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

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
+ He smote Vrtra who encompassed the waters [RgV.VI.20.2]
+ He smote Vrtra who enclosed the waters, like a tree with the bolt [RgV.II.14.2]
+ He is referred to as `conquering the waters' (apsujit), which is his prime attribute.
+ Indra let loose the streams after slaying Vrtra [ RgV.IV.19.8 ]
+ He cleaves the mountain, making the streams flow [ RgV.I.57.6;
X.89.7 ], even with the sound of his bolt [RgV VI.27.1] [ RgV I.57.6; II.14.2; IV.19.8;
VI.20.2; VI.27.1; X.89.7 ] [ S+T.368 ]
In Sanskrit, `vrtra' is an `obstacle', and denotes a barrage or blockage [ Kos.70-71]. It is
thus a word for `dam'. Dams now called Gebr-band are found on many watercourses of
the western parts of the Indus region. Aryans shattered the dam system of the Indus,
leading to silt deposits in Mohenjo-daro [ S+T.369]. This is vividly described in the Rig
Veda:
+ When he [Indra] laid open the great mountain, he let loose the torrents and slew the
Danava, he set free the pent up springs, the udder of the mountain. [ RgV V.32.1-2 ]
+ He slew the Danava, shattered the great mountain, broke open the well, set free the
pent up waters. [RgV I.57.6; V.33.1]
+ He releases the streams, which are like imprisoned cows [ RgV I.61.10]
+ He won the cows and soma and made the seven rivers flow. [ RgV I.32.12; II.12.12 ]
+ He releases the imprisoned waters [ RgV I.57.6; I.103.2 ]
+ He dug out channels for the streams with his bolt [ RgV II.15.3 ], let the flood of
waters flow into the sea. [ RgV II.19.3 ]
+ He caused the waters pent up by Vrtra to flow [ RgV III.26.6; IV.17.1 ] -- [ Mac ] [
S+T.368-9 quotg Macdonell ]
Another verse explicitly mentions him as a destroyer of dams: rinag rodhamsi krtrimani
= " he removed artificial barriers" [ RgV 2.15.8 ]
Fall of Harappa
The larger Indus cities, their agricultural supply base gone, and crowded
with refugees fleeing the Aryan onslaught, finally fell to the barbarian
invader. Indra besieged Harappa, defeated the Indian army at their last
stand, and then sacked Harappa itself, the queen of cities with massive
ziggurats and large-scale industries. The fractured skulls and thick ash
layers survive in the upper layers of the Indus cities.
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