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Author: Asko Parpola Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190226919 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 385
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Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script. Discovered in the valley of the Indus River in the early 1920s, the Indus civilization had a population estimated at one million people, in more than 1000 settlements, several of which were cities of some 50,000 inhabitants. With an area of nearly a million square kilometers, the Indus civilization was more extensive than the contemporaneous urban cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Yet, after almost a century of excavation and research the Indus civilization remains little understood. How might we decipher the Indus inscriptions? What language did the Indus people speak? What deities did they worship? Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s. In this pioneering book, he traces the archaeological route of the Indo-Iranian languages from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea to Central, West, and South Asia. His new ideas on the formation of the Vedic literature and rites and the great Hindu epics hinge on the profound impact that the invention of the horse-drawn chariot had on Indo-Aryan religion. Parpola's comprehensive assessment of the Indus language and religion is based on all available textual, linguistic and archaeological evidence, including West Asian sources and the Indus script. The results affirm cultural and religious continuity to the present day and, among many other things, shed new light on the prehistory of the key Hindu goddess Durga and her Tantric cult.
Author: Asko Parpola Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190226919 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 385
Book Description
Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script. Discovered in the valley of the Indus River in the early 1920s, the Indus civilization had a population estimated at one million people, in more than 1000 settlements, several of which were cities of some 50,000 inhabitants. With an area of nearly a million square kilometers, the Indus civilization was more extensive than the contemporaneous urban cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Yet, after almost a century of excavation and research the Indus civilization remains little understood. How might we decipher the Indus inscriptions? What language did the Indus people speak? What deities did they worship? Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s. In this pioneering book, he traces the archaeological route of the Indo-Iranian languages from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea to Central, West, and South Asia. His new ideas on the formation of the Vedic literature and rites and the great Hindu epics hinge on the profound impact that the invention of the horse-drawn chariot had on Indo-Aryan religion. Parpola's comprehensive assessment of the Indus language and religion is based on all available textual, linguistic and archaeological evidence, including West Asian sources and the Indus script. The results affirm cultural and religious continuity to the present day and, among many other things, shed new light on the prehistory of the key Hindu goddess Durga and her Tantric cult.
Author: Sukumar Das Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 282
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This is a product of my life-long reseach to unearth the facts that Lord Indra, the King of the Gods o Hindu Gods Pantheon was a human being only, and was a proven historical person of the 15th Cenrury BC, which so far remained covered under the imposed Indian Mythology of millennium after millennium. This is the first-time unearthing of the top-most Vedic Hindu God, Indra, from the Myth of Celescial figure to the real facts of proven and recorded history of Mesopotamia, and duly corroborated by the TEXT OF RIG-VEDA, the most ancient Holy Book, written in a language of Pre-Sanskrit Indo-Aryan Language, an written in the Cunneiform Scripts, and later on shited in Sanskrit Devanagari Scripts. This Research Publicaton of the present author is a Flagship-Book, on the other revelations, that [1] Rig-Veda was a sudden and forced creation to give birth to a totally NEW RELIGION, now called " Vedic Hinduism" just started in 1432 BC: [2] and all the major Gods of Rig-Veda, except Agni, Vayu etc, were all living humans of the 15th Cenrury BC, two of them, namely Varuna, the Emperor of Babylon, whose Emperial Title in Mesopotamia History was" Burna Buriash" and other God, Mitra, [ alternative name of Sun] was King of Mitanni Kingdom, having official title, Paratarrna Parashastra, and all the 13 New Gods, rarrated in the 62% Hymns of 1028 Hymns of Rig-Veda were used to make them king, [ Vide, the next book of this Series, written by this Aouthor, titled as " All Indo-Aryan Vedic Hindu Gods were of Mesopotamina Origin", followed by the " Life and Career of Indra as per Rig-Veda" re-created with the help of recovered and well-preserved historcal records, and ancient archaelogical evidences, including Indra's own Inscription, statue, Royal Seal, Indra's Clay tablets, and traced out locations of his lifes [the Mesopotamian Part] and Indra life and Career in the-then Greater India, including Afghanisthan and Eastern Iran, has been re-constructed by the well-preserved oldest Text of Rig-Vedic Hymns, wriiten in the life-time of Lord Indra as trustable tesimonies as good as wriiten Inscriptions on the stones. The last 10-years of labors of the author on studies of the Oldest Religious Text of Rig-Veda and contemporary historical and archaeological records, brough a fresh new revealations on the begining of the Hinduism in it's first phase, and threw new lights of Indilogy of India and it's polical history and kingdoms of that relevant times, massive destructions of Pre-Arryan people and their civilisation and culture, and fisrt big-bang of the Arryanisation of India, that controlled the remaining history of Indian political, religious, cultural, social life in the mainstream of Indian till today.
Author: Sukumar Das Publisher: ISBN: 9781639405893 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Vedic Hinduism" was gaven birth by 1028 Hymns of Rig-Veda, initially written in the 2nd half of the 15th Century BC. Rig-Veda created all major Gods of Vedic Hinduism, who were not at all "religious persons" by vocation. The Greatest God created by Rig-Veda, Indra, [original name Idrim] a boy of South-Western Iraq, born out of an unmarried mother, killed his biological father, served a long tern of Exile in law-less Habiru-infected land of Cannan for 7 years, managed to become a vassal ing of Alaka in the-then Mitanni Kingdom, assacinated the Assyrian King Ashur-Nadin-Ahe-I in 1433 BC, fled to India, achieved great success as an invader, destroyer of cities, mass-killers to settle migrant Indo-Aryans, with the help of his first-time cavalry-force seen by Indian. He declared himself King of all Gods, defied his 63 Cavalry Chiefs, his war-designer Ashvins, his Chief Priest and War-Associate Vrihaspati, his protector in Canaan was deified as God Rudra, his appointer as Vassal King of Alaka, as God Mitra, Indo-Aryan emperor of Babylon as God Varuna, his illicit sons Ribhus, mother Aditi, comrade Vishnu, consort Saranyu, and energy provider for his war-victories, hard drink, Soma-juice. Thus Hinduism started with worshipping of inavaders by the enslaved people of India, under the Indo-Aryan Dynastic rules and Seven Great Rishis, wrote 7 Manadalas of Original Rig-Veda, deifying the living humans as major Vedic Gods, mentioning the great gifts of wealth given by Indra.
