Continuity of architectural traditions from Sarasvati civilization

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Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

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architectural traditions from Sarasvati Civilization.

 

Many architectural traditions of the historical periods in Bharat can

be traced to the evidences provided by Sarasvati civilization. Some

examples are cited, apart from the barrel vaulted toda huts noted by

Yashwant Malaiya and Paul Kekai Manansala (on Indiaarchaeology group)

as the models for many monuments -- some of which include the Bhima

ratha of Mahabalipuram and khakhara temples of Orissa. The decoding of

the script including Munda and other Bharatiya language lexemes rebus

for hieroglyphs points to the indigenous evolution of the civilization

(and continuity of the culture in Bharat) based on the traditions of

jaati and janajaati of Bharat including Toda and Munda as a composite

group -- dvi_pava_sinah, like Dvaipa_yana Vya_sa -- of speakers of

mleccha, the proto-indian.

 

Rock cut reservoir in Dholavira points to the competence of

sangatara_su (stone cutters) of third millennium BCE and the tradition

leading to the creation of rock cut caves in Junagadh, Ajanta, Ellora,

Vidarbha and many other parts of Bharat.

 

Creation of polished stone pillars and use of ringstones as structural

supports for multi-storeyed structures at Dholavira are traditions

echoed on many monuments in Bharat.

 

Apart from the rock-cut reservoir at Dholavira with steps, the

pushkarini of Mohenjodaro with a courtyard is a tradition echoed in

many pushkarinis all over Bharat and also in the stepped wells of

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Hampi building the tanks as temples surrounding

water wells.

 

The use of gabarbands to create wet fields is echoed in the Grand

Anicut (kallanai) on River Kaveri built over 2000 years ago; similar

anicuts have been found in Africa pointing to the possibility of

migration of this irrigation engineering technique from Bharat.

 

S. Kalyanaraman

 

6 May 2005

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