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In Quest of the Dates of the Vedas
A comprehensive study of the Vedic and the Indo-European flora, fauna and climate over
the last 10,000 years in light of the information emerging from the disciplines of
archaeology, archaeo-botany, geology, genetics and linguistics
by Premendra Priyadarshi
Partridge Publishers. Published September 2, 2014
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Word-Index
Acacia arabica 276
Acacia catechu 64, 67
Acacia, pre-Harappan 92
Aegilops tauschii 56
Ahar, iron at 41
ahī (cow) 352
ahi-dviṣ (mongoose) philology 84
ahi-phena (opium) 280
aihwatundi 155fn
AIT 128-9; horse in 134
aja (goat) 350
ajagara (python) 83,323
akwa (horse), absent in Hittite 130
Allchin, on horse Harappan 136
alligator 300
Altai, past climate 25
Altyn Depe Indus seal 97; Indus inscriptions at 114
Amarakosha, willow 173
āmlā 104fn
amulet 37; amulet of zebu Ur 117
Anatolia hypothesis 129-30; Anatolian origin 196
Anatolian, farming words lost in 131
Anau horse 123; Marshall on 139
ancient DNA, goat, France 343
Ancient DNA, horse 164; in Spain 162
Ancient DNA, Indian (human) West Asia 100
Andronovo culture, date of 109, genesis of 112
Andronovo posterior to Pirak 125
Andronovo pottery 40
ant (vamra) philology 259
Anthony, David, claim by 134-5; retracted 135
aṇu millet YV 63
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Apis 327
apple, IE cognates 282
apuṣpā, apuṣpī RV 241
Aq Kupruk, caballus horse 139; goat at 340
aquatic animals in YV 83
Arab horse origin 143, 144,147,148; ribs 149
Arabia, horse statue 166
araṇī (fire-stick) 256
araṇya, grassland in RV 153; habitat of horse 153; as forest 153.
Aratta 119
aravinda, cognates 281
arid region 88
aridity, and zebu 118; in China 168; in steppe 110; NW India 169
Arkaim 110, 115, 125
Artemisia 190, 191,193; as incense 193
artemisinin for malaria 190
artisans, Indus 115, migration of 116
Arundo grass-reed 92
Aryan arrival, absence of DNA evidence 19
Aryan farmers 128
Ash-tree, see Fraxinus.
Asparagus 246
aspen 73-4, 248-; horses’ dislike for 255
aspen, cognates 253; and aśva 253; and aśvattha 254; etymology 254; aspen, habitat 254; a.
in northern route 254; medicinal properties 257
ass, philology of 154
Assyria, bull cult in 118
aśvattha 70,73,74, leaves of 70
aśvattha, home of Goddess 240
aśvattha, -pen for horse-sacrifice 255; in TS 256; confusion identification in S.Br. 257; abode
of mother Goddess 257
aśvinī kumaras 76,191; and poplar 253
Aśvins RV 253
Atharva-Veda 89, date of 64,89
Australia, Indian migration to 22,96
avaka grass YV 49, 50
Avesta, date of 85
Azzaroli 121-2,124,127
babhru 31,84, 298-9
Bactria, oldest horse of 123
Badam, Inamgaon 137
Bagor, horse at 138
balano (Gk.) oak 209
balbaja grass RV, YV 60, 61, AV 64
Bali, Indian migration to 96
Baltic, absence of oak 198
Baluchistan, desertion of 90; forest 95
banyan 74
baraqat (Arabic word) 265
Barb horse, origin of 147, ribs in 149
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karkandhu 76
karkaṭa tree 204-5
karkaṭa, cognates 295
karpāsa 284-5
kaṣāya 320
kaśikā 313
kastor 299
kasturi, kastūrī 85,299
Katelai, horse burial at 121-2,125
Kathiawar horse 144
Kayatha horse 139
Kazakh horse 148
Kazanas, on horse in Indian archaeology 11;
KD phase, camel at 363
k dāra 236; IE philology of 237
Kennedy on Harappan horse 140
Kenoyer, on skeletons 100-101
k śarī, philology of 320,321
khadira, see Acacia catechu.
