Kolkata, May 2. (UNI): The century-old Asiatic Society, the treasure trove of priceless books, manuscripts and artifacts from across Asia, plans to set up a...
Shimla's Viceregal Lodge not to become hotel http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php? action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=12746 Indian Institute of...
800-Yr-old temple rises from the water, finds new home Tuesday May 4 2004 00:36 IST KANAMBADI (MYSORE): A few years ago, a hoary structure of worship rose from...
140 Buddhist sites discovered in Swabi PESHAWAR: The Archaeology & Museums department has discovered 140 archaeological sites and monuments of Buddhist...
Senanigama at Buddha Gaya where Sujatha lived by Upali Rupasinghe Buddha Gaya Maha Vihara With the dedication of Buddha Gaya Maha Bodhi Temple Complex...
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The Buddha sculptures from Northern Qi (550–577), discoved in 1996 in Qingzhou, are remarkably similar to Gupta period sculptures in India. I just saw them...
By Mansoor Butt GUJRAT The historical sites in Gujrat are crumbling and the district government has made no arrangements to preserve and protect the rich ...
Vedas are a multimeaning compilations. if some verses denote history, some verses are yogic allegories. yet others are astrological in nature. they also have...
http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/10/local6.htm KARACHI, May 9: A team of researchers and archaeologists has discovered a series of petroglyphic sites in the...
Note: There are functiong Vietnamese Siva temples in Vietnam, where perhaps most worshippers are of Chinese descent. A tiny fraction of the Cham Vietnamese are...
For another example of fraudulent historiography of Indian Marxists, see the URL below, which shows how the so called 'errors' noted by Irfan Habib in...
Readers alerted me that the link I had posted earlier does not work. Therefore, the 62 page long reply has now been uploaded again with the following link,...
Authenticating ancient history of Sri Lanka Dr. Ananda Guruge speaks of his recent research on the recorded ancient history of Sri Lanka In 1996, at a...
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... <vishalsagarwal@y...> wrote: It is true that most of the errors pointed out seem to be frivolous in nature. Many seem to be raised just to defend secular...
There is a short booklet which gives some description of Sanskrit authors patronized by Mughal emperors. Jagannatha Pandit of course tops the list, and is...
... re 1098 There is nothing wrong with studying one defeats, it is actually essential. What we have here however is a story line that the history of Indians...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3732787.stm [Unearthing Troy's truth By Martin Hutchinson For plenty of cinema-goers, the prospect of seeing Brad Pitt...
... Chanakya the advisor to Chandragupta is depicted in our Histories as a Machiavellian " Brahmin priest, who connived and conspired to bring about the down...
Lucian Harris for The Art Newspaper By 1971, the American canned-food magnate Norton Simon was already legendary for the buying spree of European masterpieces...
Two news items. "Buddha's new birthplace" that reporters keep reporting as a new discovery, is not at all convincing. However Orissa was a stronghold of...
The Vedas look upon the mundane as nothing but the manifestation of divinity.- ` isa vasya midam sarvam' ( Upanishad of Isa) The entire world is encompassed...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0519/p07s01-wosc.html Archaeologists are aghast at efforts to rebuild ancient Bagan. By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The...
This is a classic dilemma. Is an ancient structure a archaeological relic, to be preserved in the demaged state as it is, or is it a living monument, subject...
[I do not have the URL for this important article, but it seems to be from today's "Hindu".] Skeletons, script found at ancient burial site in Tamil Nadu By...
Granthakara Pirivena find in Maha Vihara excavation by Sarath Manula Wickrema, Anuradhapura special correspondent An ancient Granthakara Pirivena was...
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http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/26/stories/2004052602871200.htm [Skeletons, script found at ancient burial site in Tamil Nadu By T.S. Subramanian An urn...