A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Indus Valley Civilisation
This page describes Indus Valley Civilisation which is located on page 69 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) [by Hin-tak Sik]
The first known mature civilisation of ancient India is the Indus Valley Civilisation, which was situated around the Indus River (in present-day Pakistan). According to archaeological evidence, it appeared at about 3000 Before Common Era and was at first a Bronze Age civilisation. It became highly developed, and is believed to have flourished from approximately 2500 to 1500 Before Common Era....
Read full contents: History of Indian Medicine (a): Pre-Vedic Phase
Annadatri-carita (study) [by Sarannya V.]
They discovered the covered truth of Indus valley civilisation and Ashoka inscriptions etc. and gave more values for it. This started the argument that the Ramayana and Mahabharata etc. were no myth but history. How the fundamental Europeans demanding a ban on the study of evolution, similarly fundamentalist Hindus in India asked to taught the Ramayana and Mahabharata as a part of history. That s why Indian history always faces the conflicts with the myths....
Read full contents: 6. Unusual Mixing of History and Myth
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
Regarding religion or religious cult of the people of the Indus Valley cities, Rai Bahadur Ramaprasad Chanda has said that the religion of the Indus Valley, in the Chalcolithic period, appears to include many elements that ultimately developed into Hinduism. “Our main source of information for the religion of the Indus folk is the magnificent collection of seals recovered from Mohenjo-daro and Harappa....
Read full contents: Appendix 1 - Prehistoric Indus Civilization
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