In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient IndiaFor decades, schoolbooks have taught that Sumer was the cradle of civilization. Conventional scholarship has also held that Aryan civilization came to India by way of invasions from the north. But in this ground-breaking book, three renowned scholars show that there was no "Aryan invasion," and that India, not Sumer, was the cradle of civilized humanity. Through exploring the rich symbols, metaphors, and myths of the Vedas, this book also examines the wealth of India's spirituality and its relevance for today's world. |
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... Sumer and Egypt . Significant new sites relating to Indian antiquity have been discovered , such as the great city of Dholavira in Gujarat , one of the largest ports in the ancient world . Excavation has started in Rakhigarhi west of ...
... Sumer and Egypt . Significant new sites relating to Indian antiquity have been discovered , such as the great city of Dholavira in Gujarat , one of the largest ports in the ancient world . Excavation has started in Rakhigarhi west of ...
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... Sumer , Babylonia , Assyria , Dilmun , Elam and , not least , pharaonic Egypt become extinct ? What errors of judgment did our distant an- cestors commit ? How did they fail to adapt successfully to the chang- ing conditions in the ...
... Sumer , Babylonia , Assyria , Dilmun , Elam and , not least , pharaonic Egypt become extinct ? What errors of judgment did our distant an- cestors commit ? How did they fail to adapt successfully to the chang- ing conditions in the ...
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... Sumerians have in recent years been exposed as exaggerated or absurd . There is mounting evidence that neither Sumer nor Egypt quite deserve the pride of place among the ancient civilizations . Rather the cradle of civilization appears ...
... Sumerians have in recent years been exposed as exaggerated or absurd . There is mounting evidence that neither Sumer nor Egypt quite deserve the pride of place among the ancient civilizations . Rather the cradle of civilization appears ...
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... Sumerian Civilization , Equator Tropic of Cancer Olmec & Maya Civilization can learn only one lesson from history : that humanity so far has learned nothing from it . Sadly enough , there is some substance to this claim . But this ...
... Sumerian Civilization , Equator Tropic of Cancer Olmec & Maya Civilization can learn only one lesson from history : that humanity so far has learned nothing from it . Sadly enough , there is some substance to this claim . But this ...
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Contents
Revisioning the Past Envisioning the Future | 3 |
The Vedas Pyramids of the Spirit | 13 |
The Aryans Exploding a Scientific Myth | 45 |
An Archaeological Surprise The Cities of the Indus Valley | 61 |
The Great Catastrophe and the Reconstruction of the Early Indic Civilization | 77 |
The Vedic Peoples in the Land of the Seven Rivers The Literary Perspective | 101 |
Deciphering the IndusSarasvati Script | 127 |
The Dawn of the Indic Civilization The Neolithic Town of Mehrgarh | 143 |
The Spiritual Heritage of Ancient India | 165 |
The Birth of Science in Ritual | 195 |
Vedic Myths and Their Astronomical Basis | 229 |
India and the West | 249 |
The Vedas and Perennial Wisdom | 269 |
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