The Rigveda and the Avesta: The Final Evidence by Shrikant G. Talageri

Section I:- Chronology and Geography of the Rigveda. 

Chapter 1. The Relative Chronology of the Rigveda — I Personal Names in the Avesta. 

1A. The Early Rigveda ― Rigvedic Names. 1A-1. The Early Books.
1A-2. The Avesta.
1A-3. The Middle and Late Books. 

1A-4. Certain Basic Words.
1B. The Early Rigveda ― Iranian Names. 1C. The Middle Rigveda.
1D. The Late Rigveda. 

1D-1. Composer Names.
1D-2. Names in the Text. 1D-3. Other Words in the Text. 

1E. Three ―BMAC‖ words in Rigvedic Names. 1F. What the Evidence Shows.
1G. Footnote: An ―Iranian‖ Vasiṣṭha? 

Chapter 2. The Relative Chronology of the Rigveda — I (contd). The Evidence of the Meters. 

2A. The Rigvedic Meters.
2B. The Chronology of the Dimeters.
2C. The Chronology of the Other Meters. 2D. The Avestan Meters. 

Chapter 3. The Geography of the RV.
3A. The Eastern Region: the Sarasvatī River and East.
3B. The Western Region: the Indus River and West.
3C. The Central Region: Between the Sarasvatī and the Indus. 3D. Summary of the Data.
3E. Appendix 1: Other Geographical Evidence. 

3E-1. Climate and Topography.
3E-2. Trees and Wood.
3E-3. Rice and Wheat.
3E-4. The Traditional Vedic Attitude towards the Northwest. 

3F. Appendix 2. The Topsy-turvy Logic of AIT Geography. 3F-1. The Sarasvatī.
3F-2. The Gangā. 

Chapter 4. The Internal Chronology of the Rigveda.
4A. The Late Books as per the Western Scholars Themselves.
4B. Can This Evidence be Refuted?
4C. Appendix I: The Internal Order of the Early and Middle Books. 

4C-1. The Early vis-à-vis the Middle Books. 4C-2. The Early Books.
4C-3. The Middle Books. 

4D. Appendix II: ―Late‖ Hymns. 4D-1. Facts.
4D-2. Testimony.
4D-3. Deductions. 

4D-4. Speculations. 

Chapter 5. The Relative Chronology of the Rigveda — II The Mitanni Evidence. 

5A. Witzel‘s Fraudulent Arguments. 5B. The Actual Evidence.
5C. Footnote: Edward W. Hopkins. 

Chapter 6. The Absolute Chronology of the Rigveda. 6A. The Mitanni Evidence.
6B. The Additional Chronological Evidence. 6C. The Implications. 

Section II:- The Indo-European Homeland in India

Chapter 7. The Evidence of the Isoglosses. 

7A. Hock‘s Linguistic Case.
7B. Hock‘s Case Examined.
7C. The Evidence of the Isoglosses. 7D. The Evidence in Perspective. 

7D-1. The Early Dialects. 7D-2. The European Dialects. 7D-3. The Last dialects. 

7E. The Last Two of the Last Dialects. 7E-1. The Textual Evidence.
7E-2. The Uralic Evidence. 

7F. The Linguistic Roots in India.
7G. Appendix: Witzel‘s Linguistic Arguments against the OIT. 

Chapter 8. The Archaeological Case. 

8A. The Archaeological Case Against the OIT. 8B. The Case for the OIT. 

8B-1. The PGW (painted grey ware) Culture as the Vedic Culture. 8B-2. The Harappan Civilization as the Rigvedic Culture.
8C-3. The Indo-European Emigrations. 

8C. The Importance of the Rigveda. 

Postscript: Identities Past and Present.