[INDOLOGY] Re: archeological puzzle

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dear Matthew,

     I don't know anything about this particular Indus find. However, I
have seen a photograph of the burial of a Sannyasi in this sort of a
sitting position. Here is the report:

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/01/22/Lakhs-bid-tearful-adieu-to-Walking-God-Shivakumara-Swami.html

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:39 AM Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> This article has been making the rounds among yoga and meditation groups
> recently:
>
> https://www.indiadivine.org/2700-year-old-yogi-samadhi-found-indus-valley-civilization-archaeological-site/
>
> I am aware that the "proto-Siva" interpretation of certain Indus Valley
> seals has been much contested during the last few decades but have no
> knowledge of the other material discussed here.  If you know of pertinent
> references to reliable sources that will help to shed light on this, I
> would be most grateful.
>
> best regards,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, émérite
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
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