About this title: Contrary to schoolbooks, India--not Sumer--may have been civilizations birth place. Current geological, archaeological, and linguistic evidence shows the ancient Indians had a highly evolved culture that still holds important answers for us today.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780835607209ISBN:0835607208
Description: Fair in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK-The usual library stamping and stickers are present. Discard stamped on first title page, name of Library stamped on top and bottom book edge. Minor shelf and edge wear, no markings or highlighting. Cover has some scuffing and minor scratches. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780835607209ISBN:0835607208
Description: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0835607208. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Book is clean tight and unmarked.; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 341 pages. read more
Description: Fine. 0835607208 Quest hardcover w/dustjacket, 1995, 1st edition, unused, No marks/tears or defects...as New/Fine (like new)...New mylar cover, bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation...NOT a remainder or ex-library. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Usual library marks. Spine cocked. 341 pages with b/w illustrations. Sifting through the latest archaeological, geological and linguistic evidence, the authors call for a complete revisioning of ancient history. read more
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Pages are clean and tightly bound, small amount of tiny spots to top edge. Dust jacket is good, with some faint scuff marks to flats from shelf storage. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 1995-10-01
ISBN-13:9780835607209ISBN:0835607208
Description: Like New. Like new condition, all pages intact w/o any marks or writing. Whiteout mark on inside cover. Most items ships same day w/ FREE delivery confirmation. Great Feedback! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: QUEST BOOKS
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780835607414ISBN:0835607410
Description: New. Contrary to schoolbooks, India--not Sumer--may have been civilizations birth place. Current geological, archaeological, and linguistic evidence shows the ancient Indians had a highly evolved culture that still holds important answers for us today. read more
Description: Used-Good. Published, New Delhi-341 pages-2008-MLBD-***This is a rare or hard to source item. Please allow 14-21 days for delivery. Book in very good condition, shipped in secure and protective packaging*** read more
"This book is about the cultural history of India - the Rig Vedas, some archeology, a refutation of the Indo-European invasion (come to think, India is a hard place to get to, especially with chariots).
This is all well and good, but the part I don't get at all is this (leafy?) drink called "soma" which seems to have made an essential contribution to their culture. What is this stuff? The gurus got whacked on it, and thus perhaps we have all the existential insightfulness which we gain from ancient Indian literature. There's no real soma recipe in the Vedas. They say it's some kind of "juice", if that's the right translation, although animal products, such as bull and horse semen, could be mixed in for consistency. Perhaps it's like "koumiss", a hard-to-get-down fermented mare's milk which they still drink in Kazakstan, and the subject of endless jokes for the ethnic Russians there.
There is also a book "Food of the Gods", which I've skimmed a bit, which sorts out the questions of which culture was stoned out on what. They're also stumped on soma.
In Huxley's "Brave New World", there's soma:
.. kiss me till I'm in a coma Love me honey, snuggly bunny, Love's as good as soma.
I'm by no means a drug person, but, in the interests of science I'd be willing to quaff a soma cocktail, if somebody could get the recipe."
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