Development of Hinduism

SR No.: 007303
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M M Ninan
Publisher: M M Ninan
Total Pages: 582
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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2. DATES OF VEDAS
The writers include
Shrikant G. Talageri (The Rig Veda - A Historical Analysis, http://www.bharatvani.org/books/rig/), David Frawley (The myth of Aryan Invation Of India),
Dr. Dinesh Agrawal (Demise of Aryan Racial/Invasion Theory, http://www.hindunet.org/ srh_home/1995_11/msg00056.html),
Dr Subhash Kak (The Aryans and Ancient Indian History, http://www.indiastar.com/kakaryans.html), N.S. Rajaram (Aryan Invasion),
Dr. S. Kalyanaraman (Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization, http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/subject/ saraswatisindhucivization.html),
Koenraad Elst (The Vedic Harappans in writing) and
Dr. S.R. Rao (The Lost City of Dvaraka, https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14243.htm). They have proposed that Aryans are original to India and spread through out Asia and Europe. We can call this the Out Of India theory (OIT).
Max Muller's scholarship and integrity have been questioned (Max Muller - A Missionary Bigot, http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1997_2/0088.html), and he has been daemonized, by the backers of OIT. OIT proponents argue that Muller and other 19th century Eurpoean scholars believed in divine origin of life as given in the Bible. Archbishop of Ireland had decreed in 1664 that creation took place at 9 a.m. on 23-10-4004 BC and one who will say anything else about it will be considered a heretic. Since, life on earth only started around 4000 B.C., according to their beliefs, they had to make everything else fit into that time frame.
Also, several new sites along rivers other than Indus have been excavated in Pakistan, Rajastan and Gujarat in the last two decades. Many of the sites are on the banks of a dried up river, which the OIT backers assert is the river Sarasvti mentioned extensively in the RigVeda. Thus, the Indus Valley Civilization has been renamed as Sindhu - Sarasvati Valley Civilization by the backers of OIT ( Sarasvati Sindhu (Vedic / Indus) Civilization, Language and Script, http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/ ieindex.htm). They assign the Age of Vedas between 6000BC to 4000BC (chronology of sarasvati river).
Many modern vedic scholars do not agree with this OIT (Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts, http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/ EJVS-7-3.htm ). They point to lack of positive evidence and political inclination of the proponents of OIT. Of course, OIT tremendously benefits the Hindutva proponents of the Sangh Parivar.
Some writers like Rajaram, went to the extent of manufacturing evidence to support their theory ( Horseplay in Harappa, http://www.flonnet.com/fl1720/ 17200040.htm). Infact OIT proponents seem
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