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100			_aKalyanaraman, S.Ed
245			_aVedic river Saraswati and Hindu civilization
260			_aNew Delhi _bAryan Books International _c2008
300			_axv, 398p.
500			_aCONTENTS Foreword v Preface vii List of Contributors xiii EARTH AND LIFE-SCIENCES 1. River Piracy: Sarasvati that Disappeared 3 KS. Valdiya 2. Vedic Sarasvati: Scientific Signatures on its Origin from the 14 Himalaya VM.K. Puri 3. Peopling of India: Genetics Markers Speak Out! 36 Gyaneshwer Chaubey 4. Sarasvati Drainage System of Haryana - Satellite Based Study 46 A.K. Gupta, B.K. Bhadra and J.R. Sharma 5. Ecological Issues in the End of the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization 65 Michel Danino 6. The Saga of the Quest for the River Sarasvati 81 M.A. Jayashree, M.A. Narasimhan and Haribhau Vaze 7. Use of Sarasvati Palaeo-Channels in Reclamation of 88 Water-Logged Areas of Punjab and Haryana - A Concept Note R.N. Athavale CULTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY 8. The SarasvatT: The Mother of Indian Civilization 95 B.B. Lal 9. Where Lived the Rgvedic Rishis, Rulers, and Artisans, the 118 Founders of Bharatiya Sanskrit!? Shivaji Singh 10. Sarasvati River and Chronology: Simulations using 146 Planetarium Software B.N. Narahari Achar 11. Chronology of Bharata: Reckoning Time 170 B.N. Narahari Achar 12. A New Aspect of Sarasvati Civilization 179 T.P. Verma 13. Mother Divinity: River SarasvatT, Hindu Civilization Traditions 196 and Metaphors Created by Rsis and Artisans S. Kalyanaraman 14. Sarasvati Civilization: Past, Present and Future 230 Gauri Mahulikar 15. Vedic Rites Flourished on the Banks of Sarasvati 236 A.K. Sharma 16. GVC to IVC to SVC (Ganges Valley Civilization to Indus Valley 247 Civilization to Sarasvati Valley Civilization) K.V. Ramakrishna Rao 17. Indus-Sarasvati Civilization: In Search of the Truth 275 Bhu Dev Sharma 18. Sarasvati and Her Vedic Symbolism 282 Sampada Savardekar 19. Democratic Assemblies in the Vedic Era 294 Shashi Tiwari 20. The Incredible River, Sarasvati - 303 A Journey from Myth to Reality Rajesh Purohit 21. Search for Himalayan Antecedents of the River Sarasvati 310 C.R.B. Lalit 22. A Search for Lost Cities, a Lost Civilization and a Lost River: 326 A Letter to the Prime Minister of India Jagmohan 23. Sindhu-Sarasvati Traditions, Still Living with Us? 340 Adiga S. Sundara 24. Legacy of Sarasvati Sindhu Civilization 349 Ravindra Ramdas and Arun Nigudkar 25. Civilization along the Sarasvati River - A Scientific Approach 356 A.R. Chaudhri Abstracts: 1. The Lost River Sarasvati: Geological Evidence 381 K.S. Valdiya 2. Sarasvati River - No More a Debatable Issue 383 Darshan Lal Jain Bibliography 387 Index 393
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