HOW DEEP ARE THE ROOTS OF BHARATIYA CIVILIZATION? ARCHAEOLOGY ANSWERS: B B LAL *** Jai Maharaj posts
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B Lal
Saturday, December 26, 2009
AGENDA
Discovery of India: A different era
The Pioneer
Sunday, December 27, 2009
[This book by Prof B B Lal has traced the vast spread and
efflorescence of a civilisation going back more than five thousand
years, writes Sandhya Jain]
How Deep are the Roots of Indian Civilization? Archaeology Answers
Author: B B Lal
Publisher: Aryan Books International,
Price: Rs 390
Barely seven years after Prof BB Lal penned The Sarasvati Flows On:
The Continuity of Indian Culture (2002), the defiantly-in-denial UPA
has been forced to admit the existence of the Vedic Saraswati. In
response to a parliamentary question, the Government revealed that a
study by scientists of ISRO, Jodhpur, and the Rajasthan Government's
Ground Water Department has found irrefutable evidence of palaeo-
channels and archaeological sites of pre-Harappan, Harappan and post-
Harappan ages, indicating the existence of a mighty river matching
descriptions of the Saraswati in Vedic literature.
Now, once again taking the bull by the horns, Prof Lal thunders that
the Harappan or Indus-Saraswati civilisation is not only
archaeologically the oldest civilisation of India, but that it is the
material counterpart of the Vedic texts! Supporting this bold
hypothesis is powerful evidence from hydrology, geology, literature,
archaeology and radiocarbon dating. A picture clearly emerges of a
vibrant material civilisation with profound metaphysical insights in
the north-western region, which bequeathed us the unity and
continuity that are the hallmarks of Indian tradition.
Amazingly, every little aspect of our civilisation can be traced back
to the dawn of our religion and culture in the Saraswati basin. At
Nausharo in pre-Partition India (now Pakistan), French excavator
Jean-Francois Jarrige found a small terracotta figurine of a woman,
hair painted black, and red paint in the medial parting indicating
the sindoor worn by Hindu married women to this day. Carbon dating
traces the levels where the image was found to be of circa 2800-2600
BCE. Similarly, the famous bronze statuette of the dancing girl,
found at mature Harappan levels of Mohenjo-daro, reveals the
continuity of the practice of wearing serial bangles on the upper
arms in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat, the very regions
where Harappan culture most thrived.
The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, an unknown mariner's account of
the sea trade between India and the Red Sea in the early centuries
AD, and the seventh century Chinese pilgrim Hieun-Tsang, both mention
the export of beads from India. Chanhu-daro in Sindh and Lothal in
Gujarat have yielded a rich bead-making industry.
Far more startling is the continuity in agriculture, which sustained
this rich civilisation and the arts and crafts that in turn created a
flourishing overseas trade, and wealth that made India a coveted
prize for adventurers in the centuries that unfolded. Excavations at
Kalibangan in Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, from the early
Harappan circa 2800 BCE, show fields ploughed wide apart from north
to south (for tall mustard plants) and shorter east-west furrows (for
gram), so that the multiple crops share the winter sunshine and do
not cast shadows upon each other. This pattern endures in Indian
fields to this day. This era also created the ploughshare and spoked
wheel, the tandoor and roti, chulha and chapatti, and pots and pans
and other vessels of daily use!
If these seem like small drops in a civilisation as vast as the
ocean, the finding of terracotta figurines in various Yogic asanas,
which take the Astanga yoga of Panini (2nd century BCE) back to
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, must make us pause. It is staggering
material evidence of spiritual quest accompanying great wealth,
unmatched in any ancient civilisation. It is convincing proof, if
proof be needed, that the material wealth desired in Vedic mantras
refers simultaneously to a deeper metaphysical quest.
This is augmented by the famous limestone statuette of the Mohenjo-
daro priest-king, with his eyes introvert and eyelids half-closed, a
meditative form later associated with Buddhist tradition, especially
in Tibet and China. Yet this form of dhyana is mentioned in the
Bhagvadgita (Ch 6, verse 13) which states that the gaze should be
fixed on the tip of the nose!
The famous seals of the Saraswati civilisation reflect later
developments in Hindu religion and culture -- the worship of Siva as a
linga; Pasupati seated in yogic posture surrounded by animals;
buffalo sacrifice; worship of the sacred pipal; the crucial role of
agni in the havana or yajna; the fire altars for individual and
communal worship; the kamandalus of the sadhu; the sacred swastika� I
could go on.
Town planning, especially given the chaos in our cities today, will
remain ancient India's greatest contribution to civilisation. Be it
Kalibangan, or Sisupalgarh near Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, the grid
pattern with streets running north-south and east-west was the rage.
This, it is pertinent, was an era in which Egypt or Mesopotamia (the
West's favourite 'cradle' of civilisation) had no notion of such town
planning. The idea, it must be conceded, was original to India. To
cap it all, there were covered drains and manholes for discharge of
sullage.
