New Interpretations on Indus Valley Civilisation
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NEW INTERPRETATIONS ON INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION R.JEYA KUMAR 2 CONTENTS DEDICATION .......................................................................................................................6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...........................................................................................................7 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER-I............................................................................................................................11 DARK AGES .......................................................................................................................11 CHAPTER-II ...........................................................................................................................22 GENERAL THEORIES AND CONCEPTS ..................................................................................22 CHAPTER-III ..........................................................................................................................41 GENETIC ARCHAELOGY ....................................................................................................41 CHAPTER-IV..........................................................................................................................48 ORIGIN OF INDO-EUROPEANS............................................................................................48 Chapter-V.............................................................................................................................62 MINOAN CIVILIZATION ......................................................................................................62 CHAPTER-VI..........................................................................................................................71 3 MEGALITHIC CIVILISATION.................................................................................................71 CHAPTER-VII.........................................................................................................................80 SUMERIAN CIVILISATION ...................................................................................................80 CHAPTER-VIII ........................................................................................................................95 INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION ..............................................................................................95 CHAPTER-IX ........................................................................................................................ 110 INTERPRETATIONS OF MIDDLE EASTERN SEALS................................................................. 110 CHAPTER- X ........................................................................................................................ 120 ASTRONOMY AND CALENDAR.......................................................................................... 120 CHAPTER-XI ........................................................................................................................ 134 NAVAGRAHAS................................................................................................................. 134 CHAPTER-XII ....................................................................................................................... 142 INTERPRETATION OF INDUS SYMBOLS ............................................................................. 142 CHAPTER- XIII ..................................................................................................................... 160 VEDIC PERIOD .................................................................................................................... 160 Figure 1: Geb and Nut ...........................................................................................................36 Figure 2: Depiction of Kalan dignified and original ..................................................................37 Figure 3: Depiction of Kalan...................................................................................................38 Figure 4: Funeral Jars or storage jars? ....................................................................................69 Figure 5: Dolmen ..................................................................................................................72 Figure 6: Ziggurat..................................................................................................................90 Figure 7: Marduk killing vritra. ...............................................................................................93 Figure 8: Marduk priest. ........................................................................................................94 Figure 9: Great bath. ........................................................................................................... 100 Figure 10: Goat seal. ........................................................................................................... 102 Figure 11: Naked Goddess. .................................................................................................. 112 4 Figure 12: Centaurs of Three big cultures ............................................................................. 115 Figure 13: Water carrier. ..................................................................................................... 117 Figure 14: Indus seal - unicorn ............................................................................................. 118 Figure 15: Planetary positions as per Hindu temple............................................................... 137 Figure 16: Planet chart (or) Horoscope. ................................................................................ 138 Figure 17, Inanna fighting animals ....................................................................................... 149 Figure 18: The Goat seal...................................................................................................... 150 Figure 19, Yogi Seal. Figure 20, Orion and surrounding constellations. ................................... 151 Figure 21, Hunter on tree. (Indus seal depiction) .................................................................. 153 Figure 22, Orion and Canis Major constellations. .................................................................. 153 Figure 23: Sign of double axe............................................................................................... 154 Map 1: Human migration routes............................................................................................12 Map 2: Proposed Saraswati River valley .................................................................................30 Map 3: Migration direction of Anatolian farmers ....................................................................49 Map 4: IE Migration as per Renfrew hypothesis. .....................................................................50 Map 5: IE migration as per Kurgan hypothesis. ......................................................................51 Map 6: Map of Crete and Santorini. .......................................................................................64 Map 7 , Megalithic Architecture – Spread...............................................................................75 Map 8: Map of Sumeria.........................................................................................................81 Map 9: Extent of Indus valley civilisation ................................................................................98 Map 10: Sky map ................................................................................................................ 122 Table 1: Human migration details ..........................................................................................14 Table 2: Evolution of man and different metal ages ................................................................26 Table 3: General chronology..................................................................................................28 Table 4: Minoan chronology .................................................................................................63 5 Table 5: Sumerian chronology ...............................................................................................82 Table 6: Analysis of symbols as per Hemtun ........................................................................ 116 Table 7: Jyotish Wheel. ....................................................................................................... 132 Table 8: Details of Horoscope chart ..................................................................................... 140 Table 9: Vedic chronology ................................................................................................... 162 6 DEDICATION He not only guided me like the North Star, but he was the boat, on which I sailed; and crossed the sea of life. She was not only the paddle, which helped me through the ocean; but she was the life jacket, which assured me that I was not alone in this world. This book is dedicated to my father, Late Shri Ramasamy, who had inspired me to take up the civil service job. His suggestion that study of history is an integral part of civil service examination had resulted in my eternal love for this subject. He had also opened my eyes to a never-ending source of literature, which has