Étiquette : indus civilization
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LOTHAL — PORT, FISH TRAP OR SHIPYARD: WHAT BRETON SAILORS TOLD THE AUTHOR
At Lothal, Gujarat, a mysterious structure was called a « port » by archaeologists. Breton sailors said: shipyard. Recent archaeology proved them right.
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THE BRONZE DANCER: BODY, FEMININITY AND ART IN THE SAPTA SINDHU
The Dancing Girl: Body, Femininity and Art in the Sapta Sindhu (64 chr.) Meta description: The Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro — 10 cm, 2500 BCE — says everything about the place of women in the 7 Rivers civilization. A close reading
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MOHENJO-DARO: URBAN PLANNING AND SPIRITUALITY
No palace, no state temple — but a Great Bath, a communal granary and yoga seals. Mohenjo-Daro tells everything about the 7 Rivers civilization.
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THE PUBLIC GRANARIES: A COMMON-GOOD ECONOMY BEFORE ITS TIME
No palace, no temple — just a public granary at the heart of Indus-Sarasvatî cities. The economy of the commons before its time.
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Pashupati, Lord of Animals: Shiva Before Shiva
Pashupati, the Lord of Animals, appears on a Mohenjo-Daro seal thousands of years before Shiva existed. Who is this mysterious deity, and what does he tell us about Vedic spirituality?
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Trade with Bahrain: the pearl of the Gulf as a crossroads of civilizations
Bahrain, the ancient Dilmun, was for centuries the commercial crossroads between Mesopotamia and the civilization of the Seven Rivers. Pearls, carnelian, copper, textiles: a remarkable exchange network linking worlds separated by thousands of kilometers.
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The fired brick as philosophy: standardization without centralization in the Sapta Sindhu
In the civilization of the Seven Rivers, fired bricks followed the same ratio everywhere with no central power enforcing it. A lesson in cultural coherence for our time. Discover what this spontaneous standardization reveals about the philosophy of the Sapta Sindhu.
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Rakhigarhi and the impact of trans-Himalayan trade
Rakhigarhi is one of the largest sites of the Seven Rivers Civilization, also known as the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization. Located in the present-day state of Haryana, India, this ancient city played an important role in the trade network of its time. Thanks to its geographical position, Rakhigarhi was able to maintain contacts with regions to the…
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Religion and Spiritual Beliefs of the 7 Rivers Civilization
Religion and Spiritual Beliefs of the 7 Rivers Civilization
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