Sumati Jnana

SR No.: 012067
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shivkant Dwivedi, Navneet Jain
Publisher: Shantisagar Chhani Granthamala
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 14 MB

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Digamberism of Jinas is the Root Culture of Indus Civilization
Dr. Sneh Rani Jain
When Harappa was excavated no one thought, as to what culture it presented to our Folk. Mohenjodaro enhanced that curiosity further. Past whole Century explored that rich Culture and got lost in effort of understanding it's message that was seen on every bit of the Indus Finds. Decipherers from World over, showed interest to read that Script. Alas, but as no key was seen none could read it with Confidence, though every one tried to get message and read the Indus Script applying Rebus with maximum care, one could take.
Some applied Vedic approach and some Maheshwar Sutra. Some used Anushtubh Meter and some Gayatri Mantra with every stretch of imagination yet not wholly acceptable to the Galaxy of Decipherers and Epigraphists. In name of Deciphering the Script what actually was tried was to find the linkage of that Script with the later evolved scripts and daughter and granddaughter languages ie. relation with Brahmi and regional Prakrits.
In India, which is called a Mixing pot of various Cultures, all invaders that came were socially accepted gradually, because of the Indus Background of Nonviolence and Compassion to other human beings as well. There was never any rigidness about the difference of race, religion, color and language. The difference was, if any,about the Violence which was not liked even if it started through Vedic Yajnyas or in name of worship by Brahmins or else by the tribals. The shore residents surviving on fisheries were hence left out though always the fish and crocodiles appeared in the Indus seals as significance of Nature symbolizing Fish with the Farmer and the Crocodile as the Crop.
Scholars were very confident that ancient culture of rich heritage got swept off from this land surviving only for few hundred years forgetting that no Culture in world can rise so fast. Also if risen so high cannot get lost so easily, just because no armory was found or that being a Nonviolent Culture could not resist. They were then thinking that it was a local culture of Harappa or of Sindh. Time has shown now that that culture evidences its spread through out India with some or the other proves of it's existence in that past. The past is also divided into Neolithic, Mesolithic and Palaeolithic presuming that man was initially (?)