Noah’s Flood in Sumer:
Our suggestion is that Noah lived in the Indus Valley and his descendant Moses led the Exodus from here to Yisrael. Noah’s Flood, however, is located by scholars in Sumer amongst others, on the basis of the Sumerian Legend…. of Gilgamesh telling of a Flood. We show in this post that the Legend of Gilgamesh could actually tell of a flood in the Indus Valley.
Gilgamesh travelled to the Indus Valley:
The Legend tells of King Gilgamesh travelling to Dilmun, which has been identified with the Indus Valley by Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading scholar of the Sumerian. Thus, prima facie, the events told of in the Legend are likely to have taken place in the Indus Valley although they were recorded in Sumerian literature.
Gilgamesh could have travelled from Sumer to the Indus Valley by the sea route as shown in Picture 1.
He may have landed at Nallasopara on the west coast of India for the reasons that we shall give shortly. He could then have travelled from Nallasopara to Pushkar to meet with Sage Utnapishtim as shown at Picture 2, again, for the reasons to be given shortly.
Meeting with Siduri:
The Legend says he met with a maiden named Siduri during this latter travel. Siduri showed him the way to Utnapishtim as shown at Picture 3. This may be a reference to the place named Sindari that lies on the route from Nallasopara to Pushkar. The place name Sindari may be derived from a maiden ruler of the place named Siduri at the time of Gilgamesh. The names Siduri and Sindari carry the common sounds “s,” “d” and “r.”
Meeting with Utnapishtim:
Then Gilgamesh met with the Sage as shown at Picture 4. Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh of a flood that took place at Shuruppak. Living tradition in India says that an ancient land named Shurparak was located at Nallasopara on the West Coast of the Indus Valley. The Sumerian name Shuruppak and Indian name Shurparak both carry the same sounds “Shu,” “r,” “p,” and “k” and suggest that they refer to the same place. Utnapishtim may have referred to Nallasopara when he mentioned the name Shuruppak to Gilgamesh. The reference to Shurparak suggests that Gilgamesh knew of the location of Shuruppak at Nallasopara, hence it is likely he may have landed here on his travel from Sumer as we suggested above.
Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that he was sent after the flood to rule from “where the rivers start” as shown at Picture 5. Utnapishtim may have been sent to Pushkar. Four Rivers start from here as shown at Picture 6. This reference to the “place where rivers start” led us to suggest above that Gilgamesh travelled from Nallasopara to Pushkar.
Thus we find four associations of the Legend of Gilgamesh with the Indus Valley: (1) The destination of Gilgamesh being Dilmun associates his travel with the Indus Valley. (2) The Sumerian name Shuruppak is found in India in the name Shurparak. (3) The Sumerian name Siduri is found in India in the name Sindari. (4) The “place where the rivers start” matches with Pushkar. These associations suggest the Flood told of in the Legend of Gilgamesh could have taken place in the Indus Valley.
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