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An archaeology of yoga
RES: anthropology and aesthetics • (1) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 44-77
By: McEvilley, Thomas.
Abstract
This document examines a seal from Mohenjo-Daro wherein a figure sits in an unusual position and wears a horned headdress. There are three other Indus Valley seals that have figures in similar postures. The author proposes the figures are in a yogic position and that yoga as it is known today began in the Indus Valley. When the Indo-Aryans moved into India, the Vedic religion started to accept ecstatic and ascetic practices from the surrounding communities, changing the spiritual focus to sublimate sexual practices into allegory.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Art Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field Date
- Not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 4600-2000 BP
- Coverage Place
- India and Pakistan
- Notes
- Thomas McEvilley
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 81649939
- LCSH
- Indus civilization