The Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India

Georg A. Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, David Frawley

Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1999 - India - 341 pages

The book shows that the ancient Indians were no primitives but possessed a high spiritual culture, which not only influenced the evolution of the Western world in decisive ways but which still has much to teach us today. India`s archaic spirituality is codified in the rich symbols, metaphors, and myths of the magnificent Rig-Veda, which is shown to be much older than has been widely assumed by scholars. The present book also unravels the astonishing mathematical and astronomical code hidden in the Vedic hymns. Anyone interested in ancient cultural history, India, archaeo-astronomy, or spirituality will find this well-researched and cross-cultural work spellbinding and enriching.

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Good book. Gives lot of interesting information regarding ancient civilization of India.

Contents

• Revisioning the Past Envisioning the Future: 3
• The Vedas Pyramids of the Spirit: 13
• The Aryans Exploding a Scientific Myth: 45
• An Archaeological Surprise The Cities of the Indus Valley: 61
• The Great Catastrophe and the Reconstruction of the Early Indic Civilization: 77
• The Vedic Peoples in the Land of the Seven Rivers The Literary Perspective: 101
• Deciphering the IndusSarasvati Script: 127
• The Dawn of the Indic Civilization The Neolithic Town of Mehrgarh: 143
• Why the Aryan Invasion Never Happened Seventeen Arguments: 153
• The Spiritual Heritage of Ancient India: 165
• The Birth of Science in Ritual: 195
• Vedic Myths and Their Astronomical Basis: 229
• India and the West: 249
• The Vedas and Perennial Wisdom: 269
• Notes: 287
• Select Bibliography: 305
• Index: 313

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India
• Editors: Georg A. Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, David Frawley
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1999
• ISBN: 8120816269, 9788120816268
• Length: 341 pages