Earliest Aryan Script Found in Indus Valley?
May 23, 2022 Patrick 6 Comments
Aryan Racial Background of the Indus Valley
Modern genetics has shown that over a period of many thousands of years, the cultures of the Indian subcontinent succumbed to a number of major migrations from the Russian steppes and Eastern Europe of uniquely Caucasian and then White Aryan populations. Even the darkest of Southern Indians, are whiter in their genetics than Asian or African, even though they remain darker than other Indians, and certainly darker than those of modern-day Europeans. The further North one travels to Northern India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, there is an even greater and far more noticeable Aryan signature in their appearance.
Whiteness is still highly praised by the Indians, even in the south. When an Indian posts in a local newspaper that he is looking for a wife, he specifies that he prefers to have a light-skinned wife. Also, you are still more likely to a find a better job, in whatever caste you belong to, and be accepted by your caste, depending on how white you are. Throughout Southeast Asia, in fact, whiteness is worshipped, as painting faces with white facial cream for religious dances and ritual, shows a fair degree of worship of the white ideal. In many East Asian countries, the Sun Gods are seen as having blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. This is a physical motif seen repeatedly throughout Asia. In these countries whiteness has a whole other meaning entirely, and to suggest that it must be deconstructed, or that whites should be simply killed or bred-off would simply seem bizarre, to say the least. Even though we would class them as non-white, they consider lighter skin is something to be cherished and associated with the ancient rulers of their countries, who are described as very Aryan in appearance. Even the historical Buddha, who came from northern India, is no exception. Also, Genghis Kahn was said to have light-eyes, freckles and rosy cheeks, and his whole bloodline was said to have a similar phenotype.
As far as Northern Indians and the cultures of the Indus Valley, one must acknowledge that the Aryan gift for innovation was present among ancient Indus city-states such as Harappa and Mohen-jo-daro. For what we know of this ancient culture, it was not only peaceful but was highly capitalistic and survived on trade rather than warfare. That made it easy for the Indo-Aryans to topple the city-states at a very early date. No doubt the cultures of the Indus Valley were also much whiter than they are today.
The Discovery of an Aryan Writing System
A discovery made by archaeologists in Pakistan may help prove that Mesopotamia was not the first civilization to develop a system of writing and that the invention of a written language itself is far older than previously thought. Graham Hancock, a journalist and amateur archaeologist who has been the target of criticism from mainstream academics for his controversial theories, firmly believes that civilization as we know it is merely a vestige of a once-glorious age on which many of our Atlantean myths are based. An archaeological find in Pakistan may help support his contention.
Harappa was settled in remote antiquity, during what the Vedas called the Rama Empire of the Seven Rishi Cities. Over the countless millennia there grew therein a vast urban sprawl that became one of the chief civilizations of ancient times. Here, archaeologists uncovered an ancient piece of pottery dating back almost six thousand years, to around 3500 BCE. Etched into the surface of the pottery were various “plantlike” and “trident-shaped” symbols, according to Dr. David Whitehouse, writing for BBC News (Whitehouse 1999). They were set in a definite recurring, mathematical pattern suggestive of any early form of ideographic script, with some similarities to both cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Most recently, Egypt was credited as the birthplace of writing. A collection of small clay tablets engraved with an archaic form of hieroglyphics was found in 1998 in the tomb of the Scorpion King, one of the rulers of Egypt prior to the foundation of the glorious Old Kingdom. Carbon-14 dating revealed that the tablets had been inscribed around 3300–3200 BCE, a century or two earlier than the supposed invention of cuneiform writing by the Sumerians, approximately 3100 BCE.
Archaeologists now believe that this system of writing did not develop as a natural outgrowth of a spoken language. They contend that it was invented at the command of a ruler who needed to find the best way to make records and levy taxes. A uniform system of writing would prove to be the perfect agent not only for civic leaders, but also for priests wishing to put down in writing their various incantations, the descriptions of holy rites, and the stories that their faiths were based upon. It is very probable that pre-Columbian civilizations such as the Aztec and Maya employed this same rationale.
