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Friday 20 May 2016

ARABLE FARMING OF VEDIC INDO-ARYANS ACCORDING TO ATHARVAVEDA SHAUNAKIYA AND SAMHITAS’ DATING

A.A. Semenenko Gymnasium No 2, Voronezh, Russia

 Researchers Conclusion :

This means that even during the latest period of AVSh composition the Sarasvati Valley abounded in dairy and grain-producing products.AVSh and not only its most ancient part must be dated not later than at least 2000 BC. RV with its more archaic language and the material of which AVSh plentifully borrows dates to at least approximately 2500 BC.

But as a couple of significant points that a friend points me :

1.  Sarasvati was still important also after 2000 BC, as attested also by Mahabharata, but its mention in AV shows a Western environment.

2. The frequent mention of barley suggests the same and an ancient agriculture.Hence the period can be the same as the tenth Mandala of RV, around the middle of 2nd mill. BC.

The article is at p.362.

Yog.

See also :
CEREALS AS SOURCE OF FOOD IN RIGVEDA

2 comments:

Daniel de França MTd2 said...

The sarasvati ended in a lake, in the middle of an arid land, in the middle of the 2nd millenium. So this is why cities disapear in the middle first, and people move to the ganga and more to the south.

Nirjhar007 said...

The word Samudra can technically mean lake , but it seems its ocean that RV refers to. Yes, Mahabharata also speaks Sarasvati disappearing in an arid area. .