When Sargon of Akkad bragged about "ships from Meluhha docking at Agade" (2334 BCE), he wasn't making it up. The Sumerians called India by a name meaning "THE ELEVATED PLACE." Why? Because mountains were how they FOUND us. A thread on ancient branding. 🧵🗻
2/ Let's talk about how the Sumerians knew India as 'MELUHHA' 🧵 When Sargon of Akkad boasted (2334 BCE) about ships from Meluhha docking at Agade, he wasn't just name-dropping. The term possibly derives from Dravidian 'mel-akam' = 'elevated place.' Why? Mountains. Mount
3/ Let's start with the hard evidence. Because unlike colonial "Aryan invasion" fantasies, the Harappan-Sumerian connection is DOCUMENTED. Sargon of Akkad (2334-2279 BCE) literally carved into stone: "Ships from Dilmun, Magan, and Meluhha dock at Agade's quays." Not mythology.
4/ The ancient trade network worked like this: DILMUN (Bahrain) = Transit hub MAGAN (Oman) = Copper source MELUHHA (Harappan India) = Luxury goods powerhouse What did Meluhha export? Carnelian beads (technological marvel) Lapis lazuli (via Afghan control) Ivory & elephant
5/ Here's where it gets fascinating. Mesopotamian cities had MELUHHAN INTERPRETERS living permanently as residents. Su-i-li-su—a Meluhhan interpreter whose cylinder seal was found at Ur (c. 2200 BCE). Not a visitor. A RESIDENT PROFESSIONAL. Lu-Sunzida case (2200-2100 BCE):
6/ Now here's where geography meets cosmology meets navigation. Mount Meru (Sumeru) appears in Hindu, Buddhist, AND Jain texts as the cosmic axis—the center of the universe. Five peaks, 84,000 yojanas high, around which the sun and planets revolve. Colonial scholars: "Primitive
7/ The Sumerian epic "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta" (2700-2500 BCE) describes trade with Aratta—a distant land beyond seven mountains, source of LAPIS LAZULI. Sound familiar? Vedic texts ALSO mention Aratta. The Baudhāyana Śrautasūtra references it, later associated with
Colonial historiography deliberately erased these connections. Why? Because acknowledging Harappan-Sumerian trade sophistication DESTROYS the narrative of "backward India civilized by Western contact." The evidence shows: ✓ India operated international trade networks 4,500
@GemsOfINDOLOGY Why aren't they able to read the Harappan Indus script? May be because deliberately they don't want to, because if they read it, all the manufactured truth will be shattered.
@mukeshvachan There is no Rosetta stone to decipher it. Although there is one in vikramkhol but that's also let ruining.
@GemsOfINDOLOGY Incredible work you have done by bringing it on. Wonderful thread.
@PratibhaPriyad3 Thank you liked it.
@GemsOfINDOLOGY A very long thread which makes some unfounded insinuations of meluhha ro melakam & some implausible conjecture abt meru to GPS navigation.
@GemsOfINDOLOGY How did the name "Sumerian" come about? Somehow,it sounds akin to Indian names.
@GemsOfINDOLOGY Wonderful thread!! Thank you for your research and presentation as always 🙏🏽
@GemsOfINDOLOGY @grok is this authentic?
Dr Rajendra Prasad with his wife - performing reconsecration rituals of Somnath temple.
Can someone show me a church that’s mathematically aligned to our solar system like this Hindu temple is?
The real hero of pushback against lowering age of consent is @KanoongoPriyank As former chairperson of child commission, Priyank ji forced UNICEF and other such agencies to pull down dubious studies pushing for early sex He went after OTT platforms promoting teen sex. Took on
Spend more and more money on this kind of R&D. Results will be low initiatlly but spread it. If successful, the returns are exponential. BA pass journalists should stop framing it as a failure and waste of money.