The swastika symbol could have first appeared more than 11 thousand years ago, according to a group of Indian scientists led by Professor Joy Sen of the Indian University of Technology.
At the same time, scientists argue that the first decorative elements similar to the swastika found at the Mezinsky site (modern Ukraine) are not as ancient as it is commonly believed. Mezin jewelry made of mammoth tusk with an ornament resembling a swastika is considered one of the very first recorded occurrences of this symbol in human culture. It is believed that they may be 12-15 thousand years old.
Joy Sen told the Times of India that his team of scientists had found evidence of the swastika symbol in the Indus Valley as early as 11,000 years before the start of the Harappan Civilization (fourth millennium BC), the first civilization in South Asia.
Scientists believe that the Rig Veda, which is attributed to the Vedic civilization (second-first millennia BC), existed in pre-Harappan times in oral form.
“We found the most well-formed and geometrically arranged swastikas in pre-Harappan times. We were also able to find mentions of the swastika in the Vedas around the same time,”said Sen.
According to him, "these brilliant discoveries" are much older than "it is written in the canonical books on history, especially European ones."
In addition, scientists have established that the swastika symbol spread throughout the world precisely from India - through Kamchatka and Alaska to America, by western routes to Europe. Scientists divided the world map into quadrants and were able to "trace its (swastika) traces and were able to graphically confirm hypotheses using ancient seals, inscriptions, prints and religious symbols in these countries."