To ryan - about Seals depicting yoga postures

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Wikipedia talks about several seals depicting Yoga postures found in Indus

Valley.

From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga

Indus Valley seals

A seal from the Indus Valley Civilization, showing a figure in meditation

posture.

 

 

Several seals discovered at Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1700 BC) sites

depict figures in a yoga- or meditation-like posture, " a form of ritual

discipline, suggesting a precursor of yoga. " [12] Archaeologist Gregory Possehl

points to 16 specific " yogi glyptics " [13] in the corpus of Mature Harappan

artifacts as pointing to Harappan devotion to " ritual discipline and

concentration. " These images show that the yoga pose " may have been used by

deities and humans alike. " [14]

 

 

 

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Hi again Venugopal,

 

This is starting to get predictable...

 

> Wikipedia talks about several seals depicting Yoga postures found

>in Indus Valley. From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga

 

You will notice that only *one* seal is shown. It *exactly* the

photograph I put on my website. You know the one I mean, it's the one

you said " doesn't correspond " to the Harappan seals showing Yoga

postures... ;-)

 

I have ordered Gregory Possehl's book. We'll see if he includes

photos of the other seals and which *if any* other postures they show.

 

Please note below that he refers to the multiple seals as showing a

single posture that he apparently calls " the yoga pose " .

 

" These images show that the yoga pose `may have been used by deities

and humans alike.' "

 

Out of all the information you sent in private email and posted

publicly haven't you noticed that they *all* only depict the shaman-

like " horned man " in that single sitting pose? The pose you said

didn't correspond to the yoga postures on the seals. ;-)

 

So far you have only pointed to a reference to a single posture and

pictures of a couple of different seals which all show only the *one*

posture. The posture I said they would.

 

Please post links to photos of the *other* postures. Namely the

postures you said " don't correspond " to the posture on my website.