Bricks were kiln-fired, and there was bonding, with bricks laid out
in alternate courses -- length-wise and breadth-wise -- for strong
walls, way back in the third millennium BCE. And clay floors were
soled with fragments of terracotta nodules and large pieces of
charcoal -- to absorb moisture, prevent dampness travelling up the
walls, and inhibiting termites!
Describing in detail the major Harappan settlements -- Kalibangan in
Rajasthan; Banawali and Rakhigarhi in Hissar, Haryana; Harappa in
Sahiwal, Pakistani Punjab; Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan; Surkotada and
Dholavira in Kachchh, Gujarat (which yielded terracotta horse
figurines); and Lothal in Ahmedabad, Gujarat -- Prof Lal has traced
the vast spread and efflorescence of a civilisation going back more
than five thousand years. It is rich in agriculture and familiar with
many types of grains and cereals and fruits; animal husbandry is
known and many animals are domesticated -- cow, sheep, goat, pig,
camel and elephant; the spotted deer, blackbuck and sambar are hunted
for food; fish and turtle are known. Above all, there is irrefutable
evidence about knowledge of the horse and its usage, with bones found
at numerous sites, including Lothal, Kalibangan and Surkotada.
Vedic Harappan civilisation used its long coastline from Gujarat to
Sindh and Baluchistan for a thriving sea trade with the Gulf and
Africa, selling marine, mineral and forest resources to distant
markets. A coffin with the deodar lid suggests that the Himalayas
were sourced for wood, with logs being pushed downstream as is the
practice today. There was a rich industry in bead-making, shell,
ivory-working, not to mention metal, mainly copper and bronze, though
gold and silver ornaments had also arrived.
Truly a Golden Age. The only thing missing is the inscrutable script,
surely a precursor to Brahmi, the language that developed later. But
who were these Vedic people -- were they Aryan invaders as we were
taught in school, or indigenous ancestors whose achievements were
'stolen' by ascribing them to so-called Aryans, a people who have
left no traces of like achievements in any of the lands from where
they supposedly descended upon the Indian plains.
It is now conclusively established that there was no Aryan invasion,
or even migration (the current theory). What does remain, however, is
a West-led mental resistance to accepting the indigenous origins of
the Vedic (Hindu) religion, culture, and civilisation. But the time
for intellectual arguments is over; it will take a further economic
and military decline of the West to eclipse this denial.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/225282/Discovery-of-India.html
End of forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed
by forgery by one or more net terrorists,
this post may be reposted several times.
P. Rajah
> Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B Lal
>
> Saturday, December 26, 2009
>
> AGENDA
>
> Discovery of India: A different era
>
> The Pioneer
> Sunday, December 27, 2009
>
> [This book by Prof B B Lal has traced the vast spread and
> efflorescence of a civilisation going back more than five thousand
> years, writes Sandhya Jain]
# Indian Civilization has unceasingly existed for 1,972 million years
ago as the fully developed Ganges civilization
# Sanskrit has been in its perfect state since its origin millions of
years ago
# Hindu religion was first revealed 111.52 trillion years ago
# Bhagwan Ram ruled Ayodhya during the prevous tretayug, 18.144 million
years ago
http://web.archive.org/web/20030803191007/http://thevedicfoundation.org/communities/do_you_know.htm
harmony
<use...@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)> wrote in
message news:20091230Z1r0Yd51AyMD0a6al7JXjXf@O2d49...
> Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B
> Lal
>
they are so deep they are coming out in america at the newsweek.
of course, the that hunter guy not smart to know better.
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> > Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
> >
> > How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B
> > Lal
> > . . .
> they are so deep they are coming out in america at the newsweek.
> of course, the that hunter guy not smart to know better.
He has demonstrated that he usually ignores the truth and publishes falsehoods.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B Lal
>
Greatest Mining Pioneer of Australia of all Times
**************************************************************************
On Jan 8, 10:06 am, "regn.pickfod" <r...@mysoul.cop.au> wrote:
What you have really to understand dear friend, is the fact that all
those Jews sects, either the Judean Jews proper, the Samaritan Jews
aka Islamists or the Zealots Jews aka Christians, can be all put in
the bag has supporting Godless sects indeed !
Never their murdering godly swines of YHWH, Jesus Christ or young
Allah ( the latest invention of Rabbid's minds) has ever manifested
itself ( it as proper) in Human affairs to stop wars, slaughters,
murders, atrocities of all kind ... the real God is felt in the
Harmony & the Peace of the Universe, as well as in the observations
of Nature Laws !
