tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post7715155337662167374..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: The Wonder That Was IndiaStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-77306431087526232182017-09-01T13:33:06.190-05:002017-09-01T13:33:06.190-05:00sounds like an excellent survey... installed on m...sounds like an excellent survey... installed on my tbr...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-83961468315038210732017-09-01T11:26:52.969-05:002017-09-01T11:26:52.969-05:00Ah! I am jealous. Of course, Tuscon is a larger s...Ah! I am jealous. Of course, Tuscon is a larger system than any public library system I use. By the way, I was contemplating an Arizona tour for my next trip out west, but after a few months of mulling-over I want to finish New Mexico first. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-18008904244388764902017-09-01T11:16:50.350-05:002017-09-01T11:16:50.350-05:00Stephen--if your book was published in 1959, then ...Stephen--if your book was published in 1959, then the answer is yes. I don't know exactly when the lectures were recorded, but he did mention something discovered in 2010. So, it appears that the lectures have the benefit of 50 years of research.<br /><br />The Great Courses are produced by the Teaching Company. I just finished a series of lectures on Buddhism last week, so I decided that perhaps I should learn something about India.<br /><br />The public library here in Tucson carries a number of the Great Courses, so I'm lucky. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-85961067393985348522017-09-01T10:38:03.042-05:002017-09-01T10:38:03.042-05:00It sounds like your lecture is dealing with much m...It sounds like your lecture is dealing with much more recent evidence than my books (so far) have had access to. The earliest they've mentioned is the Harappan (Indus Valley) culture, who were replaced/supplanted/assimilated by the Aryans/Vedantic people. <br /><br />Is the Teaching Company like the Great Courses series? Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-91942281294620506962017-09-01T10:35:15.648-05:002017-09-01T10:35:15.648-05:00Stephen--I'm now watching a Teaching Company s...Stephen--I'm now watching a Teaching Company set of lectures on the history of India. I haven't gotten to Buddha yet, so the religious focus now is on Hinduism.<br /><br />The lecturer's take is that there are three main threads or groups of early peoples in India: the Adivasi or forest people, believed to be the first humans in the area, perhaps maybe 70,000 years ago; the Indus River Valley people, who quietly packed up and left after 700 years; and the third and latest group is the Vedantic people or the people of the Vedas. I haven't seen that lecture yet, but it's next. I guess they are the people we know as the Hindus. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-82868704337629233792017-09-01T10:33:37.160-05:002017-09-01T10:33:37.160-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com