Author: M. K. Agarwal Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491715944 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 551
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The origin of world civilization can be traced to the Indus Valley cradle, where brilliant and original thinkers made groundbreaking discoveries. The history of these discoveries is recorded in the vast Sanskrit literature. In this study, author M. K. Agarwal explores the cultural and historical significance of the region. He explores Indus Valley culture, which encouraged creative thought as opposed to the Abrahamic faiths, which herded followers into dogmatic thinking. He holds that these religions prospered because of their unfettered hatred of the Vedic-Hindu-Buddhist peoples, who were demonized as pagans to be murdered, tortured, raped, enslaved, and robbed. He also considers the achievements of that culture, such as the creation of the most affluent, most scientifically advanced, and most spiritual of all societies, with archeological moorings that can be traced back to 8000 BC. No other region can even come close to transforming people and culture like the Indus Valley, but the world's Vedic roots have been ignored, shunned, and covered up. Uncover the history that has been lost and develop a deeper appreciation for the true cradle of human civilization with The Vedic Core of Human History.
Author: Sukumar Das Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 179
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The book traces the beginning of Indian history to 1432 BC, marking the era of Indra's (Idrimi's) massive Indo-Aryan 7 invasions from 1432 BC-1390 BC. Idrimi ( deified as God Indra by Rig-Veda) was a Syrian warlord, who conquered large parts of India and established the Aryavarta empire with Epicentre in Harivarta ( now HERAT).. Deified Idrimi's invasions from 1432 BC-1390 BC are detailed in the Rig-Veda, recorded by the greatest 7 Rishis, their brothers and sons, who lived and worked together with Idrimi [ Indra] . The book, fixing the historical dates of Idrimi's assassination of Assyrian King Ashur-Nadin-Ahhi-1 in 1433 BC, and killing more than 50 small and big kings with name and locational details created a perfect history of India for the period of 15th-14th Century BC, refixing the beginning year of India's history from 1432 BC, instead of present 326 BC, from the date of Alexander's invasion of India.The Dynastic Rules of India from 1432 BC to 316 BC will be covered by my forth-coming Book. [ giving FIRST TIME an attempt to establish the timeline of major Indian Ruling Kings who ruled during those 1116 years of so-called Prehistoric India.
Author: Domenic Marbaniang Publisher: Independent Imprint ISBN: 1329138961 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 61
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This book surveys the Pre-vedic religion of ancient India. It reflects upon controversies surrounding discoveries at the Indus sites and then takes a dip into the world of Vedas to discover the religion of that age. The book uncovers interesting facts about ancient Hinduism reviewing controversies surrounding the Aryan Invasion (now migrations) theory, the Asuran Indus theory, and the Indigenous theories.
Author: Michael Jordan Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 1438109857 Category : Goddesses Languages : en Pages : 417
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Presents brief entries describing the gods and goddesses from the mythology and religion of a wide variety of cultures throughout history.
Author: Sukumar Das Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 520
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"This Book has done the first-time discovery of a totally forgotten empire, ARYAVARTA EMPIRE, the biggest empire of the World till the 15th Century BC, and unsurpassed in size only by the Persian Empire of 550 BC, fully recorded in more than 400 hymns of Rig-Veda written of 15th Century BC, with indicative information relating to the empire-boulder's Mesopotamian origin, original name “ Idrimi”, his career as a Vassal king of Mitanni Kingdom [1448 BC-1433 BC], proven by his own Statue-Inscription and Clay-tablets and his killing of Assyrian King Ashur-Nadin-Ahhi-I in 1433 BC, deified as “ Indra” by Rig-Veda, Indo-Aryan’s biggest empire-builder from India to Iran and Sistan to Central Asia. This book also reveal the co-relation of Mesopotamia History, Egyptian History to the so far un-written pre-historic period of 15th and 14th Century’s political upheaval of Asia.”
Author: DR. SUDAKSHINA Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 164951610X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 214
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GODS OF THE COSMOS Who and where are they? When and why did they leave us? Do they know about our upcoming world wars and pandemics? Why don’t they stop them? How and why are they helping us, even today? What are their wish and message? Ananth completes his IIT from Chennai and returns to his hometown, Srirangam. He is given an old map by his grandfather, and clues start falling in place on his trip to a historical ancient city. The adventure leads him to discover a five-thousand-year-old undeciphered manuscript from Dvapara Yuga. All this and much more directs Ananth and Siri to USA, White House and the First Lady. When we realize the wish and implement the message of Gods, our planet has a surprise in store. This book of fiction takes you into the secret realms of history, science and philosophy, unraveling reality.
Author: Denise Cush Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113518979X Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1129
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Covering all aspects of Hinduism, this encyclopedia includes more ethnographic and contemporary material in contrast to the exclusively textual and historical approach of earlier works.
Author: Asko Parpola
Author: Asko Parpola
Author: Sukumar Das
Author: Sukumar Das
Author: M. K. Agarwal
Author: Sukumar Das
Author: Domenic Marbaniang
Author: Michael Jordan
Author: Sukumar Das
Author: DR. SUDAKSHINA
Author: Denise Cush