Scholars today confidently identify Meluhha with the Indus Valley Civilization (modern South Asia) on the basis of the extensive evidence of trading contacts between Sumer and this region.
Meluhha /Melakham means "the high/west land" in ancient Tamil.
Sesame oil was probably imported from the Indus River region into Sumer: the Sumerian word for this oil is illu (Akkadian: ellu). In Dravidian languages of South India, el or ellu stands for sesame.
Sesame oil was probably imported from the Indus River region into Sumer: the Sumerian word for this oil is illu (Akkadian: ellu). In Dravidian languages of South India, el or ellu stands for sesame.
Ref: McIntosh, Jane (2007). The ancient Indus Valley: New perspectives. ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. p. 185. ISBN 1-57607-907-4
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