Was Sigiriya a Mahayana Pabbata Vihara? by Derrick Schokman Early archaeological commissioners thought that Sigiriya was a fortress city of King Kassapa in the...
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... <ymalaiya@y...> wrote: Lord Brahma is a very popular god in SE Asia (Thailand etc) among the Buddhists, and can often be seen in the shrines. See for...
In Ochira, Kerala, there is a temple dedicted to Para Brahma. There is no deity or idol at the temple. The pujaris are 'potti' Brahmins and the worship is to...
That is very interesting. It reminds me of the Temple of Heaven and its circular altar in Beijing. Yashwant ... There is no deity or idol at the temple. The...
Khaleej Times �Bronze Age� boat ready to set sail From Ravindra Nath (Our correspondent) 1 September 2005 MUSCAT � A 'Bronze Age' boat will set sail from...
Sikh coins depict Khalsa sovereignty By Tribune India Aug 23, 2005, 03:03 Various displays of coins exhibited at the newly opened Numismatics Section at the...
TEHRAN, July 31 (MNA) -- An Iranian archaeologist has rejected the theory describing the Achaemenid era monument Zoroaster’s Kaba as an ancient government...
Fibreglass shikhar for Bhojpur temple planned See http://www.bhaskar.com/defaults/bhopal_newshindi5.html (in Hindi) The plain walls of the temple look very...
Posted on Tue, Sep. 06, 2005 Bronze Age-style reed boat to sail from Oman to India RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have built a reed boat...
Official: We're back in the Stone Age City dwellers become hunters and gatherers Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Posted: 1324 GMT (2124 HKT) French Quarter resident...
I got this email asking for information on OCP excavations in UP. If you have any info, please reply. Cheers, JK ... From: Carlos Aramayo Date: Sep 1, 2005...
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050903/kyodo/d8cclpl80.html Myanmar rebuilds ancient temples at ancient city (Kyodo) _ Myanmar has renovated most of more than 2,000...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1224978.cms MUSCAT: A reed boat that sought to recreate 4,000 years of India-Oman history and retrace the route...
Treasures shed light on 10th century trade http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/index.html JAKARTA: Wooden ships laden with ceramic pots, golden necklaces and...
Shows that our ancestors of Sarasvati, riverine, maritime civilization, of over 5000 years ago, were smarter and were able to transact from Rupanagar (Punjab)...
Does ASI want Primvada Birla's tea sets and flower vases too? ... KOUNTEYA SINHA TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 11:58:30 PM ] NEW DELHI: The...
Buddhist Structures Dug up in Bamiyan A Buddhist residence and a meeting center have been discovered after a year of excavations near destroyed Buddha statues...
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,1674,0,0,1,0 Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site Indo-Asian News Service, September 12, 2005 ...
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,1684,0,0,1,0 Shekhar Kapur to portray the Buddha as human PTI, September 12 2005 *KOLKATA, India* -- Shekhar...
Koh-I-Noor : History's Mystery http://sakshijuneja.blogspot.com/2005/09/koh-i-noor-historys-mystery.html The newest entrant out television screen is ...
It is really interesting to note Babur meeting Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. It is better that facts are provided properly because otherwise the bigger truths...
Greetings, With respect to the Koh-i-Noor diamond, I attach below an extract from the Memoirs of my great-great-grandmother, Sarah Speedy, writing of events in...
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Hi, There is a story that Sir Henry Lawrence, when entrusted with the Kohinoor mislaid it. He asked his Indian servant if he had come across it. The servant...
Hi, I got the following query by mail. Does anyone have more information on this Ganesha statue? ... On one of my regular trips to the south, specifically to...
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2005/09/horses-were-not-ridden-in-fifth.html The first domesticated horses were used for meat and for drawing wheeled vehicles....
Dear all, you'll find a number of photographs of the Kabul Ganesha and the inscription on the pedestal at my website http://www.bamiyan.de . Best regards ...