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As an ancient civilization with an undeciphered script, Indus Valley Civ. is mired in controversy and claims Religion wise though article claims an Egyptian li

As an ancient civilization with an undeciphered script, Indus Valley Civ. is mired in controversy and claims Religion wise though article claims an Egyptian link which is new to me, it has some clear Hindu associations like the Pasupathinath seal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupati_seal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupati_seal Script wise the contention and claim also comes from Tamil and Sanskrit. TED talk on this below https://youtu.be/kwYxHPXIaao https://youtu.be/kwYxHPXIaao

19f191ty 4y ago
Pashupati is much, much older than modern concept of Hinduism. Many cultures around the time had a "Master of Animals" motif depicted l in their cultural artifact https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals You could call Rudra/Shiva as modern versions of that motif. But calling the figure in Pashupati seal as depecting a Hindu deity is probably not correct. IVC was pre-vedic after all. No doubt later cultures adopted IVC deities into their own pantheon. But IVC religion was likely very far from what we recognize as Hinduism. And probably closer to religions in Mesopotamia at the time. Egypt does seem further culturally than Mesopotamia to me though. So I find the Egyptian connection a bit tenuous as well.
- random314 4y ago
  In particular pashupati is not mentioned in rgveda
- naruvimama 4y ago
- bergenty 4y ago
  Hinduism is Vedic + IVC + other indigenous belief systems
  - dhruval 4y ago
    Not sure why this is getting downvoted. This is called the “Hindu synthesis”.
    - random314 4y ago
      Because there is no clear IVC integration and the integration of Buddhism is rejected by practicing buddhists. There has been historic and ongoing synthesis which very often follows embrace, extend, extinguish pattern, so the GPs characterization is misleading.
      - dhruval 4y ago
        Buddhism is not mentioned by GP, but there are many big differences between vedic religion and modern hinduism. for eg. animal sacrifice vs vegetarianism. These ideas probably gain traction from the Sramana traditions which also gave rise to Buddhism and Jainism. It is hard to tease apart the influences exactly, esp in the case of IVC where very little is known about the culture. But some iconography bears a striking resemblence iconography found in indian religions at a later date.

19f191ty 4y ago

Pashupati is much, much older than modern concept of Hinduism. Many cultures around the time had a "Master of Animals" motif depicted l in their cultural artifact https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals You could call Rudra/Shiva as modern versions of that motif. But calling the figure in Pashupati seal as depecting a Hindu deity is probably not correct. IVC was pre-vedic after all. No doubt later cultures adopted IVC deities into their own pantheon. But IVC religion was likely very far from what we recognize as Hinduism. And probably closer to religions in Mesopotamia at the time. Egypt does seem further culturally than Mesopotamia to me though. So I find the Egyptian connection a bit tenuous as well.

random314 4y ago
In particular pashupati is not mentioned in rgveda
naruvimama 4y ago
bergenty 4y ago
Hinduism is Vedic + IVC + other indigenous belief systems
- dhruval 4y ago
  Not sure why this is getting downvoted. This is called the “Hindu synthesis”.
  - random314 4y ago
    Because there is no clear IVC integration and the integration of Buddhism is rejected by practicing buddhists. There has been historic and ongoing synthesis which very often follows embrace, extend, extinguish pattern, so the GPs characterization is misleading.
    - dhruval 4y ago
      Buddhism is not mentioned by GP, but there are many big differences between vedic religion and modern hinduism. for eg. animal sacrifice vs vegetarianism. These ideas probably gain traction from the Sramana traditions which also gave rise to Buddhism and Jainism. It is hard to tease apart the influences exactly, esp in the case of IVC where very little is known about the culture. But some iconography bears a striking resemblence iconography found in indian religions at a later date.