Re: Dravidians and Africans
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The Mohenjo-Harrappan Civilisation of the Indus Valley was before the Vedic Civilisation of the Indus Valley.. Ideas/beliefs merged, Gang-Hinduism took elements from both the Harrappan and Vedic religions hence the similarities, during Greek rule over Gandhara Buddhist statues were carved resembling Zeus using techniques native to Greece but that doesn't mean Buddha is a Greek god.
I'm a bit skeptic of those Indian websites, they have their own version of history..
As for Monotheism, I didn't say Vedas preached or didn't preach monotheism but according to our belief every so often every nation was sent a Messenger by God so maybe the Reg-Veda was atleast partailly based on revelation (who knows?), there is evidence for monotheism though...
"He is One Supreme Entity Whom sages call by various names Such as Indra, the glorious Mitra, the benign friend Varuna, the greatest, the noblest Agni, the resplendent, the bright Yama, the dispenser of justice Matarishwa, the almighty". (Rig Veda)
Maybe the pre-Vedics made an idol representing each one of God's attributes (like our asma ul-husna: al-rahman, ar-rabb, ar-raheem, al-malik etc.) which eventually became known as seperate persons..
Similarly some forms of Zoroastrianism belive in one God known as Ahura-Mazda, Khuda, Yaazdaa*n*, Parvardigar etc. and others have distinct persons who they worship..