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Dec 1, 2017 33 tweets 18 min read Read on X
I'm often asked to recommend books on Indian history, culture, etc. but am unable to respond to each request individually.

To address those numerous requests, here's a thread on India-specific book recommendations.
Philosophies of India by Heinrich Zimmer.

A book that was edited and published by Joseph Campbell after the author's death.

Excellent both as an in-depth resource book & as an overview to understanding Indian spirituality.

#BookRecommendation

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Sep 17, 2018
Astounding discovery: The Sindhu-Sarasvati civilization (IVC) produced world's earliest known printing plates.

True printing was 1st discovered in the Indus-Sarasvati Valley at least 1500 years before any other printing process was recorded elsewhere.

ancient-asia-journal.com/articles/10.53…
Nine copper plates were discovered. The copper plates superficially resemble large Indus Valley seals, as seven of the plates bear an image of an animal or person, plus reversed text. Two of the copper plates bear only mirrored Indus characters boldly engraved in two rows.
The text on one of the copper plates has 34 characters: more characters & more lines of Indus inscription than any previously known on a single object.

This is a significant discovery; it could allow a breakthrough in deciphering the IVC script.
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Apr 4, 2018
Interesting new study on the genomics of South and Central Asia. The study's dataset comprises 612 ancient individuals, including 65 from the Swat Valley (present-day Pakistan).

biorxiv.org/content/early/…
public.tableau.com/profile/vaghee…
The data was co-analyzed with genome-wide data from present-day individuals, 1,789 of which were from 246 ethnographically-distinct groups in South Asia.
The study finds evidence (in Turkmenistan and Iran) of population groups that migrated westward from India between 3100-2200 BCE.
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