Asko's Indus script thesis

[Guest guest]

Asko Parpola of University of Helsinki, Finland is a world renowned scholar of Indus valley civilization.He has been studying Indus script for more than 30 years.

He firmly believes that Indus script is closely related to Proto Dravidian scriptures, following is link to his thesis.

 

A really valuable work of science:

 

http://www.harappa.com/script/parpola0.html

[Guest guest]

Sorry, but I do not accept any such theory that supports Aryan-Dravidian divide.

 

And the man does work with a bias as to when the Rig Veda was composed as he dates it so recent as 1500 BC, which is unlikely to be the case given the river Saraswati dried up around then, and the Rig Veda has much praise for the river.

[Guest guest]

Then why is the Indus script so different from Sanskrit? Why is there no picture of horse, so glorified in vedas, in any of the indus valley excavation?

C'mon, don't blindly trumpet whatever you believe is the ultimate truth. We must encourage people who study world history and uncover truth about lost civilizations.

 

[Guest guest]

i think Shivite has a very good point. There are many Hindus who stanuchly stand by what was always taught to them rather than what they can teach themselves and what they can teach others.

 

Why not follow researched science to a fair extent rather than dismiss it completely in favor of personal beliefs?