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Guest Post: Michel Danino on the antiquity of Indus-Saraswati Civilization
[This post is in response to this news item – “Archaeologists confirm Indian civilization is 2000 years older than previously believed”. It is adapted from Michel’s response on IndiaArchaeology eGroup...
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Rakhigarhi and the history of Aryans
Apsidal Structures and Fire Altars (from ASI report 1997-1998) The area covered by Harappan civilization was bigger than ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia combined and there are various model which try...
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Origins of Indian traditions
Indian curries (via Wikipedia) Slate has an expanded article based on last year’s discovery of “curry” in Farmana. It has details on the technical advances that made this discovery possible....
View ArticleThe Peaceful Harappans (2)
There is a theory that the people of Indus-Saraswati civilization were quite peaceful and this makes them quite different from other Bronze age civilizations like Egypt, Mesopotamia or the Minoan. But,...
View ArticleIndo-European Speakers in North-West India by 4000 BCE?
The dates and method of arrival of Indo-European speakers in North-West India is a contentious issue. Once held sacred, the Aryan Invasion Theory is no longer considered valid by some scholars. Instead...
View ArticleIn Pragati: An earlier date for Indo-Europeans in Northwest India
Between 4500 BCE and 2500 BCE, in the steppes north of Black and Caspian seas, in what is Southern Ukraine and Russia, there lived a group of people who spoke a language, called Proto-Indo-European...
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In Pragati: Book Review of Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox
Margalit Fox reveals the life and struggles of the people behind the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown language in an unknown script, similar to Indus-Saraswati writing. One of the most puzzling...
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In Pragati: Evidence for the continuity between Harappan Signs and Brahmi...
(Original published link) Instead of a complete termination of one civilisation and the beginning of a radically new one, there was a period of both continuity and change. (Image used under Fair Use...
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Indus-Saraswati Civilization: The weakened monsoon theory
What caused the end of the Indus-Saraswati civilization? There are many theories regarding this In The Wonder That Was India, A L Basham presented a dramatic picture of the decline of the Harappan...
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Pattanaik’s Vedic People
In Swarajya, Devdutt Pattanaik writes These Aryans entered the Indian subcontinent around 4,000 years ago, a period when the cities of the Indus-Saraswati valleys had already declined. These cities...
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Indus-Saraswati Civilization: The weakened monsoon theory
What caused the end of the Indus-Saraswati civilization? There are many theories regarding this In The Wonder That Was India, A L Basham presented a dramatic picture of the decline of the Harappan...
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Pattanaik’s Vedic People
In Swarajya, Devdutt Pattanaik writes These Aryans entered the Indian subcontinent around 4,000 years ago, a period when the cities of the Indus-Saraswati valleys had already declined. These cities...
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Demolishing the Aryan Invasion Theory in 1912
(Saraswati river via Wikipedia) The Aryan Invasion Theory and its first cousin twice removed, the Aryan Migration Theory, are dominant theories that explain the peopling of India. Many folks wishfully...
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Refuting AIT using Personal Names from Rig Veda and Avesta
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersal from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis By Joshua Jonathan (via Wikipedia) There are many similarities between Avesta, the...
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The Vedic Homeland
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersal from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis By Joshua Jonathan (via Wikipedia) In The Wonder That Was India, A L Basham presented...
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The Indic Obsession with Continuity
Photo by Neeta Gulati on Unsplash Conflict and discontinuity in Indian history is an obsession with Marxist historians writing Indian history. Any fresh development in India is seen as a revolt...
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