The key to understanding the Indus Valley script is to compare it with known Egyptian hieroglyphs. But unlike the Scorpion inscriptions, we have nothing that could be used to compare with the Harappan script, no common Rosetta Stone from which to unlock its mysteries. “It’s a big question as to if we can call what we have found true writing,” Dr. Richard Meadow of Harvard University explains, “but we have found symbols that have similarities to what became Indus script” (Whitehouse 1999). Meadow, the director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project, said that his excavators will continue to search for more examples of this unique writing system to determine whether it is indeed a genuine form of writing, and, if so, how it developed from its primitive form to the more advanced writing we see today (Whitehouse 1999).
The Harappan civilization left no linguistic descendants; their language is essentially dead, which makes the task of deciphering the script next to impossible. The Rosetta Stone was important because it contained three languages: ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic script, and ancient Greek. Champollion, the eighteenth-century linguist who cracked the code, used the latter two languages to cross-reference the hieroglyphs, after which the ancient writing could be read at last.
No such relic for the Harappan Civilization is known to exist. Whitehouse observes:
What historians know of the Harappan civilization makes them unique. Their society did not like great differences between social classes or the display of wealth by rulers. They did not leave behind large monuments or rich graves. They appear to have been a peaceful people who displayed their art in smaller works of stone. Their society seems to have petered out. Around 1900 BC Harappa and other urban centers started to decline as people left them to move east to what is now India and the Ganges” (Whitehouse 1999).
Whitehouse closes his article by stating that perhaps writing arose independently in three places at once between 3500 and 3100 BCE: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Harappa. Doubtless, there is much more to this story than mainstream scientists or archaeologists are prepared to admit. The clock is constantly turning back the antiquity of civilization, as new evidence is uncovered, transforming our understanding of the past. In time, more relics will be unearthed, and perhaps the visions of Graham Hancock and others will be forever validated. We must remember, regardless to a possible multicultural interpretation of this ancient civilization which is clearly incorrect, this was an ancient Aryan civilization.
May 23, 2022 Patrick 6 Comments
Aryan Racial Background of the Indus Valley
Modern genetics has shown that over a period of many thousands of years, the cultures of the Indian subcontinent succumbed to a number of major migrations from the Russian steppes and Eastern Europe of uniquely Caucasian and then White Aryan populations. Even the darkest of Southern Indians, are whiter in their genetics than Asian or African, even though they remain darker than other Indians, and certainly darker than those of modern-day Europeans. The further North one travels to Northern India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, there is an even greater and far more noticeable Aryan signature in their appearance.
Whiteness is still highly praised by the Indians, even in the south. When an Indian posts in a local newspaper that he is looking for a wife, he specifies that he prefers to have a light-skinned wife. Also, you are still more likely to a find a better job, in whatever caste you belong to, and be accepted by your caste, depending on how white you are. Throughout Southeast Asia, in fact, whiteness is worshipped, as painting faces with white facial cream for religious dances and ritual, shows a fair degree of worship of the white ideal. In many East Asian countries, the Sun Gods are seen as having blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. This is a physical motif seen repeatedly throughout Asia. In these countries whiteness has a whole other meaning entirely, and to suggest that it must be deconstructed, or that whites should be simply killed or bred-off would simply seem bizarre, to say the least. Even though we would class them as non-white, they consider lighter skin is something to be cherished and associated with the ancient rulers of their countries, who are described as very Aryan in appearance. Even the historical Buddha, who came from northern India, is no exception. Also, Genghis Kahn was said to have light-eyes, freckles and rosy cheeks, and his whole bloodline was said to have a similar phenotype.
As far as Northern Indians and the cultures of the Indus Valley, one must acknowledge that the Aryan gift for innovation was present among ancient Indus city-states such as Harappa and Mohen-jo-daro. For what we know of this ancient culture, it was not only peaceful but was highly capitalistic and survived on trade rather than warfare. That made it easy for the Indo-Aryans to topple the city-states at a very early date. No doubt the cultures of the Indus Valley were also much whiter than they are today.
