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'''''In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India''''' is a 1995 book by ], ], and ], in which the authors argue against the theories that Indo-European peoples arrived in India in the middle of the second millennium BC (]) and support the concept of "]" and the ].

The book was published by ] (the Theosophical Society in America), a branch of the ].

==Summary==
Contradicting earlier views of colonial historians, the authors argue that ] grew out of the "Indus-Sarasvati civilization", or "]". The authors enumerate fifteen arguments for their revisionist views. Several of these arguments emphasize ], ], cultural, ], and ] continuity between Harappan culture, the ], and post-Vedic ]. They also argue that it is improbable that the Vedas were the product of a ] or semi-nomadic group. Early opinion considered the ] as containing memories of an earlier nomadic period, whilst the later ] were the product of a society native to India. The authors argue that this early viewpoint of the Rigveda is based on mistaken and speculative interpretations, and that in actuality the Rigveda also describes society native to India.

The authors leave open the view that India is the '']'' (original homeland) of the ] (the "]"), saying that "the ]s could just as well have been native to India for several millennia, deriving their ]ic language from earlier Indo-European dialects."

The authors find continuity in Indian spiritual and religious artifacts from ], one of the first cities in the world, to the present. ] does not rule out elements of cultural continuity in spite of language change, so that such claims, likewise, are not in conflict with mainstream opinion. In the view of the authors, however, this alleged continuity rules out the later influx of another ethnic group.

==Reception==

A review by M. K. Dhavalikar called it a "beautifully printed" contribution to the literature equating Vedic Aryans with the Harappans.<ref name=dhavalikar96/> Dhavalikar wrote that the authors state that there is no archaeological evidence of a massive invasion or migration, and stated that they make a strong case but that the book fails on crucial points, such as not explaining why chariots are absent from Harappan culture while prominent in the Vedas.<ref name=dhavalikar96/> Ultimately, the attempt to rewrite history is not convincing.<ref name=dhavalikar96>{{cite journal
|author=] |year=1996
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|journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=77 |issue=1/4 |pages=326–327
|publisher=] |jstor= 41702199 |doi= |issn=0378-1143}}</ref>
The book was reviewed in '']'',<ref name=beck96>{{cite journal|last=Beck|first=Guy |authorlink=Guy Beck |title=Origins of Yoga <nowiki></nowiki> |journal=] |date=Sep–Oct 1996 |volume=130 |issue=130 |pages=116–117 |issn=0191-0965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WekDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116 }}</ref>
in ''Varnam'',<ref>{{cite web |last=jk |title=Book Review: In Search of the Cradle of Civilization |url=http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2006/09/book_review_in_search_of_the_c/|publisher=Varnam: A Blog on Indian History|accessdate=16 March 2013 |date=11 September 2006 }}</ref>
and on '']''.<ref name=wallia>{{cite web |last=Wallia|first=C. J. S.|title=Ancient India in a New Light: A Review of Four Books|url=http://www.indolink.com/Book/book3.html| publisher=] |accessdate=16 March 2013}}</ref>

New age writer ] hailed the book as "ground-breaking".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questbooks.net/title.cfm?bookid=246|title=In Search of the Cradle of Civilization |work=Quest Books |publisher= The Theosophical Publishing House}}</ref>

==Bibliographic information==
*], ], ], ''In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India'', ] (October, 1995), {{ISBN|0-8356-0720-8}}.
*2001 reprint, Quest Books, {{ISBN|978-0-8356-0741-4}}.
*2005 reprint, ], {{ISBN|978-81-208-2037-1}}.

==See also==
*'']'' (1993)
*'']'' (1999)
*'']'' (2000)

==Notes==
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==References==
*Narasingha Sil's Review of Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak & David Frawley, In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India (1995. First Indian edn. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas, 1999) in The Statesman, Calcutta (December 6, 1999).
*'Pseudoscience and Postmodernism: Antagonists or Fellow-Travelers?'] in: {{cite book|title=Archaeological Fantasies: How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public|publisher= Routledge |author=Garrett G. Fagan |year=2006|isbn= 0-415-30593-4}}

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