Unlocking a 'Knowledge of Truth'

Over 3,000 years ago, during the Vedic Age, there were two civilizations who shared common regions, yet had different principles to their way of life. As one declined, the other emerged and sought. I will comparing be the Indus Valley Civilization to the migration of Indo-Aryan, while using quoted sources from Patrick S. Bresnan's: Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought, and Indus: An Unvoiced Civilization video. 

In Bresnan's book I learned a lot of the Aryan's history that were not mentioned in the Unvoiced Civilization video. The Aryan's were conquerors compared to the mellow calm Indus people. There was a story of the Aryan's that is known to be referred to as the "Aryan Conquest". They were known to be 'epic' warriors, and portrayed to be very tough and unforgiving. As I quote, "When the Aryan's had to fight for possession of new land, they proved themselves to be most formidable" (Bresnan 11). It was once said that the Aryans were migrating east towards the Ganges plain of North India, passing through the Indus Valley. Compared to the Indus people, the Indus people worried more about day to day life. They had very few weapons. As the narrator in the video said, "Weapons were very simple. The ruins of the Indus do not show even the slightest reference to war. There are no signs of fire or destruction" (Indus 35:03).

Indo-Aryan Migration into India, c. 1750 B.C.

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In the Indus: Unvoiced Civilization video, the narrator emphasizes on different occasions that the Indus people were not violent and had almost to none materials of any war weapons. I quote, "This was a civilization, full of pleasure, without war, and with hardly any signs of the existence of a king, or any form of absolute authority" (Indus 36:25). This lead to an interesting theory that the Aryan, while they were migrating, may have brought themselves to conquer the remains of the Indus Valley Civilization. Thankfully it is said that "The theory of the Aryan Conquest took form well before the evacuations that revealed the existence of the Indus Civilization. After its discovery, it would indeed be difficult to continue to maintain that the semi-barbarian 'Aryans' were the bearers of superior culture" (Bresnan 12). This disputes the theory that the Aryans had anything to do with the disperse of the Indus Valley Civilization. 

Weapons from Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

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Works Cited

Bresnan, Patrick S. Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought. Milton:    Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Nagasawa, Tomoni, director. Indus: An Unvoiced Civilization. FFH New Jersey, 2000.

“Map of Aryan India.” Aryan Civilization, aryancivilizationelijah.weebly.com/map-of-      aryan-india.html. 

“15. How Peaceful Was Harappan Civilization?” Edited by Dave Vasant, Harappa, Harappa Archaeological Research Project, 2020, www.harappa.com/answers/how-peaceful-was-harappan-civilization.