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Maps explaining the building blocks of

Indian Culture

The Indus Valley Civilization flourished between 2600 BC and 1900 BC in the North-

West of India – The early phase began about 3300 BC. These maps only explain the

process of Acculturation.

These maps were taken from the papers

(a) The demise of the Dravidian, Vedic and Paramunda Indus hypotheses: A brief

explanation as to why these three hypotheses are no longer tenable (b) Syncretism and

Acculturation in Ancient India: A new Nine phase acculturation model explaining the

process of transfer of power from the Harappans to the Indo-Aryans: Part One (ICFAI

Journal of History and Culture January 2009) (c) Syncretism and Acculturation in

Ancient India: A new Nine phase acculturation model explaining the process of transfer

of power from the Harappans to the Indo-Aryans: Part Two (ICFAI Journal of History

and Culture January 2010)

Maps explaining how the transformation of Harappan India to Post-Harappan India took

place are given in the below pages. There was perhaps a small genetic input, and

migrants had not yet identified themselves as Aryan. These maps are self-explanatory and

the interplay between two streams of languages as explained in Annexure Two can be

easily understood after one has read these maps.

Many more maps are available towards the end of the paper ‘The demise of the

Dravidian, Vedic and Paramunda Indus hypotheses: A brief explanation as to why these

three hypotheses are no longer tenable’ Please go through them to get a complete grip on

the subject.

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Annexure One

Maps explaining how the transformation of Harappan India to Post-Harappan India took

place are below. There was perhaps a small genetic input, and migrants had not yet

identified themselves as Aryan. These maps are self-explanatory and the interplay

between two streams of languages as explained in Annexure Two can be easily

understood after one has read these maps.

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Very important explanatory notes to maps on previous pages:

(1) Note how the desynthesis between the Harappan culture and the territory further

east which led to the formation of an independent culture to the East of the

Saraswathi took place. This happened due to the desertification of the present-day

Rajasthan region after 1900 BC. Understanding this would be crucial to

understanding this model.

(2) Conflicts or violent incidents would only have been internal as discussed in the

paper ‘Syncretism and Acculturation in Ancient India’. (Parts one and two)

(3) Note: It is not necessary to justify migrations in the second millennium on

account of the mention of plants found in cooler climates in the RV, and these is

enough evidence to adduce that migrations did not happen in the Second

Millenium BC.

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Note: Many more maps are available in the main text towards the end of the paper ‘The Demise

of the Dravidian, Vedic, Paramunda Indus hypotheses: A brief explanation as to why these three

hypotheses are no longer tenable’. I strongly suggest you go through the other maps as well-

Sujay