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It should be mentioned that the IVC units of measurement are also found in many other traditional structures which are very much in existence today. These include the town of Thimi in Khatmandu Valley, the ancient Iron pillar near the Qutb Minar in Delhi, and even the Taj Mahal. These details...

Ignoring your usual ad-hominem rant (you should really put the ranting in separate posts) - Churchill's original intention was to create a Hindustan, Pakistan and a Princistan, besides "keeping a bit of India". It can be said that Mountbatten "went native" to an extent. VP Menon's role was...

Logic, clarity and honesty will receive respect. Pretentious, high-flown language cannot make up for lack of thinking.

I confess to making the first mistake of responding to one of your ad-hominem screeds ... Pray state your point, if you have one.

I really need to stop entertaining content-free ad-hominem posts.

In the absence of the Brits, the Marathas and Sikhs would probably have taken over all of Mughal India. The departing Brits gave each princely state the option of independence, which had the potential of creating hundreds of sovereign entities. Patel deserves a lot of the credit for Indian unity.

(sigh) More ad-hominem lashing out. When will people learn to think for themselves. As regards Joe's favorite "Eminent Historians": Folks who want a little glimpse into the minds of these eminences should read the first few pages of BB Lal's paper, cited a short while back. The link again - The...

Err ... we know you can produce duck like noises. That was for people who can think.

There is a very seminal and, if I may add, spectacular contribution that establishes continuity between the units of measurement used in the IVC, those used by Kautilya in the Arthashastra and those used in Varahamihira’s Brihat Samhita. New Insights into Harappan Town-Planning...

One has to engage with entities outside the establishment, including some public relations initiatives. Even the establishment should not be assumed to be monolithically antagonistic.

Which is also the period of the Rig Veda, which describes the Saraswati as a mighty river, and talks about an agricultural people settled on its banks. Giving us collocation in time and space. An inaugural address by archaeologist BB Lal, at a conference in 2008 -...

Working against the entities that were responsible might involve working with other entities that are more reasonable. I am not sure cricket is such a good idea but other kinds of interactions might be useful.

Being disengaged is not a viable option, one has to stay involved in various ways with multiple stakeholders and try to influence outcomes in a positive direction.

The text referring to the people settled on the Saraswati banks dates to the period when the Saraswati was a mighty river. The actual archaeological settlements also date to the same period. And these sites are also contemporaries of the other "Harappan" sites.

I added to my post a bit later - repeating it here:

There is no one Pakistan, there is a segment that has been at war with India since 1947, and there are also other segments. In my opinion you work with who you can work with, and try to increase the segment with which you can work. As regards cricket I am not sure it is a good idea, since...

On one hand you have the Rig Veda itself talking about people settled on the banks of the Saraswati, and being involved in agriculture. On the other hand you have the actual archaeological settlements.

That is not a position I support. However I do believe in free flow of ideas, no censorship or blasphemy laws. No pandering to regressive elements. The fit will survive, the sick will perish.

Even in Europe there are rituals like Halloween that are supposed to be left-overs from the pagan era. Such practices have historically faced stiff opposition from the clergy there. I am sure there are many relics of the pre-Islamic past in popular culture in Pakistan. However, I find that...

Yes. The oldest books of the Rig Veda talk about the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, but not the western rivers. I would not say it was an imposition, it was an organic absorption. And there were also major contributions along the way by people from different regions. Something like how modern...