Harappan Should Rename Vedic-Saraswati Civilization; Director American Institute of Vedic Studies

In a big civilizational revelation, the Director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies said the Harappan should be renamed the Vedic-Saraswati Civilization. According to Vimal Harsh, it is time to remove the term 'Harappan' from the designating the ancient civilization of India.

Harappan Should Rename Vedic-Saraswati Civilization [Credit-The Human Journey]

It is inaccurate to call it 'Harappa' and ignores the nature and continuity of India's civilization. It is an artificial and incidental term deriving from the archaeological site of Harappa along with Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan.

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Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro Civilization Ignores the Continuity:

Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro are the major ancient urban sites in greater India discovered in the early twentieth century [1921-22] before the partition of India. 

Western archaeologists arbitrarily chose it to designate an entire urban civilization going back to 3500 BCE, which they viewed more as a lost civilization rather than connected to the later history and the continuity of Indian society.

Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro Civilization Ignores the Continuity [Credit-Organizer]

According to the director, the term Harappa does not suggest any continuity in India's history since the ancient period or give the Vedas any place to it. The name Harappan was proposed by the proponents of the Aryan Invasion theory, like Mortimer Wheeler.

It suited their norm because a non-vedic term was useful in perpetuating that theory. Even Wheeler also promoted the false theory of the massacre at Mohenjo-Daro by invading Aryans. This argument has been disapproved archaeologically.

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Importance of Rakhigarhi Site in Vedic-Saraswati Civilization:

Today look at the site of Rakhigarhi in Kurukshetra in Haryana, Located in the Saraswati River region. it is traditionally regarded as the home of the Vedas. This site has been proven to be larger and older than Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus River region. 

As per the fact, Rakhigarhi is the largest Harappan site. Today, it would be more accurate to associate this ancient Indian Civilization with Rakhigarhi rather than Harappa. It even better reveals the geographical connections of these sites to later India and its prime historical regions.

Importance of Rakhigarhi Site in Vedic-Saraswati Civilization [Credit-Pinterest]

The Harappan Civilization has also been called the Indus Valley Civilization because the Indus River region was the main location for the initial and prime sites discovered.

Vedic texts show a similar culture, artifacts, and geography to Harappan, like fire altars and Shiva lingas. We see a continuity of civilization in India from sites of 8000 years like Rakhigrahi or Bhirrana to the current Kurukshetra region in Haryana. 

According to Harsh, further excavations have revealed the majority of the so-called Harappan or Indus sites were located by the Saraswati River. It is famous in Vedic texts which dried up around 4000 years ago, showing its antiquity.

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Vedic-Saraswati Civilization as an Ancient Maritime Civilization:

The Harappan sites also have been found in Gujarat by the ocean. These ocean sites were found in the delta region of the Saraswati River to indicate it was a maritime culture from the Saraswati to the sea.

Vedic Civilization was also a maritime civilization with more than 150 references to the ocean in the oldest Rig Veda alone. It includes noting the Saraswati River flowing from the mountains to the sea.

Vedic-Saraswati Civilization as an Ancient Maritime Civilization [Credit-The Indian History]

The director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies added that using nondescript terms like 'Harappan' fits in with the terminology of the Aryan Invasion theory.

Because it separates the Vedas from the origins of India's civilization, which they [Colonial Scholars]wanted to maintain. Harappans are often called pre-Vedic or non-Vedic civilizations, which the Rakhigarhi has disapproved of archaeologically.

The rivers of northwest India also have ancient Vedic names, so-called Harappan sites, including Sindhu, Saraswati, Vitasta, Parushni [Ravi], Vipas [Beas], Shutudri [Sutlej], Yamuna, and Ganga.

Vedic texts show a similar culture, artifacts, and geography to Harappan, like fire altars and Shiva lingas. We see a continuity of civilization in India from sites of 8000 years like Rakhigrahi or Bhirrana to the current Kurukshetra region in Haryana.

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Better to Call Saraswati-Sindhu Vedic Civilization:

According to Vimal Harsh, in place of the Harappan Civilization, it should be better called 'Vedic Saraswati Civilization' or 'Saraswati-Sindhu Civilization'. Using the term Harappan is a misleading term for India's historical study. 

It does not suit and suggest the accurate center of the civilization on the Saraswati River along with its Vedic and Bharatiya connections. Indian Marxist scholars like Romila Thapar and Irfan Habib opposed the idea of the Saraswati Civilization.

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Today, it is unsurprising that these scholars are the main academic opponents of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. They denied that there ever was any Hindu temple at the Babri Masjid site, even after Professor B.B.Lal showed the evidence.

Prof. B.B.Lal, the Ex-Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India [ASI], showed not only the pieces of evidence but also wrote extensively on the Harappan as a Saraswati and Vedic culture. He was involved in the excavation of Harappan sites.

Unfortunately, these Marxist Scholars were given charge over India's history textbooks by the Congress government, not only for ancient periods but also for medieval and modern ones including India's independent movement. 

Better to Call Saraswati-Sindhu Vedic Civilization [Credit-Bharata Bharti]

The youth of India were provided with distorted views of India's history, devised them to own their culture and dharmic civilization, portrayed India as a country of invaders and no such religion as Hinduism exists but only a series of local cults.

Congress might restore these academics and their views when they regain power. Fortunately, Sri Ram has proved too strong for them and the Vedas can no longer be denied their core role in the history of Bharat.

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