Khair-Sissoo Forest 67
khāṇḍa 287
khara, philology of 154-5,
kharjūra 75
khas (perfume) 193
kīkaṭa RV 276
kikkar, kikkir (Acacia arabica) 276; cognates 277
Kikkuli 121
konj (horse, Slavic) 157
Kot Diji, decline in pottery 30; iron at 117
kṛdara YV 236,238
Kuntasi horse-bone 136
Kurgan, graves 114; hypothesis 159
kuṣṭha 189,192-4; for fever 190; in China 190; trading in AV 190
kutsa 191,194
kuutth 191
kuyava 30
Kyzyl Khak 105
Labeo 308
Lachs Theory 12,301-8
Lagenaria siceraria 237
lākṣā, lakṣā 307,302
lakṣaṇa 307
lakṣmaṇa TS 307-8
lakṣmī (etymology) 307
lakso- 301
lāñchana 307
language change 24,41,128
language of Vedas 41
Larsen (pig DNA study) 103
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Last Glacial Maximum 19; oak refugia 219; goat in 341; population growth after 20; sea-
level rise after 178
Lawler on Begash 107
lead 41
leech 84
lentil 7,52,59-60
leprosy, treatment 190
Lethyrus bean 52
Levant, camel in 360
Levine 9; on horse 134
LGM, see Last Glacial Maximum
lily 281
Linearbandkeramik 329
linguistic study, biased 130; manipulation of 130-1,131fn;
linum 282
lion 79,317-322; at Kish 87; archaeology 88; AV 89-90; YV 91; cognates of 322
lion-seal 319
lizard 315
lobster 296
lopasha, cognates 324
Lothal, iron 41
lotus 281; in RV 68
Lydekkar 143,147
Mackay on Harappan chariot 121
madar 277
madder 278-9
madhu 326
madhura-vṛkṣa 274
Mahagara, horse at 138
makara, IE cognates 300
malaria, treatment of 174,189
mandāra 277
mandible of horse, 139
Mani (author) 87
manipulation by Naderi 343-4
manjari 291
mare’s milk, Botai 160
Margaret, cognates 291
Margiana, Indus objects at 114
Marshall, J. on horse 139,143,234
martya 103
Maruta 385
Marwari horse 141
maśaka 326
mat of reed 93, Shatapatha Brahmana 93
Meadow, Eurocentricity of 138-9
meat-import, camel’s 366
Mehrgarh 21; camel at 363; Populus at 248
Mehrgarh II 21; burnt bricks in 37
meka (goat) 347
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traveller to Sumer 235
treatise, Hittite 121
tree with fruit RV 240
tree without flower RV 240,245
tree-line 219
tri-kadruka RV 237
trikakuta 151
true horse 160
tuberculosis 234,241; and Vitis (soma) 58-9; treatment 185
Tulasidas 41
Turkmenistan, Indus seal in 97; wheat Neolithic 56
turtle 88,295
Tus’ratta 119
Udmurt 102
udumbara 74
Ukraine, Eastern human invasion into 99
Ukrainian cow, DNA study of 107
Underhill, Peter 20,97
unicorn, seals 150; Harappan 151
Uralic languages 102
Uraria 77
US Bureau report on sivalensis 147; on horse origin 159;
uṣṭra cognates 369-70,371-2
vaca, Calamus rotang 178
vājinī-vatī 252
Varaha 151
Varuna, ends drought 27; the Rain-God 44
vata tree 74
Vats, M.S. 120; on unicorn 150
Vedic pottery 39
vetasa 173; vetasa AV 93; for fever MaxMuller 180; for pain TS 179; habitat in river 181
vetche 52
Vetiveria 193
vetra 178,
Vindhyan Neolithic 129
violence at Harappa 87
Vitastā river 176
Vitis 59,177; V. vinifera pre-Harappan 92; v. philology of 183
vrīhi 52
Vrtra 28,29
Vṛtrasura 83
war-chariot 142
wasp 326fn 30
water-logging YV 52
water-wheel 110; in RV 30
wax, bees’ 327
weaving, oldest 268
wheat 52,54; absent from RV 57; import in Begash 107-8; in Bronze Age Ukraine 56; wild 55
wild camel RV 366
wild cat 331
In Quest of the Dates of the Vedas
A comprehensive study of the Vedic and the Indo-European flora, fauna and climate over
the last 10,000 years in light of the information emerging from the disciplines of
archaeology, archaeo-botany, geology, genetics and linguistics
