Topic: Rakhigarhi
Modi is set to fly to US, and Amit Shah wants Indians to say ‘Howdy, Modi!’ in Hindi
If only Amit Shah were saying the same thing as guru and mentor Modi. The PM speaks shaky English, but he knows its value.
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.
2500 BC Rakhigarhi skeletons have no traces of ‘Aryan gene’, finds DNA study
Study examined DNA of skeletons found in Rakhigarhi, an Indus Valley Civilisation site in Haryana, and found no traces of R1a1, or Central Asian ‘steppe’, gene.
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.
Does Rakhigarhi skeleton DNA confirm Dravidian ancestry or reignite Aryan invasion debate?
DNA samples collected from a 4,500-year-old skeleton in Rakhgarhi have reignited the age-old debate whether the Harappans were Aryans or Dravidians. While many historians say...
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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.