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Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

Destruction of the Indus Dam System & Flood<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The larger metropolises of the Indus managed to withstand the Aryan<br />

onslaught due to the protection of massive walls. To force their<br />

capitulation, the Aryans smashed the sophisticated Indus dam and<br />

irrigation system, no trace of which now rema<strong>in</strong>s. This led to widespread<br />

monsoon flood<strong>in</strong>g, caus<strong>in</strong>g slit deposits, which are still to be found <strong>in</strong> the<br />

ru<strong>in</strong>s of the Indus cities, and destruction of the fertile topsoil. This meant<br />

the end of settled agriculture <strong>in</strong> the Indus bas<strong>in</strong>. Thus, the Vedas proudly<br />

praise Indra as the destroyer of this irrigation system, no trace of which<br />

now rema<strong>in</strong>s (vrtra=dam <strong>in</strong> Sanskrit):<br />

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