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Chapter
- III : A Historical Approach to the Hindu Traditions
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Study of the History and Evolution of the Faith along with
the
Beliefs and Culture of India over the Time of Several Millennia |
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| | Lesson
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and Evolution of the Hindu Race and Culture
What
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of these ethnic groups mixed so much within a short period that they became indistinguishable
from one another in this great ethnic and cultural melting pot. This was the time
of the Indus Valley settlement. The "Dravidian" culture and religious practice
were in existence before the "Aryan" influence come into this place. This is believed
to be part of the Cultures of Mohenjadaro in Sind and Harappa in the West Punjab
provinces of what is now Pakistan, and in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat near
the now dry "Saraswathi River" as part of the Indus Valley Civilization. There
were 25 to 50 thousand people in each settlement. They used a distinct language
which has defied all attempts to decipher. They do not appear to be related to
the Sumerian, the Mediterranean, Brahmi or any "Indo-European" languages.
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researches done by the scholars were incomplete and sketchy with much prejudicial
and erroneous opinion. Some Scandinavian researchers attempted to decipher about
500 characters and compared this to a form of "Dravidian" script similar to Ancient
Tamil. They have used a numbering system that was "Binary and Octal" in smaller
numbers and "Decimal" in Higher numbers. They had large congregation halls that
looked like prayer halls or bath, probably for religious practices but no Temples
or Sanctums. There were evidences of streets and well-organized waterways and
drainage systems. They have prayed to images very much like Siva and Parvathi
and certain animal figurines. The Indian ethnic structure, from the ancient time,
has been the melting pot of Caucasian, Australoid and the ancient Indian Natives
and tribal races. It had some mixture of the Mediterranean, Central Asian, Negroid
and Mongolian traits. Thus there was no certain "Aryan or Dravidian" racial division
of the population at any time, in spite of any divisions of regional, linguistic
or religious differences among them. They organized and followed a cultural and
religious belief from these ancient times that was developed by their leaders
and followed by all.
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