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Publisher: Aryan Books International, Sarasvati Research And Education Trust |
| Author S. Kalyanaraman | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 414 (Illustrated Throughout In B/W) | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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9.9” X 7.3” |
| Edition: 2008 | |
| ISBN: 9788173053658 | |
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Born 20 October 1939, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman is a life-member and regular participant of the World Association of Vedic Studies. He is the author of: (1) a multilingual comparative dictionary for over 25 ancient language of India, (2) 14-volumes on Vedic River Sarasvati, civilization and script, (3) Public Administration in Asia, 2 Vols. He has also edited two edition of Rama Setu – Scientific, Archaeological and Security Aspects. he is National President of Rameshwaram Rama Setu Protection Movement and Director, Sarasvati Research Centre of Akhila Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Yojana.
It is the fitness of things that erudite scholar from diverse fields of scientific knowledge and came together in a Conference recently to exchange their knowledge and insights on different aspects of what is rightly known as Sarasvati River Civilization. The papers read and the discussions in the Conference should remove any lingering doubt on the reality of the great River Sarasvati. I do hope that those who have been propagating that Sarasvati was only a mythological river, and persisting with the colonial myth of “Aryan invasion”, which has now turned into “Aryan migration”, will turn a new leaf.
It is a matter of great satisfaction that thanks to the effort in the State of Haryana, Sarasvati stands rejuvenated above the ground right into Rajasthan. Those who taken pride in their civilization identity will indeed be happy when the river finally joins the sea waters on the west of our country, after traversing through Gujarat. The ancient symbol will then once again acquire renewed significance in the memory and rituals of the people of the country.
I compliment and congratulate the organizers and sponsors of this Conference.
This work has to be read with a critical review of the work published in 2007 tracing, from a euro-centric indologist’s perspective, the roots of indo-European languages.
This presentation of an euro-centric view-point is intended to be a prelude to the presentation of an alternative view of the continuum of culture traditions, evolution of languages in ancient India, thus challenging the received wisdom of euro-centric origins of Hindu civilization (as exemplified by the much-debated Aryan invasion/migration theories).
Search for European homeland has engaged many scholar for over 200 years; a 2007 account of main facets of this scholarship appears in a book by DW Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Stepped Shaped the Modern World, Princeton University Press. A critiques of this book appears elsewhere in this compilation.
| Foreword | v | |
| Preface | vii | |
| List of Contributors | xiii | |
| 1. | River Piracy: Sarasvati that Disappeared – K.S. Valdiya | 3 |
| 2. | Vedic Sarasvati: Scientific Signatures on its Origin from the Himalaya - V.M.K. Puri | 14 |
| 3. | Peopling of India: Genetics Markers Speak out! - Gyaneshwer Choubey | 36 |
| 4. | Sarasvati Drainnage System of Haryana – Satellite Based Study - A.K. Gupta, B.K. Bhadra and J.R. Sharma | 46 |
| 5. | Ecological Issues in the End of the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization - Michel Danino | 65 |
| 6. | The Saga of the Quest for the River Sarasvati - M.A. Jayashree, M.A. Narasimhan and Haribhau Vaze | 81 |
| 7. | Use of Sarasvati Palaeo-Channels Reclamation of Water-Logged Areas of Punjab and Haryana – A Concept Note - R.N. Athavale | 88 |
| 8. | The Sarasvati: The Mother of Indian Civilization - B.B. Lal | 95 |
| 9. | Where Lived The Rgvedic Rishis, and Artisans, the Founders of Bharatiya Sanskriti? - Shivaji Singh | 118 |
| 10. | Sarasvati River and Chronology: Simulations using Planetarium Software - B.N. Narahari Achar | 146 |
| 11. | Chronology of Bharata: Reckoning Time - B.N. Narahari Achar | 170 |
| 12. | A New Aspect of Sarasvati Civilization - T.P. Verma | 179 |
| 13. | Mother Divinity: River Sarasvati, Hindu Civilization Traditions and Metaphors Created by Rsis and Artisans - S. Kalyanaraman | 196 |
| 14. | Sarasvati Civilization: Past, Present and Future - Gauri Mahulikar | 230 |
| 15. | Vedic Rites Flourished on the Banks of Sarasvati – A.K. Sharma | 236 |
| 16. | GVC to IVC (Ganges Valley Civilization to Indus Valley Civilization to Sarasvati Valley Civilization) - K.V. Ramakrishna Rao | 247 |
| 17. | Indus-Sarasvati Civilization: In Search of the Truth - Bhu Dev Sharma | 275 |
| 18. | Sarasvati and Her Vedic Symbolism - Sampada Savardekar | 282 |
| 19. | Democratic Assemblies in the Vedic Era - Shashi Tiwari | 294 |
| 20. | The Incredible River, Sarasvati - A Journey from Myth to Reality - Rajesh Purohit | 303 |
| 21. | Search for Himalayan Antecedents of the Sarasvati - C.R.B. Lalit | 310 |
| 22. | A Search for Lost Civilization and a Lost River: A Letter to the Prime Minister of India - Jagmohan | 326 |
| 23. | Sindhu-Sarasvati Traditions, Still Living with Us? Adiga S. Sundara | 340 |
| 24. | Legacy of Sarasvati Sindhu Civilization - Ravindra Ramdas and Arun Nigudhar | 349 |
| 25. | Civilization along the Sarasvati River – A Scientific Approach - A.R. Chaudhri | 356 |
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| 1. | The Lost River Sarasvati: Geological Evidence - K.S. Valdiya | 381 |
| 2. | Srasvati River – No More a Debatable Issue - Darshan Lal Jain | 383 |
| Bibliography | 387 | |
| Index | 393 |
