The archaeobotany of Indian pulses: identification, processing and evidence for cultivation Fuller, Dorian Q.; Harvey, Emma L. Environmental Archaeology,...
** *100 years on, a linguistic survey** * *[ 2 Nov, 2006 0014hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]* NEW DELHI: More than a 100 years after G A Grierson masterminded the...
Dear Arvind, ... In his editorial note to p. 407 of _Alberuni's India_, E.C. Sachau infers that the source for the Greek tradition about the invention of the...
... The Greeks associated the Ethiopians, Garamantes, Nigretai and Pharusai with chariots. The last two were said to have ridden from Niger to destroy 300 ...
List members may be interested in reading the article below: Vishal Agarwal, "Is There Vedic Evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India?", Dialogue...
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ethiopian << Herodotus, Homer and other Greek authors called the Dravidian people the Eastern Ethiopians or Eastern...
... Could be as there was an Ethiopian (Kushite) dynasty in Egypt, and otherwise some royal intermarriages between Nubia and Egypt during the 18th dynasty that...
A nive article. However I should point out that the statement: "the Buddhist monks — who in any case were to be compelled to leave India eventually, when...
I think this may be of interest in connection with Simon Winchester's article in NY Times on Ajanta. Does anyone know Simon Winchester's email address? ...
In his New York Times article on the Ajanta Caves, Simon Winchester writes: "And then Harisena died, there was turbulence and small wars, and by A.D. 480 the...
http://www.india-forum.com/articles/155/1/ When a Hindu prays in a mandiram, is he or she praying to the stone in the garbhagrha or bronze utsava beram? Every...
Thanks to Rajesh Goswami ji for the suggestion. Following on the suggestion, I have created a draft collaborative doc. Please do let me know through email, if...
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajhwbkz2nkfv_94cb3x42 Cernavoda mug and Kandiyur stone celt with some Sarasvati hieroglyphs Abstract Cernavoda mug...
... This has been said with reference to Orissa as well. Mahima Dharma, an autochthonous Hindu reform movement of Orissa whose origins are traced back to the...
Let us see what happens when a humanities specialist or a philologist confront the sciences. Very often, 'extralinguistic' evidence is sought when 'linguistic'...
Some Facts About Sanskrit 1. Sanskrit is not the oldest language of India, Tamil is. Check this in any standard GK book for competitive exams or any standard ...
... textbook ... the ... invasion ... and ... Maybe he's thinking of "non-Vedic Aryans" and "Vedic Aryans?" What about pre-non-Vedic Aryan Aryans! ... ...
... <p.manansala@...> wrote:> ... ID of> horse phalanges and teeth at Surkotada as those of E. caballus. Same goes for the other indological hobby-horse:...
Hi, I had few doubts regarding ancient scripts of India. 1- We have evidences of Indus scripts being upto, lets say ~2000BC, and then Brahmi scripts in Asoka's...
... wrote:> Thus well until early 12th century, Buddhism continued to flourish > in parts of Maharashtra region. It apparently survived even after > that in...
Namaste, I would like to respond to your quote that Tamil is older than Sanskrit, while it is true to that the nagari and devangari script is a more recent...
... The page has been updated with a link to the bronze vase of Schela Cardovei depicting two Sarasvati hieroglyphs: antelope, hawk or eagle (emphasis on the...
I'm not a Chennaite. In Kerala, the locals refer to Madras as "Madirasi" or "madurasi". From this, I have heard the following version: Around 1600s a Raja of...
Here: http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/documents/VedicEvidenceforAMT.pdf There are a few typos in the online version, but you will be able to correct them...
Shri Dharampal, the author of "The Beautiful Tree" and "Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century", among other seminal works, passed away on...
When I read the referenced article, I was reminded of the American Plains Indians and their bison/buffalo cult. The buffalo/bison cult, as practiced by the...