Talk:Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex

message: He Who created the name "Oxus civilisation" for the BMAC? I've never heard it before. The BMAC is often called "Oasenkultur" in Germany, though. --Bender235 08:40, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: you mean who created it? I don't know, but a google search shows it has reasonable currency. The Oxus is the Amu Darya river, which fits quite, geographically. dab (ᛏ) 08:56, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, of course I meant "Who" instead of "He". I know the Amu Darya was named Oxus in ancient times, but who established that name "Oxus civilisation" for the BMAC? --Bender235 15:40, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: "The discovery of a single tiny stone seal with geometric markings from a BMAC site in Turkmenistan in 2001" .. anyone know where I can find an image?  It would be good to add to the article if possible. prat (talk) 12:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  stone seal with geometric markings 

message: The Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. II, p. 249, states that Sergei Pavlovich Tolstov discovered sites in the "BMAC" area, and that work was carried out on them from 1938.  Tolstov wrote many books and papers, one from 1948 referring to Uzbekistan antiquities--see WorldCat.org for his works.
Did Tolstov only find later levels of remains, or did he really scoop Viktor I. Sarianidi?
Terry J. Carter (talk) 21:12, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  But what of Comrade Tolstov? 

message: Was Sukumar Sen's suggestion that Rama Margaveya of the Aitareya Brahmana was a namesake of Rama Dasarathi deleted because it was written by an Indian and it is not familiar to the western pundits? Or was it due to the clout of the so-called Hindutva lobby which swears by an Ayodhya in U.P.? The editors of the Wikipedia have an onerous task, for without editing and deletion the Wikipedia would be reduced to a rubbish heap. But an editor needs to be not only more broad-based but also well-informed. I do not think the present editor has even heard of the name of Ram-sin. The crucial data relating to the Syaparnas and Rama Margaveya can be scoffed at by only those addicted to Harvard gruel. This is abuse of authority.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mejda (talk • contribs) 04:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purblind scholarship 

message: I don't see Djeitun referenced in this article, but another article, History of Turkmenistan#Ancient history pipes "finds at Djeitun and Gonur Tepe" to here.  I found information here  for the Goat article that puts Djeitun as one of the locations at which goat remains were found, pegging very early domestication of the animal here.  I know very little about Turkmenistan.   Is Djeitun part of this Bactria-Margiana complex, and if so, could someone weave it in here where it belongs?  I also placed a redlink on the occurence of the word Djeitun at Turkmen people#history so if someone is really game, a separate article would be just great!  duff 21:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Goat remains at Djeitun

message: can you please take a look at this IP's additions and my revert? This doesn't look like a new user, and it's definitely POV-pushing, but I'm not sure about the details. Thanks, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:02, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: He seems to have simply reverted to a previous version, but I don't know which one. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:12, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yes, Krakkos reverted this before. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:14, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: And it was added by Grathmy. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert 

message: I've removed twice diff diff this piece of "info":
:"The Indian archaeologist B. B. Lal has seriously questioned the BMAC and Indo-Iranian connection, and disputed the proclaimed relations. Source: "
The source in question is not a serious questioning of the BMAc and Indo-Iranian connection; it's a rejection of the IAmt, presented as the well-known strawman of the "Aryan Invasion Theory." The title is telling: To Revert to the Theory of ‘Aryan Invasion’. It shouldn't be necessary to repeat, but let's do so:
:"On Lal's The Saraswati Flows on (2002), Farmer, Sproat & Witzel commented "one popular book strongly infuenced by Hindutva ideas" (S Farmer, R Sproat, M Witzel (2004), The collapse of the Indus-script thesis: The myth of a literate Harappan civilization, Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, 2004." 
The site itself also hosts authors like Michel Danino. So far for the reliability of both the author and the host. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:20, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  B.B. Lal 

message: "Bactria was the Greek name for the area of Bactra (modern Balkh), and Margiana was the Greek name for the Persian satrapy of Margiana"</br>
In the first part, the first instance of the name is linked, whereas in the second part, the second instance of the respective name is linked. Should it be corrected? Or is there some underlying logic to it?--Adûnâi (talk) 13:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The order of the links 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I was able to read a recent paper by Dennyz Frenez, in which he considers Massimo Vidale has a new dating for Oxus Civilization (BMAC): 2400 to 1600 BCE. Massimo Vidale published in 2018 a new book, can you take a look at it in order to check this "new" dating?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.121.231.237 (talk) 21:20, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Chronology by Massimo Vidale (2017) 

message: Add this for coolness
Margiana, also known as Merv/Merw/Meru, is the plausible homeland of Vedic Aryans who, according to the Rig Veda, migrated from Meru to invade and settle the Indo-gangetic plains. 
— Preceding unsigned comment added by  172.58.190.155 (talk • contribs) 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Note: See follow-up. To avoid repitition, lets continue any discussion at Talk:Sanskrit. Abecedare (talk) 14:38, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of Meru history in Rig Veda 

message: The contributors are urgently begged to word their entries in a logical coherence with the full paragraph. Momentarily it appears logically self-contradicting by perhaps correct but badly adapted patches.HJJHolm (talk) 09:38, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetics 

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