tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691323639781010917.post9217074517374490646..comments2022-03-01T22:49:06.509+05:30Comments on Birth, Bodies, Bharat: Childbirth and Ancient ImageryJanet Chawlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294165491321959525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691323639781010917.post-73580896454634394822017-02-07T07:10:46.051+05:302017-02-07T07:10:46.051+05:30I found this picture (bottom row left) and many hi...I found this picture (bottom row left) and many historians said that it was demonstrating human sacrifice. This claim marred my image of the Indus valley civilization because I always thought of it as a beautiful time period that gave rise to our current day morals and opinions. I was shocked to learn that sacrifice was encouraged and recorded on this seal. Like you said, I was thinking why would the beautiful aspects of birth and human sacrifice be so closely related. But I am glad I found this page to clarify what this seal could mean. I really like your claim about the possession of Parvathi Devi because Devi Matha is a woman, and woman hood seems to be much appreciated here. The reason I don't think it is wheat on her head is because she is sitting down. Woman usually place the wheat on their head when moving it from place to place... They rarely sit with the wheat placed on their head. But again the seal, when you look closeley, makes it look like wheat grains. It is maybe the possession of Shakthi because when possessed by Shakthi, women tend to sit down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691323639781010917.post-44937730863472369592011-08-22T11:52:15.596+05:302011-08-22T11:52:15.596+05:30This is an interesting study.When we have no class...This is an interesting study.When we have no class based soceity then mother is the leader of a group and she also the gurdian of a child as there is no system of marrige.She is the food gathern and look after her child.The role of mother conidered as an important one.Out of that there started matrika worship and later in agricultural society the power of her fertility added with the firtility of the crops and emergeged the cult of the mother goddess.This is the feture of agricultural society through out the world.In Harappan Civilization we found a good number of seals relating to that power of life force of women and out of that latar begin the conception of SHAKAMBHORI OF markendeya purana.If we can trace the history of traditional birth system from that point of view it will be an interesting one,So I Welcome you to discuss more thing on it as we also exchange our idea.somahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760703867648526362noreply@blogger.com