Sixth day belongs to God Shashti Abstract The sixth day of the calendar is associated with God Shashti. It is a female god in Bengal and eastern India, whereas it was a male god in south India. Most probably Shashti was a malevolent male god in Indus Valley civilization. Shashti (literally “sixth”) is a Hindu […]
Bee was another form of dead man’s resurrected soul. Abstract: Bee was considered as the reborn soul of a dead person in the ancient city cultures of the Meditteranean sea. It looks like the same idea was followed in Indus Valley civilization also. Bee symbol appears regularly in Indus seal inscriptions. Figure 1: Symbol indicating […]
Indus seal inscriptions revolve around the ‘Funeral ceremonies’ of ancient Hindus. The word ‘Shraddha’ means ”faith”. Shraddha is the ritual performed for the Pithrus with complete faith. Shraddhattva Pinda, Pitru Puja (ritualistic worship of deceased ancestors), and Pitru Yagna are sacrificial rituals performed for dead ancestors. Symbol of the fire pot Many of the Indus […]
Mountain symbol indicates the ‘land of the dead’ (Kur) Abstract The mountain symbol frequently occurs in Indus inscriptions on seals. Iravatham Mahadevan confirms this symbol as grapheme indicating a mountain. I think that this mountain symbol indicates ‘Kur’ that is the land of the dead (netherworld) Indian Historians are making a mistake by treating ‘Indus […]
Dakshinamurthi and ‘Proto-Shiva’ seal Abstract Who is the god depicted in the ‘proto-shiva; seal? There is a big difference of opinion on this issue. I believe that the god depicted in the Indus seal was ‘Brahma’; however, Shiva has replaced Brahma over time. Hence, there is nothing wrong with calling him ‘Proto-shiva’. God Dakshinamurthi. Picture […]
Re-emergence of Indus Valley civilization ideas Abstract At the beginning of excavations at Indus Valley, the historians felt that IVC was a vanished civilization. Later, after many years, it gradually appeared that many IVC features are still being practised in modern India. This article is to bring out those facts to understand better our present-day […]
Bull sacrifice in Indus civilization Abstract The bull sacrifice was a significant issue to the IVC religion and culture. Bull worship was widespread throughout the Mediterranean bronze age cultures, and IVC followed the same practice. Indus seals show the bull figure as a central image around which the inscriptions revolve around. Details are as discussed […]
Difference between Ayyappan and Ayyanar Abstract: The name Ayyappan and Ayyanar are confusing. Both of them are the same gods or different? Ayyanar is a village security god, whereas Ayyappan is derived from God ‘Heh’, capable of giving ‘million years of afterlife’. My conclusion is that both are different gods. ——————————————————————————– Many articles are available […]
Sanskrit origin and spread Abstract Many controversies accompany the question of the origin of Sanskrit; my theory is that it was the language of Anatolian priests and had spread by diffusion to northern steppes. Ukraine was a secondary centre, from where it had spread all over the world through violence and conquest, as proved by […]
Rebus principle in IVC scripts Abstract Indus scripts are generally written in a logo-graphic way. However, there are few cases of a logo-syllabic way of writing and writing using the rebus principle. In this article, I would like to present the rebus writing I have encountered. The first case -the Istika ceremony The above-given symbol […]