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Re: Antiquity and Continuity of Indian History (Part 1)
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Antiquity and Continuity of Indian History (Part 1)
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From: gopal@ecf.toronto.edu (GOPAL Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana)
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:28:27 -0500
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
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References: <4cgeqr$k54@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4ciigd$ltu@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4cnn4p$oao@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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In article <4cnn4p$oao@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Mani Varadarajan <mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com> wrote:
>In article <4ciigd$ltu@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
> Prasad Gokhale <f0g1@unb.ca> writes:
>> Evidence testifies that Buddha and Aadi
>> Shankara lived 1800 B.C. and 500 B.C respectively.
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>I don't think this is quite correct. The Buddha lived
>around 600 B.C. Adi Sankaracharya lived c. 600-800 A.D.
>This is what all the epigraphical and textual evidence
>indicates.
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>Mani
The Shankara Maths of Sringeri and Kanchi have completely different
views on Adi Sankaraachaarya's time. Sringeri view matches with what
Mani V has stated, but Kanchi mutts places it very early into BC i
guess. Both have published their own compilations of research.
