Max Muller, a self proclaimed indologist who had very little physical contact
with India, says that the Indus civilization is in fact the vedic
civilization.
During the colonial period when India was ruled by the
British,Dr.
Mortimer Wheeler discovered the...
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Max Muller, a self proclaimed indologist who had very little physical contact
with India, says that the Indus civilization is in fact the vedic
civilization.
During the colonial period when India was ruled by the
British,Dr.
Mortimer Wheeler discovered the Indus Valley sites namely
Harrappa and Mohenjodaro and to his amazement he found that this was a
remnant of a very sophisticated civilization.
The archaeological finds
suggested that the civilization had all the knowledge of advance technology,
trade and commerce,the civilization had a very sophisticated waste disposal
system.
This civilization was dated to about 2000BC to 2500BC and that
makes the indus civilization about 4500 years from the present.
Accordingly
this would mean that the vedic civilization is a very recent phenomenon.
But
there are so many things mentioned in the vedas that don t confirm to this
particular time frame.
Therefore it is imperative to get the real picture the
actual, or near about time of beginning a
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