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Subject: Rg Ved (Was: Re: no subject)
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From: jai@eskimo.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 02:43:26 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Mantra Corporation, USA
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References: <4e3r95$gep@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4ebl2s$sj0@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Reply-To: Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@eskimo.com>
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A few entries from the the Hindu Timeline feature published a few
years ago by HINDUISM TODAY are offered below:
[...]
-10,000: Last ice age ends after 65,000 years; earliest signs
ofagriculture. World population 4 million; India is 100,000.
-10,000: Taittiriya Brahmana 3.1.2 refers to Purvabhadrapada
nakshatra's rising due east, a phenomenon occurring at this date
(Dr. B. G. Siddharth of Birla Science Institute), indicating the
earliest known dating of the sacred Veda.
[...]
-8500: Taittiriya Samhita 6.5.3 places Pleiades asterism at
winter solstice, suggesting the antiquity of this Veda.
[...]
-6500: Rig Veda verses (e.g., 1.117.22, 1.116.12, 1.84.13.5)
say winter solstice begins in Aries (according to Dr. D. Frawley),
indicating the antiquity of this section of the Vedas.
[...]
-6000: Early sites on the Sarasvati River, then India's
largest, flowing west of Delhi into the Rann of Kutch; Rajasthan is
a fertile region with much grassland, as described in the Rig
Veda. The culture, based upon barley (yava), copper (ayas) and
cattle, also reflects that of the Rig Veda.
[...]
Hinduism Today's Web site is located at:
http://www.HinduismToday.kauai.hi.us/ashram/welcome.html
Jai Maharaj <jai@eskimo.com> Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:% *-=Om Shanti=-* %:%:%
The above is a follow-up to the following exchange:
In the article <4ebl2s$sj0@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 26 Jan 1996 22:37:16 UTC,
ranga@cs.umd.edu (M.Ranganathan) wrote:
> In article <4e3r95$gep@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
> Mohit Dayal <modst5+@pitt.edu> wrote:
>> i recently found this list of ancient achievements by hindu
>> civilization, the only problem is that i'm trying to find its
>> specific references such as a book or a publisher. would
>> anybody know anything about it? thanx in advance
>> Monsoon at Summer Solstice RigVed (23720 B.C)
>> - Mohit Dayal <modst5+@pitt.edu>
>
> Where ever you found it, it borders on the absurd. We hindus do
> ourselves an injustice by claiming things like this. Of course,
> it is not your making - you are merely quoting so dont take this
> personally. - ranga@cs.umd.edu (M.Ranganathan)
