Harappan Civilization | Michel Danino | India ki Khoj | 2019

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Published 2019-02-07
About Speaker:

Michel Danino Born in France in 1956, Michel Danino has been living in India since 1977 and is an Indian citizen. An independent student of Indian civilization, he authored or edited several books on protohistorical India, Indian culture and knowledge systems. Since 2011, he has been teaching courses on Indian civilization and heritage at IIT Gandhinagar, where he is currently visiting professor; he has also been assisting the Archaeological Sciences Centre created there in 2012.

All Comments (21)
  • "90 kilos of gold anyways nothing but it is the wealth of knowledge"
  • @seemasunil9
    Another excellent talk. Thank you IIT Gandhinagar for uploading his videos. We get to learn so many things from him and the best part is that he presents multiple interpretations before the audience.
  • @santanusc1
    Thank you, Professor Danino, for this clear and composite description of the Harappan civilization. I look forward to listening to more of your lectures.
  • Excellent! Amazing! Awesome! Mind blowing! Scholarly interpretation, good voice, clear pronunciation, very good, fluent English, insightful details, etc! More such videos by this same speakers please please🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Also good team work for good audio, light, no loud, disturbing background music, other hindrances. So an extra big THANK YOU🙏🙏🙏
  • @hari9445
    Thank you Sir for providing this important messages.
  • @BK-fv5mw
    Thank you Michel Danino for your wonderful lectures. The study of the Harappan civilisation gives me such faith in humanity. I have been pondering why archeologists have not found the treasures of the kind western archeology are interested in. Does it point, in this instance, to the fact that the population moved away from the site consciously, and therefore took all valuables with them. I always find it curious why we find treasures at all. In the circumstance of Egypt its often because royalty were buried with treasures; and Persepolis because of the tragic fire in which case treasures were lost under ash. But if a population migrated peacefully then all valuables would migrate with them, leaving behind only the possessions which were not deemed so important. In the Harappan sites this could be the case. If the Harappan population continued but in a different location then valuables would migrate too and metamorphose with time and the passing of generations. A population as aware and intelligent as the Harappin, I believe, would not squander or "lose" treasures. As the evidence implies that much of the Harappin culture has continued into modern India would this suggest that the civilisation did not die but metamorphosed into the Indian civilisation we see today.
  • @vhspallavi4498
    Thank you sir..this is a very informative and an interesting talk on Indus civilization...especially to people who are interested in knowing about past but cannot afford time and treasure to do so..you have connected the points well and the shift of gravity from baths & granaries to town planning was very subtle yet intense
  • Thank you for the inputs..to make my History class more interesting.
  • @rickfucci4512
    Thanks. Great encapsulation. What proportion of the cities have planned wastewater systems? seems like you implied all?
  • @hlr3932
    Great lecture. From one IITian to you all, thanks IITGandhinagar
  • I have read his book on sarasvati.. It is quite educational. Thanks for writing the book
  • Great Man... Living example of Hindu reincarnation... He is definitely a reborn Saraswati Civilization scholar or thinkers in our times🙏🙏