief
of the Aryan invasion for which he finds no archaeological evidence.
Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization:
A literary and scientific
perspective by N.S. Rajaram and David Frawley. World Heritage Press 1994.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF VEDIC INDIA
A new approach to the study of ancient history from a combined scientific and
literary perspective by a scientist and a Vedic scholar. Presents for the first time
an ecological study of the Vedic Age in light of the latest findings from
archaeology and satellite photography. Shows also the influence of German na-
tionalism and British colonialism in
the formulation
of the Aryan
invasion theory.