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Search Results for: Indus Valley
Important lessons for dealing with water deficit due to climate change: Indus Valley Civilization Dholavira & Kalibangan – Western region
Anindya Sarkar, professor of geology and isotope geochemistry at IIT, Kharagpur, was lead researcher of a recent paper published in the Journal of Quaternary Science, on how Dholavira, an Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) site, holds important lessons for dealing with … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, History, Western region – Western Zonal Council
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Tip | Appreciating India’s tribal cultural heritage: Regions rich in archaeologic discoveries (from Mohenjo Daro and the Indus Valley civilization to the present day)
Archaeological evidence The existence of a unique, preAryan populace with a distinct cultural heritage and evolved literary traits has been fortified by archaeological evidence collected from the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in the early 1920s, and further substantiated by … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Government of India, History, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Museum collections - India, Narmada, Northern region – Northern Zonal Council, Organizations, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Tips, Tribal identity, Western region – Western Zonal Council, Worship and rituals
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Tiger – a national symbol of India since Indus Valley Civilisation
The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), is a subspecies of tiger native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The Bengal tiger is the most numerous of the tiger subspecies — with populations estimated at 1,411 in … Continue reading
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Did the Indus Valley Civilisation script remain “elusive because no one has attempted to study the script using Gondi symbols and language”? – Karnataka
New findings raise an old question: Do South Indians belong to the Indus Valley Civilisation? Around two kilometres away from the famous Vittala Temple in Hampi, Karnataka, [a]round 10 years ago, KM Metry, a Kannada University professor of Tribal Studies … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Worship and rituals
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Western India’s cotton-growing and -dyeing technologies traced to Indus Valley civilization – Western region
The western region consists of the desert states of Gujarat and Rajasthan as well as Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and western Madhya Pradesh. […] The region is home to a wide variety of people with different religions and cultures, most … Continue reading →