Theos-Talk Archives (May 2002 Message tt00090)

May 9, 2002

Dear Friends:

Thank you for the attached note / news.

I am passing it on to others who may be interested.

Best wishes,


Dallas




-----Original Message-----
From: Darren & Helen [mailto:23@granite.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:04 AM
To: dalval14@earthlink.net
Subject:

POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN ANCIENT
INDIA AND THE MAYANS

Recent studies hint at possible links between the ancient civilization
of the Indus valley and the Mayans of central America. B G Siddarth,
the
director of the B M Birla science centre in Hyderabad, had pointed out
striking similarities between the two ancient cultures.

Mexico and India are situated at opposite sides of the earth in
longitude. According to the Puranas, a secondary Hindu scripture, the
"devas" or the gods and the demons or the "assures" lived on the
opposite sides of the Earth.

The experts took a deep interest in the calendars followed by the two
cultures. While the Indus valley people followed a calendar based on
the
movements of the Jupiter, acknowledged to be the leader of the gods,
the
Mayans followed one based on the movements of Venus or "Shukra", who,
according to the Puranas, was the leader of the ashuras.

Siddharth also pointed out that some carvings in Mexico depicted an
episode similar to that of churning the ocean by the gods and the
demons
in the Hindu mythology. The Mexican representations of the tradition
also bore a striking resemblance to those found in different parts of
India.

Dr Ganpati, an expert on the ancient Hindu architecture, based in
Chennnai had also found striking similarities between the design and
the
construction methods used by the Mayans and the ancient Hindus.


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