Indological quesions on Dravidian/Tamil history

[jsiva at uclink3.berkeley.edu]

Dr Ganesan,
Thank you for the extensive bibliography you posted.

A few questions (for anyone who could answer them):

>It has been theorized by generations of scholars, both in India
>and from outside that Dravidians lived in India for thousands of years
>prior to Indoaryans. Indus valley is an essentially a Dravidian
>civilization. Several scholars have proposed that Indus script
<more deleted>

Any current work on this anyone could recommend?


Also,

Any opinions on these two new books? I heard high praise from at least one
source. But he didn't seem exactly unbiased. I haven't seen them yet, am
wondering what people who have read them, thought of them?

_Vedic "Aryans" and the Origins of Civilization
by Navaratna Rajaram and David Frawley

_In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
by Georg Feuesrstein, Subhash Kak, & David Frawley

Thank you,
Jey









Jeyanthy Siva
South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley

jsiva at uclinik3.berkeley.edu

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