Guest guest Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 This may or may NOT be true of the Harappans , but is said to have been true of a Maharaja of Patiala rajesh kochhar &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ------ Formerly Director NISTADS Pusa Gate,K.S.Krishnan Marg,New Delhi110012 ------------ Smarth Bali <smarth_bali Indian Studies <indology> Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:13:57 -0700 (PDT) [Y-Indology] Of Indus Valley Civilization > Hi Group! > > I was invited to an art exhibition recently where the artist > insisted that his inspiration came from his 'study' of the Indus > Valley Civilization. He gave a rather 'impressive' lecture on how > sexuality (read that as priapism) was the predominant indicator of a > King's power and that much of the king's power was attributed to his > vigor (sic) and sexual prowess. Is this artist talking sense? > > Nowhere in my readings have I ever encountered such knowledge. In > fact, from what I have gathered, hardly anything is known of that > society as the Indus Valley symbols (script) remain undeciphered. > > Could anyone send me some articles or papers on the subject. > > Thanks. > > Smarth > > > Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > > > > School education Pre school education > > ----- > > > Visit your group "INDOLOGY" on the web. > > INDOLOGY > > > ----- ------- End of Original Message ------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Dear Smarth, Why don't you look for the following books : 1) The Indus Script & the Rigveda by Egbert Richter-Ushanas @ Rs 450/- (MLBD) 2) Hermann Oldenberg's Prolegomena on Metre & Texual History of the Rigveda translated from German into English by V. G. Paranjape & M. A. Mehendale @ Rs 895/- (MLBD) Regards RP Jain - "Smarth Bali" <smarth_bali "Indian Studies" <indology> Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:43 AM [Y-Indology] Of Indus Valley Civilization > Hi Group! > > I was invited to an art exhibition recently where the artist insisted that his inspiration came from his 'study' of the Indus Valley Civilization. He gave a rather 'impressive' lecture on how sexuality (read that as priapism) was the predominant indicator of a King's power and that much of the king's power was attributed to his vigor (sic) and sexual prowess. Is this artist talking sense? > > Nowhere in my readings have I ever encountered such knowledge. In fact, from what I have gathered, hardly anything is known of that society as the Indus Valley symbols (script) remain undeciphered. > > Could anyone send me some articles or papers on the subject. > > Thanks. > > Smarth > > > > Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 The book by the (retired?) German scholar E. Egbert (Bremen U.) is a fantastic, idiosyncratic, and basically useless as all other "decipherments"; see detailed the discussion by: G. Possehl, Indus Age. The writing System. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1996; and cf. now S. Farmer et al. on the non-script nature of the Indus signs.: The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis:The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization by Steve Farmer, Richard Sproat, and Michael Witzel EJVS 11-2 (Dec. 13, 2005) pdf Discussion in SCIENCE MAGAZINE 306, Dec. 17., 2004, 2026-2029 Cheers, M. Witzel On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:11 AM, RPJ wrote: > Dear Smarth, > > Why don't you look for the following books : > > 1) The Indus Script & the Rigveda by Egbert Richter-Ushanas @ Rs 450/- > (MLBD) > > 2) Hermann Oldenberg's Prolegomena on Metre & Texual History of the > Rigveda > translated from German into English by V. G. Paranjape & M. A. > Mehendale @ > Rs 895/- (MLBD) > > Regards > > RP Jain > > - > "Smarth Bali" <smarth_bali > "Indian Studies" <indology> > Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:43 AM > [Y-Indology] Of Indus Valley Civilization > > >> Hi Group! >> >> I was invited to an art exhibition recently where the artist insisted >> that > his inspiration came from his 'study' of the Indus Valley > Civilization. He > gave a rather 'impressive' lecture on how sexuality (read that as > priapism) > was the predominant indicator of a King's power and that much of the > king's > power was attributed to his vigor (sic) and sexual prowess. Is this > artist > talking sense? >> >> Nowhere in my readings have I ever encountered such knowledge. In >> fact, > from what I have gathered, hardly anything is known of that society as > the > Indus Valley symbols (script) remain undeciphered. >> >> Could anyone send me some articles or papers on the subject. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Smarth >> >> > > Michael Witzel Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University 1 Bow Street , 3rd floor, Cambridge MA 02138 1-617-495 3295 Fax: 496 8571 direct line: 496 2990 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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