Grimm wrote Deutsche Mythologie, and a German nationalist myth IEL claims to be 'law' Grimm observed the sound correspondences in dialects of German, but his ...
Dear Ram, Please look at the following images of coronation of Rama; where Bharata is depicted having same complexion as of Rama - as a matter of fact...
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=15694006> "Although the populations were...
Kalam on why Sanskrit is important Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad |* *February 01, 2007 | 17:14 IST President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday termed Guru...
... wrote: In the Sundarakandam, Sita asks Hanuman to recount the physical signs of Rama and Lakshmana. Hanuman goes into great detail to describe Rama's...
Odana is mentioned in two rica: RV 8.77.6, RV 8.77 . 10 In both, according to Sayana, odanam means 'rice gruel'. The rica 8.77.10 is very specific about the...
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list but it gives some idea of Rama and Bharata's complexion in Valmiki: I can give the citations if needed. "How I can...
Dear Paul, Arvind and Lakshmi, Are there any reasons given by Valmiki why Rama and Bharata are dark colored? Also, are there any references to the skin color...
I don't think it's necessary to find any special reason for Rama and Bharata as dark-skinned. Dark skin was certainly quite common in India at whatever time...
Dear Ram, MEHRGARH is a Neolithic type site from 7000 BC as an antecedent of IVC. Many features like cotton and barley domestication, use of seals and cattle...
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: "If the parents wish that they should have a son white in complexion, having knowledge only of one Veda, they should take...
... This article does not pertain to Ram Varmha question. His question is very specific "What evidence exists that shows the possibility of the inhabitants ...
Paul, Obviously there was no color discrimination in the Ramayana nor in the MBh! Many of the Hind gods/goddesses are of dark complexion, as we know, and...
IVC and out of africa migrations are very far apart in time and unrelated. humans would have reached india 60k years ago from southern west asia. an event...
This should be a sobering slap in the face of those still looking for chariots as the evidence of "Indo-Aryans" in the "IVC>" M. Kelkar Message #6004...
... inhabitants of IVC migrating to India? Are there evidence of earlier than Harappan type settlements, say, in any area west of IV? ... Dear Ram, In order to...
... Some important things about barley domestication. Hordeum spontaneum the ancestor of two-rowed barley may have been domesticated two or more times. The...
... believable, as we were once taught, of the Aryan North and the Dravidian South with sharp division and schism between the two so called "races". Which then...
... Dear All, I would like to bring one aspect of the concept of colour in Hindu scriptures to your notice. When a person is described as being of a certain...
http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/publications/index.php?pub=Words_to_dates05 Atkinson, Q., Nicholls, G., Welch, D., Gray, R.D. (2005) FROM WORDS TO DATES:...
... wrote: Incidentally, Ravana is described by Sampati (Jatayu's brother) as a very dark person too. Sampati's son saw Ravan carrying Sita and describes...
... I didn't claim that! I pointed V.N. Misra's 2001 paper on the _Journal of Biosciences_ to Ram merely as a good summary of the development of prehistoric...
Sure, it is a tear on the face of eternity, as Tagore said. That tear should have had an architect. Today, technology is available to resolve the truth or...
Dear listmembers, ... In regard to this controversial topic I find myself in full agreement with what Prof. H.H. Hock wrote in his paper "Through a glass...
Makaranda : Essays in Honour of Dr. James C. Harle/edited by Claudine Bautze-Picron. Delhi, Satguru, 1990, xi, 243 p., figs., ISBN 81-7030-236-7. Rs.3000 ...
... I agree with the above. Ostler wrote this in 2005. " "There is also some cultural evidence in the Rig Veda which suggests how the invading Aryans felt they...
http://tinyurl.com/22opha By our correspondent MARDAN: A local archaeologist, Usman Mardanvi has claimed he has identified a new Buddhist-era site at Bochakan...