Re: From Meluhha To Pakistan: The Embodiment Of A Civilization
Most scholars agree that the people of Indus Valley Civilization (3350 - 1300 BC) were monotheists, however the evidence in this regard is based on scholarly historical and analytical assessment. Archeologically, the religion they followed has not been identified and neither the language they spoke has been deciphered as yet.
The emergence of Vedic Hindu culture has been identified either after 1700 or 1500 BC. This was the time when Induc valley civilization was in decline. Most scholars believe that traces of this civilization diminished after 1300 BC. Therefore, the linkages between Vedic Hindu culture with Indus Valley civilization only emerge when either this civilization was under decline or had declined. At the time of when this civilization was at its peak, there was no link with Vedic Hindu Culture as this culture emerged much much later. Though the initial Vedic Hindu scriptures do talk about polytheism, but as the author of this piece also states that later it was corrupted to polytheism.
Conventionally accepted dates concerning the life of Buddha are identified between 566-486 B.C. Buddhism therefore had no linkages with Indus Valley Civilization.