Benoy K. Behl may be a good photographer but his dating of the Upanishads defies all imagination. ... From: JK <tiptronicus@...> To: India Archeology...
Dear Venkata Krishnanji, Nobody really believes in the mythical AIT any more . Max Muller was the one, who put the first nail in the coffin of AIT. It is true...
Sunil, First, pls excuse me because I will not be able to fully respond to your question for two reasons a) it will take a lot more time b) I dont have the...
A quick and short response to the posts. Short because I am travelling and secondly long posts , like some here, confuse the issue! 1) There is no need to...
Dear Sunilji, <Please recheck the Sanskrit verse. I read the verse quite sometime ago and the correct meaning of that verse is as follows ..Yavanas are ...
A minor technicality: Kalayavana was killed by Muchukunda, not Krishna. Nevertheless, does Kala-Yavana mean "Black-Yavana" and if so, were they Greeks or just...
The reason for non availability of records by Indians (Hindus) is because the British destroyed 90% of the Records by INDIANS (Hindus) most of which before 1...
"In Mahabharata by Vedavyasa there is a mentioning of Lord Krishna killing King Kaalayavana.In my opinion there is a probability that King Kaalayavana could be...
(An article about the damage inflicted on Thankavur's Big Temple by ASI restoration work; my information is that the damage is even more severe than described...
... temples in south india prior to AD ie the BC period ... Dear friend, i hope you have found some info by now. However, I am posting a reference which I have...
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... with evidences that the time mentioned and information mentioned in VEDAS is true.I dont follow any religion and Vedas are not Religious books.And I am...
I am interested in AIT, and which is indeed complicated! I know here are several scholars who have their own opinions on AIT! This question is to those who...
Just an idea. In Greek *Kalos* means *good*, and so Kalayavana might mean Good-Yavana, instead of Black-Yavana. Shivaji ... Be the first one to try the new...
Dear Avtarji, 1) You gave wrong English translation of a Sanskrit verse by Varahamihira. Now you are giving only a couple of words out of context from the...
DearSubrahmanyaji, Yes, Alexander's invasion is a big subject. As regards the episode of the horse, I read quite sometime ago that when he was ten years old...
Dear Ram Varmhaji, No. Yavana did not mean Greeks. Greeks, as the ancient Indian texts tell us, were shaven-headed and the Greeks were not. It was only in the...
Thanks for your response  I will post a message if I get any interesting info  varadhan ... From: kishore patnaik <kishorepatnaik09@...> Subject: Re:...
... Yet, the name Kalayavana is often translated as 'the Black Greek' in scholarly works. I'll soon explain why it is so, but let me first point you, Vishnu,...
In looking up Apte's Sanskrit-English dictionary for the definition of "mleccha", I found the following:  search 'mleccha' in 'Apte Dic' meaning of...
... ca ... hutv¨¡ ayyo ... and ... in ... Zoroastrians. ... (E.g., ... both ... and ... does ... Dear friends, First I thank Isha for showing me this...
Hi All, In first galance,these will sound something childish questions for you all but it is really very confusing to me! Before joining this forum I have...
Dear Sreenadhji, There has been a lot of discussion about Adbuta Sagara in the papers of Dr. R. N. Iyengar. They are available in the files section of ...
The question is how did the cow become sacred and eating beef totally verboten to the Hindus? The ancient Brahmins ate beef and performed go-medha sacrifices?...
Favoured by Mughals, Agra sandstone attracts modern builders Posted: 10:50a.m. IST, September 2, 2008 Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) The smooth red sandstone used in...
,000 Jews cannot be wrong Descendants of centuries-old Jewish community in China's Kaifeng rediscover Jewish heritage after near complete assimilation in local...