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Reappraisal of the
Tuesday, 02.10.2009,
LOS ANGELES:
An international conference on the Sindhu-Sarasvati Valley Civilization will be held on Feb 21 and 22 at
They will attempt to bridge the chronological, linguistic and racial gap between the material and literary cultures of the
How does the scientific evidence of the drying of the River Sarasvati play a role in the interpretation of the history and chronology of the civilization. How is the genetic evidence corroborated with archaeological evidences especially regarding the antiquity of the Indian gene?
Prominent scholars who examine the issues include Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (University of Wisconsin), Carl C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Dr. B.B. Lal (Archaeological Survey of India), R.S. Bisht (Archaeological Survey of India), Louis Flam (City University of NY), S.R.Rao (Archaeological Survey of India, National Institute of Oceanography), Edwin Bryant (Rutgers University) Shiva Bajpai (CSUN) , Vijendra Kumar Kashyap (India's National Institute of Biologicals), Subhash Kak (Oklahama State University), Ashok Aklujkar (University of British Columbia) , Jim G. Shaffer (Case Western Reserve University, Dennis Frenez (University of Bologna) and Nicholas Kazanas (Omilos Meleton Cultural Institute, Athens). The interpretations by scholars in the conference will be rooted in scholarship and presented with clarity and brevity for the sake of the educated public.
They will touch upon areas of consensus and contentions with a temporarily conclusive interdisciplinary understanding upon the topics:
The overlapping evidences and ambiguities will be confronted by scholars who examine their inter-relationships, and arrive at a consensus. It will be of significant intellectual and educational interest to all students and scholars of science, humanities and social sciences, and more importantly, the educated public.
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2 comments:
From:Chandrasekharan
Chennai, India
Date: April 10, 2009
I have ben unable to locate any information on the proceedings of this conference which was scheduled for Feb.,2009.
Can you help?
Thanks and Regards
Please go through these links for information. I will post any new development as and when I get information.
http://sites.google.com/site/kalyan97/Conf-Presentations
http://sites.google.com/site/kalyan97/la-conference
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/02/mysteries-of-sindhu-saraswathi.html
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