“Re-naming Harappan Civilization “Sindhu-Sarasvati” in NCERT textbooks is based on established scholarship: NCERT panel head Michel Danino”, Opindia, August 20, 2024:
“Amidst controversy over the new Class 6 social science textbook Exploring Society: India and Beyond for using names “Sindhu-Sarasvati” and “Indus-Sarasvati” for Harappan Civilisation, Michel Danino, the chair of the NCERT committee that drafted the textbook has defended the changes. The leftist ecosystem is claiming that these alternative names demonstrate the “Hindutva agenda” of the government.
Defending the alternative names used for Harappan Civilisation in NCERT textbook, Michel Danino told Indian Express, “The decision to include alternative names like ‘Sindhu-Sarasvati’ and ‘Indus-Sarasvati’ for the Harappan civilization is neither new nor driven by any political agenda.
Archaeologists, such as Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer of Wisconsin University, British archaeologist Jane McIntosh, and the late Raymond Allchin, one of the foremost authorities on the Indian subcontinent, have used these terms in their work. Jean-Marie Casal, the French archaeologist, also speaks of the Sarasvati River in the context of the Harappan civilization. Gregory Possehl, the late American archaeologist, dedicates several chapters to the Sarasvati River in his book ‘The Indus Age.’…….”
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