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HPI 03 - Kingdom for a Horse - India in the Vedic Period

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Introduction

The horse is not indigenous to the subcontinent, but migrated into India along with a people who called themselves the Aryans. With the Aryans and their horses came the Indo-European language that would develop into Sanskrit as well as religious beliefs in the Vedas. Janardin Ganari and Peter Adamson talk about how animals have played a surprisingly prominent role in the history of philosophy.

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