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VALUABLE DISCOVERIES IN INDIA. (BT CAULS—PEEB3 ASSOCIATION—COPTRIOHT) (ATJSTBAIIAH AHb H.S. CABU ABSOoUTIO*.) Ei&ttl, November .1& Sir John Marshall, of Archaeological Survey in India, haa published definite conclusions regarding the discoveries of an ancient civilisation in tho Punjab and Sind. He states that fiCOO years'ago tho peoples of Sind and Mesopotamia were living in well-ordered cities, in possession of a high standard of art and craftsmanship. They had develop a system of writing. The sites of tho discoveries are Harafi (Punjab) 'and •Mohenjodare (Mesopotamia), and the finds include brick houses, water conduits, crockery, toys, coins, and an important number of inscribed seals. ' •■'''.' It hasbeen established, that tho antiquities ure closely connected with Sumerkn antiquities in SoUtJieiri Mesopotamia, dating to the third and fourth millennium, before Christ; Sir John Marshall says it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the finds, which at present indicate tho birth of Sumefian civilisation in North India. [The Sumeriun civilisation preceded the Semitic in the Euphrateatt region.] / -. .... il I H I m ""I'. !■»
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 20 November 1924, Page 9
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