Topic: Indus valley
Pigs, cattle, sheep — fatty residues on Indus Valley pottery shows meat-heavy diet: Study
New findings from research on meat-eating dietary habits of Indus civilisation communities, conducted by Akshyeta Suryanarayan during her PhD at Cambridge, was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
A 4,500-old woman from Rakhigarhi spoke this week, and made Indians ask ‘Who are we?’
New DNA study results from Rakhigarhi remains set off a debate about Indian history, politics, and British colonialism online.
Climate change may have finished off Indus Valley Civilisation
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New study shows climate change caused decline of flourishing Indus Valley Civilisation
Using under-sea fossil evidence and its marine DNA, researchers were able to trace how climate change led to the decline of Harappan Civilisation.
Archeologist who found 4,500-yr-old skeletons in Haryana doesn’t buy Aryan invasion theory
Vasant Shinde says skeletons found in Rakhigarhi date to around 2500 BC, and there’s only ‘stray evidence’ of contact with Central Asians at that time.
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Inflation made luxury cars even more expensive but sales remain in fast lane. See Mercedes
For years, the luxury car market in India was biased towards the entry-level. But today, cars below Rs 40 lakh account for the smallest fraction of sales.
World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.
Defence
India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.