An IIT engineer writes: Dear Nilesh… Hats off to you. But first, some info… In my first job, my first boss had given me my first assignment, which I completed in no time, and submitted my report. He then called me and asked me, whether I know the most idiotic person in the world? I…
This post includes an episode that occurred about six months ago. Few players were part of this discussion, including usual suspects – BL & NO. Initials of other participants are also used when referring to their comments. One of the great outcomes of this discussion round was that BL changed his initial position in the light of the…
Indic dogma (ID) The members of this dogma (ID folks) have built their comfort zone, on unknown and dogmatic grounds, for the timing of the Mahabharata War. If a claim for the year of Mahabharata war falls anywhere between 800 BCE and 4000 BCE, ID folks are ok with it. They are happy to entertain…
VJ writes: “Dear Mr. Oak, I have read your book on the dating of the Mahabharata, Nirvana of Bhishma, and the dating of the Ramayana. Congratulations on the extensive research. I have recommended your books to friends. In the book on Ramayana, you have concluded that there was a 6-day gap between the killing of…
Yesterday (19 Sept 2019), me and my wife were talking to a Dharma warrior. During the course of the conversation, she mentioned her attempt to comprehend back and forth between Prof. Achar and yours truly, as it appeared at Pragyata.com http://www.pragyata.com/mag/mahabharata-war-date-rebuttal-to-claim-of-5561-bce-466 Specifically, she mentioned how ‘Kaumude = Kartika’ or the entire argument (& counterarguments) related…
All, I have opened this thread specifically for a discussion between yours truly and Shri Sidharth Chhabra. We will do it via comments to this blog post. Each one of us will wait until another person has had the opportunity to respond (i.e. no tow consecutive posts from one of us) You are all encouraged…
Here is the lecture And here are my quick responses. (1) BD says “Yamuna was tributary of river Sindhu” (44:10), more than likely he means Yamuna was tributary of Sarasvati. Of course, if he truly insist on Sindhu, then he is wrong. (2) @ 44:45, BD says “writing came much later”. Hitchen’s razor applies. On…
This note will be updated continuously. Visit often. (1) Are you related to P N Oak? Answer: “No, I am not.” OR “Yes, but only distantly.” I have most of his books (if not all), i.e. by P N Oak. I am in constant touch with his nephew (Wing Commander Shashikant Oak) and have communicated…
BL writes, (the numbering is mine and was not there in the original post of BL) (1) The only difference between Rig Vedic sarasvati and MHBH sarasvati: * MHBH sarasvati is invisible at some spots. It is possible the same was true of Rig Vedic sarasvati, but no such thing is mentioned in Rig Veda.…
Prof. Kak wrote: “One of the world’s earliest recorded perception paradoxes: The image below is either bull or elephant. It is carved in the great Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram, near Kumbakonam that was built by King Rajaraja Chola II in 1166 CE. Someone else posted 6th century CE image from Badami. Prof. Shrinivas Tilak commented:…
As of December 2018, I have extracted 300+ pieces of astronomy and associated evidence and have shown that all of it leads to 5561 BCE as the year of the Mahabharata war. Recently, Author Saiswaroopa Iyer started a project where she is going through the details of 18 days of the Mahabharata war. So, I…