... and this is common trait of all Jews JIC ( judeo-islamo-
christian)
sects ( Judean, Samaritan or Zealots) to have demonstrated in the
past
and to demonstrate today their crass ignorance of the True History of
Mankind and even of our Solar System ! Further still, although
pretentiously pretending Divine inspiration they completely &
stupidely ignorant of the most simple cure to Cancer, Brain-tumors in
2 days flat, of AIDS in the same lapse of time, of leprosy within a
few hours ( although scars would remain) of the Black Plague in 10
minutes and of the Tetanus in final phase in 1 second flat ....
Okay ? Relying on the Rabbid fools on the support of anti-life aka
anti-biotic chemical drugs indeed !
Regarding hygienic rules concerning the consumption of animals
cadavers, only the Jews ( Judean Jews then) have the right method
since the aim of Kosher rules is to eliminate the HORMONES contained
in the blood of murdered innocent animals & hence prevent any
tempering with the Endocrine system, which as I have already taught
you & Mr Kanga, is the interface to the genetic code indeed ! Only
the
Judean Jews are applying the right procedure ( of which I will not
outlay the 12 necessary steps) and although none have understood the
real working cog of the method, the clear result is making the
Judean
Jews vastly more intelligent that the degenerate blood- sucking
carrion-feeding Samaritan Jews aka Islamists & the Zealots Jews aka
Christian ...
... as the Judean Jews call them rightly, both Samaritan Jews &
Zealots Jews are Goys that is a " Vile Seed of Cattle" and the drama
is that on top of it the Samaritan Jews are making themselves still
more stupid by the half-hazard mutilation of their male children,
making them without inspiration, without sensibility, with hate in
their eyes for anything contrarily to their degenerate Endocrine
state
leading them to only destructive behaviour ... this is a common trait
of Samaritan Jews controlled societies to be based on slavery,
exploitation, commerce without bringing that inspirational genius
which brought the Zealots Jews aka Western societies to the level
they
are now ....
ANY TEMPERING WITH THE TRUE CREATION SUCH AS CIRCUMCISION IS A
SACRILEGE INDEED & DEMONSTRATE THAT ONLY GODLESS SECTS CAN PROMOTE
SUCH IGNORANCE INDEED !
... if the Zealots Jews aka Christians could stop feeding on blood-
sucking carrion-feed and learn the basic Rules of Nature without at
least destructing it with chemical poisons aka chemical fertilizers :
pesticides / chemical Quacks ' drugs , then the so-called Christian
Spook Jesus Christ would immediately appears as what it is : a tool
of
intellectual & moral slavery since all the teachings of the Zealots
Jews aka Christians are highly immoral indeed ...
Only 3 people in Australia know the full story of the Jews ( Judean &
Samaritan) ' genetic manipulation carried willfully to destroy one
endocrine gland ( the intersticielle or genital intern) so as to
boost
all the others with the aim of creating a Chosen Race : One is a
leading Australian Scientist Mr Arindam Banerjee & the other is Mr
Malcom Fabian Australia leading Archeologist
With my best wishes to & your family in 2010
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australia Mining Pioneer
Discoverer & Legal Owner of Telfer Mine (Australia largest Copper &
Gold Mine)
Nifty (Cu) & Kintyre (U, Th) Mines, all in the Great Sandy Desert
Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant
Founder of the True Geology
~ Ignorance is the Cosmic Sin, the One Never Forgiven ~
for background info.
http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/nac.html
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/turcaud.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s28534.htm
"True Geology" Foundation Document
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/69327
"Turcaud Bath" as a free gift to Suffering Humanity
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/107947
harmony
> In article <4b46be8f$0$5322$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
> "harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
>
>> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>>
>> > Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>> >
>> > How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B
>> > Lal
>> > . . .
>
>> they are so deep they are coming out in america at the newsweek.
>> of course, the that hunter guy not smart to know better.
>
> He has demonstrated that he usually ignores the truth and publishes
> falsehoods.
>
can he make himself useful and rent his brain for medical research to shed
light on how alcohol alters the brain cells?
>> communal worship; the kamandalus of the sadhu; the sacred swastika. I
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
> "M. Ranjit Mathews" <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:93686efb-b131-41ef...@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 31 2009, 9:30 am, hari.ku...@indero.com wrote:
> > The term "civilization" has no useful meaning.
>
> <<Then, why is there such a word?>>
>
> he is presenting 3mc*2 viewpoint.
What a maroon!
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> > In article <4b46be8f$0$5322$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
> > "harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
> >> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> >>
> >> > Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
> >> >
> >> > How deep are the roots of Indian civilization? Archaeology answers: B B
> >> > Lal
> >> > . . .
> >> they are so deep they are coming out in america at the newsweek.
> >> of course, the that hunter guy not smart to know better.
> > He has demonstrated that he usually ignores the truth and publishes
> > falsehoods.
> can he make himself useful and rent his brain for medical research to shed
> light on how alcohol alters the brain cells?
He'll have to stand in line behind Arindam and many others afflicted with
GABA receptor dysfunction.