Varnam - A Topical Blog on India
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Take a look a the history archives; there are many excellent articles on recent archaeological findings in India.
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Message of the Indus Seals
By N.S. Rajaram.
Extracted from a paper on Vedic Seals by N. S. Rajaram, presented at a recent conference of leading historians on Vedic history. |
UP village offers a fresh clue to solve a Harappan puzzle
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 The remains found in western UP. SINAULI, NOVEMBER 17: For thousands of years, the fields of Sinauli in western Uttar Pradesh hid their secret well. But now its past is out in the open. Beyond the village's brick lanes and lounging buffaloes, a burial site of the Harappans dating back to about 2,600 BCE has finally given up its dead... FULL STORY |
Unearthing
Historical Vestiges
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 Credited
with path-breaking excavations of the Harappan
port of Lothal and the submerged city of
Dwaraka and the `decipherment' of the Indus
script, the renowned archaeologist and scholar
Prof. S.R. Rao continues to work on the Indus
script and marine archaeology with indomitable
spirit and energy...
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The Slum and the Sacred Cave
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Neglect overtakes one of Mumbai's most important Hindu sites...
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Mumai's Rough Hewn Legacy (external link)
Two caves within Mumbai represent the early examples and are largely forgotten and neglected despite their archaeological importance. The open area in front of the cave is a popular meeting place and cricket pitch for the local kids...
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Earliest writing found
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The first known examples of writing may have been unearthed at an archaeological dig in Pakistan.So-called 'plant-like' and 'trident-shaped' markings have been found on fragments of pottery dating back 5500 years...
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Large Harappan Site Found (external link)
The excavations in Rakhigarhi, situated in Hisar, Haryana, have pushed back the history of civilisation by more than 500 years...
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Ancient Manuscripts Go Online (external link)
The Indian government has created an online database of 1.8 million ancient texts to promote them as treasures of the country and to preserve millions of neglected manuscripts...
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Medieval age structure and objects found in Dwarka (external link)
The recovery of structural remains of medieval age has once again raised hopes of the discovery of Lord Krishna's legendary city of Dwarka that is reported to have submerged...
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 Underwater
Archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
An innocuous piece of
wood along with a slew of artifacts are set
to push back Indian antiquity to 7,500 B.C.E.,
if material picked up from the sea-bed of
the Gulf of Cambay gets scientific verification... Cambay
Archaeology
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 Natural History of the Vedic Civilization
Unique conditions at the end of the Ice Age gave rise to agriculture in Southeast Asia. Its spread to India made the Vedic civilization possible.
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