Showing posts with label INDUS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INDUS. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 September 2020

A Comparison Between "India Before the Vedas" and "Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization"

The Indus Civilization was one of the oldest civilizations to ever roam the Earth, occupying it during the times of the Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Thriving around the Indus River, this civilization spread its wings and stretched from modern day Afghanistan, through Pakistan, all the way to northwestern India. 
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A Map of The Indus Valley Civilization at its Peak, 
C. 2600-1900 BCE.

In Bresnan's Awakening, An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought, chapter 1, India Before the Vedas, focused on the history of the Indian subcontinent, its various ethnic groups, theories surrounding how it all came to be, and the caste system. It only barely touched up on the undecipherable script of the Indus Valley Civilization. On the flip side, the video titled Indus: An Unvoiced Civilization covered topics such as geography, engineering, and history. However, it all revolved around the Indus Scripts. Its title suggesting a muted voice of the Indus, and the content covering in-depth information about such scripts. 

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