Suniti Kumar Chatterji — Balts and Aryans

BALTS AND ARYANS
IN THEIR INDO-EUROPEAN BACKGROUND

by
Suniti Kumar Chatterji

CONTENTS

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction p. xiii

I Composite Character of the People and Culture of India: the Austrics, the Monogoloids, the Dravidians and the Aryans p. 1

II The Aryans as a Branch of the Primitive Indo-Europeans (Indo-Hittites) in India p. 4

III Diverse Races and Languages of the Peoples of Ancient Civilization p. 7

IV The Background of the Ancient Indo-European (or Indo-Hittite) Life and Culture p. 10

V The Great Dialectal Divide among the Primitive Indo-Europeans p. 14

VI The Eastern Indo-Europeans p. 16

VII The Balts among the Indo-European Peoples p. 22

VIII The Balt “Character” p. 33

IX Records of the Ancient Balt Culture-world p. 55

X The Baltic Daina and the Indo-Aryan Dhénā in Vedic: the Dainas and their Primitive Indo-European Atmosphere p. 66

XI The Beauty and Power of the Baltic Dainas as Poetry: Some Appraisements by Specialists p. 72

Appendix to Chapter XI: Sanskrit Verses — Bhaṭikī Vēda-saṃhitā p. 88

XII Baltic Life and Culture, vis-à-vis that of the Vedic Aryans and of India p. 92

XIII A Conspectus of Baltic Religion within the Orbit of Indo-European Religion: Myths and Legends p. 114

XIV Baltic History — Medieval and Modern: Recent Cultural Advancement in Arts and Letters p. 134

XV The Baltic Speech and Sanskrit p. 139

XVI Specimens of Baltic (Lithuanian and Latvian) with English Translations p. 159

Plates

The Author

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