The Discovery of an Aryan Writing System
A discovery made by archaeologists in Pakistan may help prove that Mesopotamia was not the first civilization to develop a system of writing and that the invention of a written language itself is far older than previously thought. Graham Hancock, a journalist and amateur archaeologist who has been the target of criticism from mainstream academics for his controversial theories, firmly believes that civilization as we know it is merely a vestige of a once-glorious age on which many of our Atlantean myths are based. An archaeological find in Pakistan may help support his contention.
Harappa was settled in remote antiquity, during what the Vedas called the Rama Empire of the Seven Rishi Cities. Over the countless millennia there grew therein a vast urban sprawl that became one of the chief civilizations of ancient times. Here, archaeologists uncovered an ancient piece of pottery dating back almost six thousand years, to around 3500 BCE. Etched into the surface of the pottery were various “plantlike” and “trident-shaped” symbols, according to Dr. David Whitehouse, writing for BBC News (Whitehouse 1999). They were set in a definite recurring, mathematical pattern suggestive of any early form of ideographic script, with some similarities to both cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Most recently, Egypt was credited as the birthplace of writing. A collection of small clay tablets engraved with an archaic form of hieroglyphics was found in 1998 in the tomb of the Scorpion King, one of the rulers of Egypt prior to the foundation of the glorious Old Kingdom. Carbon-14 dating revealed that the tablets had been inscribed around 3300–3200 BCE, a century or two earlier than the supposed invention of cuneiform writing by the Sumerians, approximately 3100 BCE.
Archaeologists now believe that this system of writing did not develop as a natural outgrowth of a spoken language. They contend that it was invented at the command of a ruler who needed to find the best way to make records and levy taxes. A uniform system of writing would prove to be the perfect agent not only for civic leaders, but also for priests wishing to put down in writing their various incantations, the descriptions of holy rites, and the stories that their faiths were based upon. It is very probable that pre-Columbian civilizations such as the Aztec and Maya employed this same rationale.
The key to understanding the Indus Valley script is to compare it with known Egyptian hieroglyphs. But unlike the Scorpion inscriptions, we have nothing that could be used to compare with the Harappan script, no common Rosetta Stone from which to unlock its mysteries. “It’s a big question as to if we can call what we have found true writing,” Dr. Richard Meadow of Harvard University explains, “but we have found symbols that have similarities to what became Indus script” (Whitehouse 1999). Meadow, the director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project, said that his excavators will continue to search for more examples of this unique writing system to determine whether it is indeed a genuine form of writing, and, if so, how it developed from its primitive form to the more advanced writing we see today (Whitehouse 1999).
The Harappan civilization left no linguistic descendants; their language is essentially dead, which makes the task of deciphering the script next to impossible. The Rosetta Stone was important because it contained three languages: ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic script, and ancient Greek. Champollion, the eighteenth-century linguist who cracked the code, used the latter two languages to cross-reference the hieroglyphs, after which the ancient writing could be read at last.
No such relic for the Harappan Civilization is known to exist. Whitehouse observes:
What historians know of the Harappan civilization makes them unique. Their society did not like great differences between social classes or the display of wealth by rulers. They did not leave behind large monuments or rich graves. They appear to have been a peaceful people who displayed their art in smaller works of stone. Their society seems to have petered out. Around 1900 BC Harappa and other urban centers started to decline as people left them to move east to what is now India and the Ganges” (Whitehouse 1999).
Whitehouse closes his article by stating that perhaps writing arose independently in three places at once between 3500 and 3100 BCE: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Harappa. Doubtless, there is much more to this story than mainstream scientists or archaeologists are prepared to admit. The clock is constantly turning back the antiquity of civilization, as new evidence is uncovered, transforming our understanding of the past. In time, more relics will be unearthed, and perhaps the visions of Graham Hancock and others will be forever validated. We must remember, regardless to a possible multicultural interpretation of this ancient civilization which is clearly incorrect, this was an ancient Aryan civilization.