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For decades, we called it the Indus Valley Civilisation. But archaeology, palaeochannel mapping, geology and satellite imagery point to a wider, maybe clearer picture: the Sindhu–Sarasvati Civilisation. A thread on a civilisation, a river, a script and a narrative worth re-examining. 🧵1/21
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Was plastic surgery really a modern invention? Long before modern clinics, an ancient Indian physician documented techniques of reconstructive surgery. His name? Sushruta. What’s your favourite ancient Indian medical discovery? 👇 Follow for more भारत की untold stories!
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For decades, we called it the Indus Valley Civilisation. But archaeology, palaeochannel mapping, geology and satellite imagery point to a wider, maybe clearer picture: the Sindhu–Sarasvati Civilisation. A thread on a civilisation, a river, a script and a narrative worth re-examining. 🧵1/21
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UAE President confers top Emirati award First Class Order of Zayed II for captain Smit Machchhar who averted the hijacking, terror attack on Fly Dubai plane. Honor presented by Crown Prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed.
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For decades, we called it the Indus Valley Civilisation. But archaeology, palaeochannel mapping, geology and satellite imagery point to a wider, maybe clearer picture: the Sindhu–Sarasvati Civilisation. A thread on a civilisation, a river, a script and a narrative worth re-examining. 🧵1/21
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The Pashupati seal adds another layer. Its horned, seated figure surrounded by animals was called “proto-Shiva” by John Marshall in 1931. However Bharath Rao says that it is Shiva, in His Rudra form as described in the Mahabharat. 20/21
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What do you think? Should we call it the Indus Valley Civilisation or the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation? And did the Harappans get ‘debated’ out of existence by Aryan immigrants? Or are all of us their descendants? 21/21
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