by Premendra Priyadarshi
Partridge Publishers. Published September 2, 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Dates-Vedas-Comprehensive-Indo-
European/dp/1482834251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424606756&sr=8-
1&keywords=In+quest+of+the+dates+of+the+vedas
See Preface at : http://aryaninvasionmyth.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/in-quest-of-the-dates-of-the-
vedas-preface/
Word-Index
Acacia arabica 276
Acacia catechu 64, 67
Acacia, pre-Harappan 92
Aegilops tauschii 56
Ahar, iron at 41
ahī (cow) 352
ahi-dviṣ (mongoose) philology 84
ahi-phena (opium) 280
aihwatundi 155fn
AIT 128-9; horse in 134
aja (goat) 350
ajagara (python) 83,323
akwa (horse), absent in Hittite 130
Allchin, on horse Harappan 136
alligator 300
Altai, past climate 25
Altyn Depe Indus seal 97; Indus inscriptions at 114
Amarakosha, willow 173
āmlā 104fn
amulet 37; amulet of zebu Ur 117
Anatolia hypothesis 129-30; Anatolian origin 196
Anatolian, farming words lost in 131
Anau horse 123; Marshall on 139
ancient DNA, goat, France 343
Ancient DNA, horse 164; in Spain 162
Ancient DNA, Indian (human) West Asia 100
Andronovo culture, date of 109, genesis of 112
Andronovo posterior to Pirak 125
Andronovo pottery 40
ant (vamra) philology 259
Anthony, David, claim by 134-5; retracted 135
aṇu millet YV 63
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Apis 327
apple, IE cognates 282
apuṣpā, apuṣpī RV 241
Aq Kupruk, caballus horse 139; goat at 340
aquatic animals in YV 83
Arab horse origin 143, 144,147,148; ribs 149
Arabia, horse statue 166
araṇī (fire-stick) 256
araṇya, grassland in RV 153; habitat of horse 153; as forest 153.
Aratta 119
aravinda, cognates 281
arid region 88
aridity, and zebu 118; in China 168; in steppe 110; NW India 169
Arkaim 110, 115, 125
Artemisia 190, 191,193; as incense 193
artemisinin for malaria 190
artisans, Indus 115, migration of 116
Arundo grass-reed 92
Aryan arrival, absence of DNA evidence 19
Aryan farmers 128
Ash-tree, see Fraxinus.
Asparagus 246
aspen 73-4, 248-; horses’ dislike for 255
aspen, cognates 253; and aśva 253; and aśvattha 254; etymology 254; aspen, habitat 254; a.
in northern route 254; medicinal properties 257
ass, philology of 154
Assyria, bull cult in 118
aśvattha 70,73,74, leaves of 70
aśvattha, home of Goddess 240
aśvattha, -pen for horse-sacrifice 255; in TS 256; confusion identification in S.Br. 257; abode
of mother Goddess 257
aśvinī kumaras 76,191; and poplar 253
Aśvins RV 253
Atharva-Veda 89, date of 64,89
Australia, Indian migration to 22,96
avaka grass YV 49, 50
Avesta, date of 85
Azzaroli 121-2,124,127
babhru 31,84, 298-9
Bactria, oldest horse of 123
Badam, Inamgaon 137
Bagor, horse at 138
balano (Gk.) oak 209
balbaja grass RV, YV 60, 61, AV 64
Bali, Indian migration to 96
Baltic, absence of oak 198
Baluchistan, desertion of 90; forest 95
banyan 74
baraqat (Arabic word) 265
Barb horse, origin of 147, ribs in 149
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karkandhu 76
karkaṭa tree 204-5
karkaṭa, cognates 295
karpāsa 284-5
kaṣāya 320
kaśikā 313
kastor 299
kasturi, kastūrī 85,299
Katelai, horse burial at 121-2,125
Kathiawar horse 144
Kayatha horse 139
Kazakh horse 148
Kazanas, on horse in Indian archaeology 11;
KD phase, camel at 363
k dāra 236; IE philology of 237
Kennedy on Harappan horse 140
Kenoyer, on skeletons 100-101
k śarī, philology of 320,321
khadira, see Acacia catechu.
