Talk:Stephanie Jamison

By Sachi Anjunkar

Stephanie Jamison is a Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures at, University of California as of April 2024. According to her university profile, she has concentrated on Indo-Iranian, especially (Vedic) Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryan languages and textual materials.

In 2016, she signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization. The Rg Veda contains numerous mentions of horses and chariots but there is no conclusive material or fossil evidence for either at any Indus valley archeological site."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications

Books

1. Jamison, Stephanie. The Rig Veda between Two Worlds: Four Lectures at the Collège de France, May 2004. Collège de France, Publications de l'Institut de Civilisation Indienne, fasc. 74, 2007.
2. Jamison, Stephanie. Sacrificed Wife / Sacrificer's Wife: Women, Ritual, and Hospitality in Ancient India. Oxford University Press, 1996.
3. Jamison, Stephanie. The Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun: Myth and Ritual in Ancient India. Cornell University Press, 1991.
4. Jamison, Stephanie. Function and Form in the -áya-formations of the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1983.