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Yanniru Is Correct As To The Age Of Indian Civilization

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Posted by Rowanda on November 28, 2004 18:31:03 UTC

It is well known by Indian scholars that what yanniru said about the age of the Indian culture is correct. However, the present thought of Indian scholars like Pak in the USA is that the Aryan invasion theory is incorrect. If anything, what are called Aryans originated in northern India and migrated to the west, according to Pak. What may have happened is that the tribes in northern India made contact with the southern tribes some 8000 plus years ago resulting in the flourishing of civilization in the Indus and Saravasti River basins. It seems that the British promotes the Aryan invasion theory to support their colonization of India

Here is an on-line reference:

https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14655.htm

Vedic Sarasvati : Evolutionary History of a Lost River of Northwestern India/edited by B.P. Radhakrishna and S.S. Merh. 1999, xxv, 329 p., col. plates, figs.,

Contents: Introduction/B.P. Radhakrishna and S.S. Merh. Inaugural address/B.P. Radhakrishna. Keynote address: Holocene chronology and Indian pre-history. Vedic antecedents: Editorial comments. 1. Vedic Sarasvati and the dawn of Indian civilization/B.P. Radhakrishna. 2. The Vedic Sarasvati/O.P Bharadwaj. 3. Sarasvati river, Goddess and civilization/S. Kalyanaraman. 4. Mythological observations and scientific evaluation of the lost Sarasvati river/D.S. Chauhan. 5. Rigvedic Sarasvati: lost or misplaced?/Rajesh Kochhar. 6. Where is the Sarasvati river? Fourteen historical findings of Archaeological Survey/V.S. Wakankar. 7. The myth of the Aryan invasion in India/David Frawley. 8. Sarasvati civilization in the Harappan seals/Navaratna S. Rajaram. 9. Some observations on the river Sarasvati in the Rigveda/S.G. Kantwala. Drainage evolution: 1. On probable changes in the geography of the Punjab and its rivers--an historico-geographical study/R.D. Oldham. 2. The Sarasvati and the lost river of the Indian desert/C.F. Oldham. 3. The ancient river valley on the eastern border of the Indus plain and the Sarasvati problem/Herbert Wilhelmy. 4. Signatures and migration of Sarasvati river in Thar desert, Western India/P.C. Bakliwal and A.K. Grover. 5. Unraveling of the 'Lost' Vedic Sarasvati/Baldev Sahai. 6. Late quaternary geomorphology and environment of the Markanda Valley, Himachal Pradesh/S.N. Rajaguru and G.L. Badam. 7. Neotectonic controls on the migration of Sarasvati river of the great Indian desert/S.M. Ramaswamy. 8. Palaeo-delta complex of Vedic Sarasvati and other ancient rivers of northwestern India/J.N. Malik, S.S. Merh and V. Sridhar. 9. Evolution of drainage basins in parts of northern and western Rajasthan, Thar desert, India/K.S. Raghav. 10. Late quaternary drainage disruption in northwestern India: a geoarchaeological enigma/V. Sridhar, S.S. Merh and J.N. Mallik. 11. Role of tectonics in drainage migration in Punjab-Haryana plains in recent times/J.L. Thussu. 12. Geomorphology, late quaternary stratigraphy and palaeoclimatology of the Thar Dune field/R.J. Wasson, S.N. Rajaguru, V.N. Misra, D.P. Agarwal, R.P. Dhir, A.K. Singhvi and K. Kameswara Rao. New approaches: 1. A hitherto unknown palaeodrainage system from radar imagery of southeastern Thar desert and its significance/Amal Kar. 2. Role of remote sensing in understanding of palaeodrainage evolution/D.P. Rao. 3. Potentials of radar (ERS-1/2SAR) IRS-IC and high resolution IRS I-C data in reconstructing palaeo-drainage network of western Rajasthan/A.S. Rajawat, A. Narain, R.R. Navalgund, S. Pathak, J.R. Sharma and V. Soni. 4. Application of pyramidal processing on high resolution IRS I-C data for tracing migration of the Sarasvati river in parts of Thar desert/A.S. Rajawat, C.V.S. Sastry and A. Narain. 5. Alluvial and aeolian sequences along the river Luni, Barmer district. Physical stratigraphy and feasibility of luminescence chronology methods/Mayank Jain, S.K. Tandon, S.C. Bhatt, A.K. Singhvi and Sheila Mishra. 6. Holocene sea level fluctuation in western Indian continental margin: an update/N.H. Hashimi, R. Nigam, R.R. Nair and G. Rajagopalan. 7. A review on holocene climate changes in the Indian subcontinent/Pothuri Divakar Naidu. 8. Isotope study to investigate the origin and age of groundwater along palaeochannels in Jaisalmer and Ganganagar districts of Rajasthan/A.R. Nair, S.V. Navada and S.M. Rao. 9. Dating of groundwater/A.R. Nair. 10. Holocene period record of earth movements in northwestern India/R.V. Athavale.

From the preface: "River Sarasvati has exercised great fascination and unfailing interest in the minds of geologists and archaeologists of India. The 'lost' character of this once mighty river, extolled in superlative terms in Rigveda--the oldest texts available to mankind--is possibly one of the reasons why this river has generated such unflagging interest in the minds of scholars and scientists. There have been many conjectures as to its former course and the literature on the subject is fairly substantial.

"The interest attached to Sarasvati is also because of the great civilization which flourished on its banks more than 8000 years ago. This ancient civilization is believed to have come to a sudden end as a result of neotectonics as well as climatic change. Due to these causes, river Sarasvati which once flowed in true majesty dwindled into an ephemeral stream and finally got lost in the sands of the Thar desert. The river thus has a fascinating history which requires to be carefully analysed and a convincing evolutionary chronology established.

"The Geological Society of India thought that the time was ripe to hold a group discussion, bringing together persons of different disciplines engaged in the study of one or the other aspects of the birth, growth and demise of Sarasvati. Thanks to the keen interest evinced by Professors S.S. Merh of the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, and K.S. Valdiya of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Bangalore, who are themselves keen students of neotectonism, it was possible to bring together a wide cross section of talent and focus attention on different aspects of the problem. The papers presented at the discussion meeting form the bulk of the present volume. Apart from these newer additions to our knowledge, it was felt desirable to include some of the classical writings of earlier workers also, so that the volume could form a source book of information to all future workers."
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More details appear in
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/VedicSarasvati1.html
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Scientists Find Link Between Indian Caste Rank And Genetic Similarity To Europeans (May 15, 2001) — In India, members of higher ranking castes are genetically more similar to Europeans, while lower castes are more similar to Asians, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Genome Research.
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Mike would profit from arguing from evidence rather than semantics. Claiming that yanniru is guilty of invasion is evidence of irrational thinking


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