Khair-Sissoo Forest 67
khāṇḍa 287
khara, philology of 154-5,
kharjūra 75
khas (perfume) 193
kīkaṭa RV 276
kikkar, kikkir (Acacia arabica) 276; cognates 277
Kikkuli 121
konj (horse, Slavic) 157
Kot Diji, decline in pottery 30; iron at 117
kṛdara YV 236,238
Kuntasi horse-bone 136
Kurgan, graves 114; hypothesis 159
kuṣṭha 189,192-4; for fever 190; in China 190; trading in AV 190
kutsa 191,194
kuutth 191
kuyava 30
Kyzyl Khak 105
Labeo 308
Lachs Theory 12,301-8
Lagenaria siceraria 237
lākṣā, lakṣā 307,302
lakṣaṇa 307
lakṣmaṇa TS 307-8
lakṣmī (etymology) 307
lakso- 301
lāñchana 307
language change 24,41,128
language of Vedas 41
Larsen (pig DNA study) 103
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Last Glacial Maximum 19; oak refugia 219; goat in 341; population growth after 20; sea-
level rise after 178
Lawler on Begash 107
lead 41
leech 84
lentil 7,52,59-60
leprosy, treatment 190
Lethyrus bean 52
Levant, camel in 360
Levine 9; on horse 134
LGM, see Last Glacial Maximum
lily 281
Linearbandkeramik 329
linguistic study, biased 130; manipulation of 130-1,131fn;
linum 282
lion 79,317-322; at Kish 87; archaeology 88; AV 89-90; YV 91; cognates of 322
lion-seal 319
lizard 315
lobster 296
lopasha, cognates 324
Lothal, iron 41
lotus 281; in RV 68
Lydekkar 143,147
Mackay on Harappan chariot 121
madar 277
madder 278-9
madhu 326
madhura-vṛkṣa 274
Mahagara, horse at 138
makara, IE cognates 300
malaria, treatment of 174,189
mandāra 277
mandible of horse, 139
Mani (author) 87
manipulation by Naderi 343-4
manjari 291
mare’s milk, Botai 160
Margaret, cognates 291
Margiana, Indus objects at 114
Marshall, J. on horse 139,143,234
martya 103
Maruta 385
Marwari horse 141
maśaka 326
mat of reed 93, Shatapatha Brahmana 93
Meadow, Eurocentricity of 138-9
meat-import, camel’s 366
Mehrgarh 21; camel at 363; Populus at 248
Mehrgarh II 21; burnt bricks in 37
meka (goat) 347
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traveller to Sumer 235
treatise, Hittite 121
tree with fruit RV 240
tree without flower RV 240,245
tree-line 219
tri-kadruka RV 237
trikakuta 151
true horse 160
tuberculosis 234,241; and Vitis (soma) 58-9; treatment 185
Tulasidas 41
Turkmenistan, Indus seal in 97; wheat Neolithic 56
turtle 88,295
Tus’ratta 119
Udmurt 102
udumbara 74
Ukraine, Eastern human invasion into 99
Ukrainian cow, DNA study of 107
Underhill, Peter 20,97
unicorn, seals 150; Harappan 151
Uralic languages 102
Uraria 77
US Bureau report on sivalensis 147; on horse origin 159;
uṣṭra cognates 369-70,371-2
vaca, Calamus rotang 178
vājinī-vatī 252
Varaha 151
Varuna, ends drought 27; the Rain-God 44
vata tree 74
Vats, M.S. 120; on unicorn 150
Vedic pottery 39
vetasa 173; vetasa AV 93; for fever MaxMuller 180; for pain TS 179; habitat in river 181
vetche 52
Vetiveria 193
vetra 178,
Vindhyan Neolithic 129
violence at Harappa 87
Vitastā river 176
Vitis 59,177; V. vinifera pre-Harappan 92; v. philology of 183
vrīhi 52
Vrtra 28,29
Vṛtrasura 83
war-chariot 142
wasp 326fn 30
water-logging YV 52
water-wheel 110; in RV 30
wax, bees’ 327
weaving, oldest 268
wheat 52,54; absent from RV 57; import in Begash 107-8; in Bronze Age Ukraine 56; wild 55
wild camel RV 366
wild cat 331
