He has visited both countries and done extensive work on the subject for the last 30 years.
Visting India, does not mean taking part in the data finding. What papers has he written about his excavations in India? None, because the Indian government does not let foreign researchers work on the sites in India that will not tow the line.
He is probably much smarter than you are and capable of making better judgements than you.
I realize that you cannot find an article by a neutral researcher, but no need to get personal. The French guy is probably just being diplomatic and accepting what the Indian excavators say. That is how research is done. You don't accuse until you have evidence, else there will be repurcussions. It does not mean that the French guy is stupid, he's just diplomatic.
I didn't mention the veracity of 500 sites being found anywhere. That was a quote by Agnostic Muslim which I even I was surprised by.
The 500 sites was a quote by an Indian researcher called Dr Gupta, who got his work published in a major Indian academic publication. It's something most neutral researchers would laugh at.
I never claimed that IVC is mainly in India. Another white lie by you.
Well I was short on time. Quote me one researcher that claims the Indian sites are anything like on the same scale as Mohenjendaro or Harrapa or the Pakistani sites. Virtually none of the Indian sites except Lothal which was a port, not a city have much creditibility in the eyes of the world (read: foreign researchers).
Please read my posts carefully before commenting.
Your posts have been read. Yet you don't seem to read my posts asking for 1 foreign, neutral (non Indian) researcher to verify the claims of the Indian excavators.
Bullshit argument.
The "Hindu Convert's" article has a good list of sources of foreign names and papers. the views in the article aren't hers, but collected from different sources. But obviously you didn't read the article carefully and therfore jumped to conclusions.
If you read the "Hindu convert's" article virtually all is about the Pakistani sites of Harrapa and Mohenjendaro. Have a read. Perhaps that is why all the references are of foreign researcher origin. If they're as you say they are, quote me one foreign researcher that has been excavating and collecting data from an Indian site. Just one.
The French archaeologist has visited both countries, verified the work, and is thus speaking with the authority of an expert. His words are to be taken seriously.
He has no verified the work. He only took part in a conference, of which he relayed his own work - that of his own excavations and data from west of the Indus. That is what your article says. The French guy did not collect data from within India.
He is not a naive child to be fooled by cheap frauds.
He's not, but you seem to lap it up because it's suits your beliefs/agenda.
I have given references from most common sites on the subject, and they all mention the Indian excavations as important finds.
Read this carefully. You have not given me 1 single reference by a foreign (non Indian) researcher to verify the data obtained by the Indian researchers. I have given you several from the Pakistani sites (and so have you like the frenchman!), which reassures me of te validity of the Pakistani work.
I have posted details of the sites along with pictures and renderings.
If you refuse to accept cold facts, then so be it.
What do the renderings mean, and how is a rendering a cold hard fact. Joke of the century..milenium even.
