@Article{	  5845673,
  abstract	= {The origin of the Aryan invasion theory (AIT) is generally
		  located in the discovery of the Indo-European and Dravidian
		  language families. However, these discoveries cannot
		  account for the emergence of the AIT, because the
		  postulation of the invasion preceded the linguistic
		  research. In its search for an alternative account of the
		  cognitive conditions under which this theory could come
		  into being, this article illustrates a particular way of
		  studying the intellectual history of Orientalism. The
		  Orientalist discourse on India is approached as a body of
		  reflections on the western cultural experience of India.
		  This perspective brings us to the thesis that the
		  pre-conditions for the emergence of the AIT lay in the
		  postulation of two entities in the Orientalist discourse on
		  India: the ‘Hindu religion’ and its ‘caste system’.
		  Both these notions and the AIT appeared cogent and coherent
		  to European minds, because they mirrored internal
		  developments within European culture and its intellectual
		  debates, which had given shape to Europe’s experience of
		  India.},
  author	= {Keppens, Marianne and De Roover, Jakob},
  issn		= {2349-5065},
  journal	= {PRAGMATA : JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES},
  keywords	= {Orientalism,religion,caste,India,Indian
		  culture,Aryans,Aryan Invasion Theory},
  language	= {eng},
  number	= {2},
  pages		= {51--76},
  publisher	= {Tumkur University},
  title		= {Orientalism and the puzzle of the Aryan invasion theory},
  volume	= {2},
  year		= {2014}
}

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