UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2023 · Q2(c) · 15 marks
How do the comparative study of languages, archaeological sources and vast corpus of Vedic literature help to determine the Aryan problem in Indian history? Discuss. 15
- Chapter
- Aryans and Vedic Period
- Topic
- The Aryan Question and the Vedic-Harappan Relationship
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