This digest, which begins with Sunthar Visuvalingam�s exchanges on
Dionysus and Bhairava with Gary C. Moore (founder of Ontological Ethics and
Abhinavagupta forums), is best understood against the larger backdrop of the
ongoing debates on (re-) situating �Hindu� civilization within the �Indo-European�
world, a controversy over the (so-called) �arrival of the Aryans� in South Asia
that implicitly relies on the �sui generis�
nature of the Greek (= �European�) �miracle�. Among the topics examined are
Indo-Greek cultural affinities and interactions; the �arrival of Indo-European�
in Greece; Martin Bernal�s theses on foundational Egyptian, Semite, and Minoan
influences on the development of classical Greek civilization; the
Indo-Mediterranean bull-fight/leaping as preserved in Spain and South
India;� religio-cultural affinities
between BMAC (Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex) and ancient Greece; and Mycenaean
culture as a possible prolongation of Indo-Aryan expansion (via the Hyksos). Intertwined
threads that focus on the Indus-Sarasvat� (non-) script, �Aryan� ethnogenesis,
linguistics (Sanskrit), and philosophy have been compiled into separate
digests. Discussants include
Joaqu�n Albaic�n, Lynn Gibson, Bharat Gupt, S. Kalyanaraman, Rajiv Malhotra,
Joseph Martin, Gary C. Moore, David Russell Watson, Clyde A. Winters, ????.
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