Plaited rope on the neck of zebu is a hypertext, signifies mēḍhā 'twist'...
http://tinyurl.com/yytexgqbZebu, National Museum, New Delhi Terracotta ca. 2500 BCE 16x6x8 cm Handmade with cream slip on it.Around the neck is a plaited rope or...
View ArticleArchaeology, of Rāṣṭrī Suktam R̥gveda 10.125 prayer to चैतन्यमात्मा, Śiva...
http://tinyurl.com/y47uur9m--Archaeology of चैतन्यमात्मा, Śiva Sūtrāṇi, नाचण्याचा गाण्याचा फड 'guild merriment, dancers' shop', phaḍa, 'public metals manufactory', kammaṭa 'mint', kamaḍha 'penance'...
View ArticlePositing a Maritime Meluhha Tin Road. High-tin (33%) bronze mirrors of...
http://tinyurl.com/y6blrmy9I agree with the analysis of TE Potts (Potts, TF, 1994, Mesopotamia and the East. An archaeological and historical stuydy of foreign relations ca. 3400-2000 BCE, Oxford...
View ArticleKonar Sandal marble cylinder seal, wealth-accounting ledger, Indus Script...
http://tinyurl.com/y6sxo4dmIndus Components in the Iconography of a White Marble Cylinder Seal from Konar Sandal South (Kerman, Iran), a paper by Massimo Vidale and Dennys Frenez, provides a detailed...
View ArticleErroneous report on Mirror in Vedic India by Asko Parpola (2019)....
https://tinyurl.com/y4q4y9odProf Asko Parpola (Helsinki University) argues that the mirror was not known in Vedic India until it was introduced by the Persians in 600 BCE. offering a histo.basis to...
View ArticleSubhash Kak: ‘It is wrong to assume that consciousness is just a computation’
Subhash Kak says the absence of awareness makes AI machines a bit less of an existential threat. Photo courtesy: Subhash KakSubhash Kak: ‘It is wrong to assume that consciousness is just a...
View ArticleInnovation gave ancient India immense economic advantage -- Rajeev Srinivasan
Rajeev Srinivasan Rajeev Srinivasan worked at Bell Labs and in Silicon Valley for many years. He has taught innovation at several IIMs and writes widely on the impact of technology on societyThe...
View Articleआ- √दृश् sg.perf.pass. used in R̥gveda 10.111.7 to mean 'mirrored'. Asko...
https://tinyurl.com/y4c5vhftThis is an addendum to: Erroneous report on Mirror in Vedic India by Asko Parpola (2019). Archaeological, linguistic evidence for ārśī 'bronze mirror' of 4th m. BCE...
View ArticleIsn't Sarasvati a navigable waterway of the civilization?
Isn't Sarasvati a navigable waterway of the civilization?sarasvatI the devI and the sarasvatI the nadI -- Manasa TaramginiPosted on June 3, 2012by mAnasa-taraMgiNImasitãm dûrât frasrûtãm ýâ asti...
View ArticleSpread of Indus Script hieroglyphs पोळ pōḷa zebu and pōladu 'black drongo'...
http://tinyurl.com/yy5o2w2fI deem it a privilege to present a superb analytical report by Aleksandr Andreyvich Semenenko (April, 2019) correlating the spread of zebu cattle from South Asia to the East...
View ArticleSpice Route: Left pact with colonialism -- BS Harishankar
Spice Route: Left pact with colonialismby B S Harishankaron 06 Mar 2019When Portuguese ships reached the Malabar coast in 1498, Vasco da Gama’s messenger was asked by Tunisian merchants who conversed...
View ArticleMohenjo-daro inscribed ivoery stick m1650. Daybook of Supercargo, (worker in)...
http://tinyurl.com/y6yqkbrmInscribed stick with double bands of hatching at each end, Mohenjo-daro. Seven script signs right to left. Traces of vermillion fill all the lines.m1650 Ivory stick Hypertext...
View ArticleDuck, dotted circles on Ivory rod, Mohenjo-daro seal, vartaka, karaṛa...
https://tinyurl.com/yxfo2otjThis is an addendum to: Abiding Indus Script hypertext dotted circle is dhāv, dāya 'one in dice' + vaṭṭa 'circle' rebus धावड dhāvaḍa 'red ferrite ore smelter'...
View ArticleContributions of Hindu civilization to Modern Science -- Subhash Kak
Indian Foundations of Modern ScienceSubhash KakJul 25, 2018Samudra manthanScholars see India and Greece as the two principal birthplaces of science. School textbooks tell us about Pythagoras,...
View ArticleKanmer Indus Script inscriptions, hypertext spread legs + currycomb rebus...
https://tinyurl.com/y63x7a4jThree seal impressions of Kanmer are used on a string to constitute a set. The seal impressions are composed of the inscription: PLUS These two hieroglyphs read from r. to...
View ArticleItihāsa 4th m. BCE Gabarband water management, drainage and sanitation...
https://tinyurl.com/y54k9cq5Gabarband water management, water reservoirs, drainage and sewerage systems of Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization, dated to ca. 3000 BCE are unparalleled features in...
View ArticleDoes New Genetic Evidence Prove Aryan Invasion Theory? Not Quite. -- Shrikant...
https://tinyurl.com/y4l8nbzsAs always, a lucid account by Shrikant Talageri ji. Let me add a note on the Harappan language as seen from Indus Script hypertexts/hieroglyphs.On the issue of Harappan...
View Articleaṃśu = upāṃśu a Soma libation, offering = dhanamjaya 'wealth acquiring'...
https://tinyurl.com/y4wzx2beThis is an addendum to Does New Genetic Evidence Prove Aryan Invasion Theory? Not Quite. -- Shrikant Talageri. Tocharian ancu is cognate amśu (Veda) -- Kalyanaraman...
View ArticleItihāsa. varāha is yajña puruṣa is anthropomorph, Indus Script hypertext of...
http://tinyurl.com/y5phpzcbThis is an addendum to aṃśu = upāṃśu a Soma libation, offering = dhanamjaya 'wealth acquiring' cognate ancu 'iron' (Tocharian) https://tinyurl.com/y4wzx2beThe monograph...
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