Vedic Sculpture in Naples

[Motilal Banarsidass]

Dear Sir,

The above information was published in the Times of India (19th Feb.2001)

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----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at APPLEONLINE.NET>
To: <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Vedic Sculpture in Naples


> Dear Mr Jain
>
> Several of us list members were puzzled by an item on p. 9 of the January
> 2001 MLBD newsletter.  A description of an exhibition of the "secret
> collection" of the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, is captioned
> "Vedic Sculpture in Ancient Italy".
>
> Since the material in this collection is predominantly Roman, we wondered
> how the misunderstanding arose.  We wondered whether someone had seen the
> description of "sexual activity involving gods and goddesses, satyrs,
> nymphs and pygmies" and jumped to the conclusion that it must be Indian!
> But this still does not explain why it was called "Vedic".
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Dr Valerie J Roebuck
> Manchester, UK
>
> >Kindly refer your mail written to Indology list on  2nd Feb. referring
> >MLBD on account of the above subject. Please let us know the  confusion
> >you are refering to so that if it is our fault we may rectify or else
> >give you clarification.   Sincerely, Rajeev Jain
>