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The relationship between the Indus civilisation and the early Sanskrit language culture that produced the Vedic texts of Hinduism is unclear. On the one hand, the Vedic texts describe horse-riding tribes, but the Indus civilisation was an urban and trade culture in which there is no evidence for the use of the horse. On the other hand, the Vedas refer to a river Sarasvati which is often identified as the Ghaggar-Hakra river before it dried up. Various resolutions have been suggested, e.g., that the early Vedas refer to a different river and were taken to India during an Aryan migration or invasion.
The relationship between the Indus civilisation and the early Sanskrit language culture that produced the Vedic texts of Hinduism is unclear. On the one hand, the Vedic texts constantly refer to the horse and chariot?, but the Indus civilisation was an urban and trade culture in which there is no evidence for the use or knowledge of the horse. On the other hand, the Vedas refer to a river Sarasvati which is often identified as the Ghaggar-Hakra river before it dried up. Various resolutions have been suggested, e.g., that the early Vedas refer to a different river and were taken to India during an Aryan migration or invasion.
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