[Compiled by: Kandiah Thillaivinayagalingam]
Life in the Indus Valley between 2500 BC and
1600 BC Fine Art Print by Ron Embleton
"Aided by thee, the thunder-armed, Indra,
may we lift up the bolt,
And conquer all our foes in
fight".[Book 1/HYMN 8 /3]
"Destroy the fiend shaped like an owl or
owlet, destroy him in the form of dog or cuckoo.Destroy him shaped as eagle or
as vulture as with a stone, O Indra, crush the demon".[Book 7/HYMN 104 /22]
"At the swift draught the Soma-drinker
waxed in might, the Iron One with yellow beard and yellow hair.He, Lord of
Tawny Coursers, Lord of fleet-foot Mares, will bear his Bay Steeds safely over
all distress".[Book 10/HYMN 96 /8]
"He, self-reliant, mighty and triumphant,
brought low the dear head of the wicked Dasas.
Indra the Vritra-slayer, Fort-destroyer,
scattered the Dasa hosts who dwelt in darkness.
For men hath he created earth and waters,
and ever helped the prayer of him who worships.
To him in might the Gods have ever yielded,
to Indra in the tumult of battle.
When in his arms they laid the bolt,
he slaughtered the Dasyus
and cast down their forts of
iron."--[Book2,HYMN 20:6 to 8]
However,We find that On the one hand we have
the vast Vedic Literature without any
archaeological finds associated with them and on the other hand,We find that,we
have over 2,500 archaeological sites from the Indus-valley civilization,but,without
any literature associated with them and synthesising these two is not easy
since there are some glaring differences in what is mentioned in Vedas and what
it seen on the ground.
Padma Shri
Iravatham Mahadevan, a well-known expert in Indian epigraphy,making a
presentation of his latest paper, “Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via The
Rig Veda: A Case Study” at the Roja Muthiah Research Library, he explained with
the help of ‘ideograms- a picture or a symbol that represents an idea or a
concept-,’ that the “Indus language has been correctly identified” as an early
form of the Dravidian script.This Harappan civilization was bigger in extent
than either Egypt's or
"In aid of Abhyavartin Cayamana, Indra
destroyed the seed of Varasikha.
At Hariyupiya he smote the vanguard of the
Vrcivans, and the rear fled frighted."-Rig veda VI 27 5
The above clearly reflects the terrible scene
of war where the soldiers of Vrichivans were falling before the arrow.This
historial war between non-Aryans & Aryans took place at Harapa.It is mentioned
that the Aryan confederation of ten kings took place at the Parasuni or the
river on which the great city of Harapa was situated.Harapa was un-doubtedly Hariyupia of the Rig
Veda.which was populated by Vrchivatas and was ruled by Varasikha. Abhyavartin
Cayamana,one of the descendants of Prithu,wanted to monopolze the commercial
activities of Harapa.He sought help from Indra to capture the city,Also we came
to know from rig veda VI 27 6& 8["Three thousand, mailed, in quest of
fame, together, on the Yavyavati, O much-sought Indra,Vrcivan's sons, falling
before the arrow, like bursting vessels went to their
destruction."/"Two wagon-teams, with damsels, twenty oxen, O Agni,
Abhydvartin Cayamdna,The liberal Sovran, giveth me. This guerdon of Prthu's seed
is hard to win from others."] that
Indra sent a force of three thousand mailed soldiers.Victory ultimately
garlanded Abhyavartin Cayamana.Slave girls,cattle & other precious metals
were seized.There after the aryan leader Indra proclaimed "I have bestowed
the earth upon Arya"[Rig Veda IV 26 2]
That is "Book 6, Hymn 27, Verse 5"of
Rig Veda names the city of Harappa by calling it Hariyupiya.However this place
is never again mentioned in any other Rg Veda hymns.The site of this ruined
city was not discovered until the 1920s, near a village bearing that name still
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