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

By:

Charles Allen

Contributor(s):

ALLEN (Charles)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: India Hachette 2023Description: 387 p. 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	St Aloysius Library Reference Section	History	954.01 ALLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Reference Book	076964

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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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