Gonds living in central and southern India could have migrated from the Indus Valley civilisation – Karnataka
Possibly “a revolutionary find” that links the adivasi Gond tribe to the Indus Valley civilisation, which flourished between 2500 B.C. and 1750 BC. Eleven of the Hampi pictographs resemble those of the civilisation, according to Dr. K.M. Metry, Head and Dean, Social Sciences, Kannada University, Hampi; Dr. Motiravan Kangali, a linguist and expert in Gondi language and culture from Nagpur, Maharashtra; and his associate Prakash Salame, also an expert in Gondi. If the discovery stands the scrutiny of experts in the field, it would mean that the Gonds living in central and southern India could have migrated from the Indus Valley civilisation. | Read more >>
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The decade after Independence saw a ‘dramatic closing of the gap between protohistoric and early historic India. The idea of the IVC [Indus Valley Civilisation] as an isolated proto-historic civilisation began to be challenged. Archaeologists began making connections between the IVC and later early historic settlements. In essence, the research suggested that the Harappan civilisation was not some mysterious forgotten society. It was part of a larger cultural milieu that survived its demise [including] a plethora of other cultures—some contemporary with the Harappan and others following its demise—in areas across western and central India as also in the Deccan.
Source: Monuments Matter by Nayanjot Lahiri, quoted in “The Dig” by Sowmiya Ashok (Fiftytwo.in, 2 April 2021)
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Date Visited: 4 June 2021
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