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Re: Priest-King statue of Moenjodaro [Re: bendapudi] #15932 - 05/07/02 07:35 AM Edit Reply Quote

The Sarasvat�--Sindhu period fits the most in the (Kalpa-)S�tra period, which is Late Vedic, in terms of mathematics, mentioning of Aratta (Baudh�yana GS and Sumerian), etc. The other Vedic texts in their oldest forms and collections precede these. Another point about a date was mentioned by Sethna and that was about the word Karp�sa or any word for cotton, a very common product from Mehrgarh period on (7th/6th millennium BC), but lacking in the RigSamhit� text (mostly in UP, Sarasvat� area and western India). Why that product is lacking and if that says something about the relative date, I don't know. The kings who ruled during the Sarasvat�-Sindhu period were Kauravas. If the traditional date of the Bharata War is valid, then the ruling dynasty was the P�ndu-Kauravas. But if Bh�gavata Pur�na is firstly right that Parikshit lived 1000 years before the beginning of KaliYuga and that Kshemaka P�ndava was the last king ruling till KaliYuga, then the ruling dynasty must be the Brhadratha-Kauravas. We all know that the Kauravas are Bh�ratas. So the stature is not Bharata himself, but possibly a Bh�rata? Many Bh�rata kings were also great R�jarshis, especially in the older period. (Most falling in the Bh�rgava or the Bh�radv�ja traditions) If the statue is of a priestking, and if the ruling dynasty is the Kuru-Bh�ratas, then it's possible that it is a Bh�rata R�jarshi.