D. B. Kasar (born 14 April, 1968, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) is the author of "Rig veda to Raigarh — making of Shivaji the great" discusses the relation of the Indus script and tge Rigveda. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Ahmednagar is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the left bank of the river Sna, about 100 km southeast of Pune. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj (February 19, 1630 - April 3, 1680) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674. ... The term Indus script refers to short strings of symbols associated with the Harappan civilization of ancient India (most of the Indus sites are distributed in present day North West India and Pakistan) dating to circa 2600–1900 BC. They are most commonly associated with flat, rectangular stone tablets called... The Rig Veda ऋग्वेद (Sanskrit ṛc praise + veda knowledge) is the earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas. ...

He attempts a decipherment of the Indus script with help of Rigvedic hymns and Germanic runes. According to Kasar, seals found in Indus civilization are in fact sheets containing rigvedic hymns. Kasar's speculations appear to have evoked no reaction from either popular or academic criticism. Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...

Books

• Rig veda to Raigarh — making of Shivaji the great, Manu devi Prakashan, Mumbai (2005)