Author: Staff Reporter
Publication: Net Guru India
Date: May 2, 2002
URL: http://www.netguruindia.com/news/May02/02/NAT4.html
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.
