Sunday, April 04, 2010

[umd_samskritam] Talk by Dr. N. S. Rajaram at MIT on Saturday, April 10 - 4-6pm - Title: VEDIC HARAPPANS: AN ENIGMA NO LONGER [1 Attachment]

apr 4th, 2010

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Subject: [umd_samskritam] Talk by Dr. N. S. Rajaram at MIT on Saturday, April 10 - 4-6pm - Title: VEDIC HARAPPANS: AN ENIGMA NO LONGER [1 Attachment]

 
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MIT Samskritam & Samskrita Bharati

Welcome you to a lecture on

                                VEDIC HARAPPANS: AN ENIGMA NO LONGER
  Harappan archaeology represents the material side of the civilization that created  the Vedic civilization. It came at the end of a long maritime phase going back to the end of the Ice Age.
   
Ever since archaeologists unearthed the Harappan civilization nearly a century ago,
scholars have sought to keep it separate from the Vedic literature and culture.
This has resulted in the paradox of a history without literature for the Harappans
and a literature without history for the Vedic Aryans. Following the collapse of
the 'Aryan invasion' version of history, and recent findings in natural history and
genetics, it is possible to identify the Harappans as belonging to the late Vedic Age.
Harappan civilization was the twilight of the Vedic Age and broke up due to
ecological degradation including the drying up of the Sarasvati River.

Natural history further allows us to trace the origins of the Vedic civilization
to the maritime world of the end of the last Ice Age. Harappan iconography is
full of Vedic symbols. The presentation will highlight the Harappan symbolism
and its connections with the Vedic and other ancient literature. The presentation
will also indicate important areas for research, which, however, requires dropping
old dogmas and a readiness to use multidisciplinary approaches based on science,
literature as well as combining ancient and modern metaphysics.


**When?**
Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
(Lecture followed by Q&A)

**Where?**
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 4-237

**Here is a link to the map of the building**
http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4

**Speaker Bio**
Dr. Navaratna S. Rajaram is a mathematical scientist who after more than
twenty years as an academic and industrial researcher turned his attention
to history and history of science. He has authored several acclaimed books
on ancient history including Sarasvati River and the Vedic Civilization,
Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization (w/ David Frawley); and
The Deciphered Indus Script (w/ Natwar Jha). He is best known for showing
the connections between Vedic Mathematics and Indus archaeology and
proposing a decipherment of the 5000 year old Indus script jointly with the
late Natwar Jha. He is currently visiting the University of Massachusetts
Center
for Indic Studies at Dartmouth.


**Website**
MIT Samskritam: http://web.mit.edu/samskritam/www/

**Contact: **
Mythili Vutukuru  - mythili[at]mit.edu
Lavanya Marla - lavanya[at]mit.edu
Krishna Jagannathan  - krishnaj[at]MIT.EDU
Arvind Thyagarajan - arvindt[at]MIT.EDU


Samskrita Bharati:  http://www.samskritabharati.org
Email: boston[at]samskritabharati.org

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1 comment:

mks said...

Because no-one carried this news...I was hoping to see something on the recent piss act by piss religion

http://hindusamhati.blogspot.com/2010/04/hindu-temple-vandalised-religious.html