... wrote: Dr. R. N. Iyengarji, Namaskar! <I don't think Jacobs is wasting the time of the members any more than what wastage is thrust upon the Group by...
... <jyotirved@...> wrote: Dear Dr. R. N. Iyengarji, Namaskar! It is indeed a great pleasure to read such informative and exhaustive details about the Vedic...
Please notice that in mahAbhArata, silken, wollen, and deer-skin based textile is mentioned as coming from China, and suitable as royal gifts (see appended...
... The state-of-the-art in this field of research is summarized in the following article by Prof. Istvan Perczel (Research Associate, Oriental Institute,...
... I have discussed this issue before on another List. See my message archived at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/59370 Also read the two...
... Nowhere in Dr. Rao's paper are archaeological remains at Bhirrana dating from the seventh millennium BCE mentioned (and there is, of course, no mention at...
I guess a spaceship of aliens missed the Great Pyramid and crashlanded at Mohenjo-daro instead... Fiction apart, Harappan skeletons are good ol' ones and never...
In the year 1899 extensive excavations were carried out at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the instance of Biblical Archaeological Association to further biblical...
The southern half of India was called Dakshinapatha, which means path to the South. Already in a Vedic hymn, (RV X.61.8) we meet with an expression dakshina...
Dr. R. N. Iyengarji, Namaskar! It was really an excellent and to the point post about the pathetic state of affairs regarding all our festivals---fasts and...
http://is.gd/iai5 Islamabad (IANS): Archaeologists cleaning a drain to flush out rainwater from an explored part of the ancient Indus Valley city of Moenjodaro...
... Precisely! If one surveys the writings of 19th and even early 20th century Christist missionaries in India, especially from England and the "New World",...
... We can safely dismiss such documentaries. Isn't it hard to believe that an era having nuclear weapons wouldn't have built *simple* things like tall ...
... Even if I give you a benefit of doubt that your intentions are good, your blanket cynical statements do more harm than good to anybody. What do you mean by...
Dear Avtarji, Quote As is common knowledge by now, Surya Sidhanta is actually a work by some Greek astrologer, who masqueraded as Maya at the fag end of the ...
Michel, Such fantastic theories should not be given the dignity by responding to them. The people who write these things are just probing; probing to find if...
... As ever, Francesco obviously did not read L S Rao 2005 paper or B B Lal's article from the same year and subsequent papers. Of course, it is not JUST a...
Dear Sarveshji, Quote We must also add another caveat. "chIna" of the itihAsa-purANa-s is not the China of today. Most commonly chIna is used to refer to the ...
... Cina and Mahacina refer to South China and Southeast Asia respectively. The evidence for this comes mainly from Persian, both Nestorian and Muslim, and...
... I should clarify this by saying that in India at least Mahacina extended all the way to Tibet. Both Cina and Mahacina were closely connected with the...
Thanks manansalaji, I understand only deer-skins was brought from china and these were to be presented to Lord Krishna when he visited Hastinapur to avert the...
Dear Avtarji, Namaste, I think Goelji had not meant the exact beginning point of the two stars of the Ashvini group to be the beginning of Sidereal Aries, as...
Another point: the geographical term "Manzi" used in medieval times is probably not the same as Machin, although Persian writers sometimes confused the two....
Dear friends, Namaskar! As per the Rashrtiya Panchanga and all the other panchangas including the bible of "Vedic astrologers" viz. Lahiri's Ephemeris for...