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23. Surprisingly, although it is language that primarily connects all the IE peoples, linguistic evidence on its own is completely inadequate in determining absolute dates (Kazanas 1999: 17-8); one must resort to archaeological and cultural evidence. I have seriously changed my mind on this subject; I have no axe to grind, as it were, no position or reputation to maintain; I can and shall change my mind again if strong and sufficient evidence emerges. Prof Witzel raises many points for discussion some useful, some wasteful but offers no evidence other than conjecture. Conjecture or hypothesis is not admissible as evidence in any impartial Court of Law. (Nicholas Kazanas, The Date of the Rig veda, 2001) 24. The Harappans were obviously a literate and highly civilized people who maintained their 1000 year old culture with peaceful means through trade and perhaps religion rather than conquest and expansion. The area they inhabited was, according to Rao (1991: 1), ³1.5 million square kilometers² though I suspect it was much bigger. Then at about 2000 down to 1800, because of ecological and environmental changes including the alteration of the routes of some rivers and as a result, the desiccation of the SarasvatI river, they, or many of them, began to move eastwards to the Gangetic basin while their culture was breaking down. At about this time, then, enter our illiterate barbarians, the Aryans. Here the Allchins (Parpola and Witzel) fail to notice the glaring contradiction in their theory: if the Aryans had acquired the ³material culture and lifestyle² of the Harappans before they entered into Saptasindhu, then the RV hymns ought to reflect Harappan elements (urbanization, fixed fire-hearths, bricks, silver, cotton, rice); but it is the later texts (BrAhmaNas and sUtras) that do so, and not at all the RV hymns. Anyway, the Aryans take over and after 2 or 3 centuries produce a most astonishing collection of hymns, to be followed by other collections, various prose works about cultic rites and codes of social behaviour. Lord Renfrew (ignoring the archaeological evidence he cites) suggests they came as mounted bands and formed an élite (1989: 197) presumably with their horses alone since in all else they were just like the natives. All that the natives left were their ruined brick-built cities and some seals with inscriptions the nature and use of which is still unknown. In this Region of the Seven Rivers, then, we have an archaeologically well attested culture that seems to have no literature at all (other than the briefest inscriptions) no code of laws, no religious hymns or secular songs, no fables and tales, and then an illiterate people that is not archaeologically attested yet produces, in quick succession, all the kinds of literature that the previous culture lacked. It is a most amazing paradox, an astonishing coincidence of space, time and people. All this is, of course, possible just as it is possible to be struck by lightning in one¹s bed, or to fall from the 10th floor on the lawn below and live with only a few concussions. Many wondrous things are possible in life, but the question is do they really happen 96
25 . The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. – Reinhold Niebuhr 97
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The Dhaarmic Traditions Of Hinduism
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story in history. It is a discourag
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A great deal of attention is vouchs
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Thoughts and Emotions For the young
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Life is a goal, Achieve it 9
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16. You say sutras are aphorisms an
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Appendix F.........................
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Chapter 1 FAQ on Hinduism • What
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• What are the central core tenet
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The Mandukya Upanishad has an excel
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3100 BCE. We will describe some of
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The Vedangas provide the infrastruc
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The Vaishnava Agamas are grouped in
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There are eighteen main Puranas and
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Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and Var
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Telugu literature. The king, a poet
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possible, for though there is Disor
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Thirst, that is desire or thirst fo
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5. Do Hindus pray to God and how do
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four varnas. These are the regular
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"One." There is an excellent discus
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12. When did the Sanaatana Dharma o
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Page 59 and 60: VI. KUMARILA MIIMAMSA: 6 pramANas 1
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Bhagavad Gita 2.66 nasti buddhir ay
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Bhagavad Gita 2.69 ya nisa sarva-bh
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AapUyRma[m! - sb Aaer se pirpU[R -
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Appendix F Caste FAQ on Caste What
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introduction in this census report,
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years, and the extraordinary extent
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Appendix G Illustrations 181
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Figure 2 Sarasvati at Happy Valley
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Figure 10 Mahabalipuram Figure11 Av
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30 Brahmi script ॄःिम which
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sunchronization with the solar cycl
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textual commentaries, often line by
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160 Yogasastra, योगशास
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