Indian Sub-Continent - Language - Literature
Resources on the literature of the ancient Indus Valley civilization (including the Bhagavad Gita) and information on the language of ancient India and Pakistan.
Bhagavad-Gita
The Bhagavad-Gita, a Sanskrit poem is an episode of the Mahabharata.
The Bhagavad-Gita, a Sanskrit poem is an episode of the Mahabharata.
Harappa
Learn about the Ancient Indus Valley, seals, Rohri Quarries, fisherfolk, recent discoveries, the Indus script, Mohenjo-daro, and Lothal.
Learn about the Ancient Indus Valley, seals, Rohri Quarries, fisherfolk, recent discoveries, the Indus script, Mohenjo-daro, and Lothal.
Harappa and Tamil Culture
S. Gurumurthy argues against the assumption that a large time gap separates the Tamil culture representing the historic period and iron age and Harappan the proto-historic period and bronze age.
S. Gurumurthy argues against the assumption that a large time gap separates the Tamil culture representing the historic period and iron age and Harappan the proto-historic period and bronze age.
The Development of Scripts in India
Recent analyses of Harappan signs have led several scholars to believe the Dravidian language is not of the Indo-European, Sumerian, Hurrian, or Elamite families. If it is related to any modern language family it appears to be Old Tamil, presently spoken in southern India.
Recent analyses of Harappan signs have led several scholars to believe the Dravidian language is not of the Indo-European, Sumerian, Hurrian, or Elamite families. If it is related to any modern language family it appears to be Old Tamil, presently spoken in southern India.
Around the Indus in 90 slides 2
While HARP, the excavators of the early Harappan period known as Ravi are not interested in the race for the earliest writing, they have found writing dating from 3300-2800 BC. See Intro.
While HARP, the excavators of the early Harappan period known as Ravi are not interested in the race for the earliest writing, they have found writing dating from 3300-2800 BC. See Intro.
Asko Parpola
Text-only version of the 13 sections of this Finnish Indologist's Deciphering the Indus Script. Includes theory proto-Dravidian origins, astral relationships and religious significance. Also see Omar Khan interviews Agha Hassan Dani.
Text-only version of the 13 sections of this Finnish Indologist's Deciphering the Indus Script. Includes theory proto-Dravidian origins, astral relationships and religious significance. Also see Omar Khan interviews Agha Hassan Dani.
Iravatham Mahadevan
Mahadevan's text-only An Encylopaedia of the Indus Script is a review of Parpola's work above.
Mahadevan's text-only An Encylopaedia of the Indus Script is a review of Parpola's work above.