“It is a very recent disease to mistake the unobserved for the nonexistent; but some are plagued with the worse disease of mistaking the unobserved for the unobservable.” -Nassim Nicholas Taleb — The mathematics of employing ‘Genealogies of Kings (rulers)’ in estimating timing of a specific historical event is rather straightforward. Event A – Time…
The story begins with an innocuous ‘sounding’ statement which is neither an assertion not claimed to be a speculation. This is how all Indology nonsense begins…. And what I am going to quote is not some ignorant thinking from 17 or 18 or 19th Century but from 21st Century. Professor Hans Henrich Hock writes (original…
A reader wrote…. “Just now completed reading both of your books. It was an awesome experience. I had that ‘Ah ha’ moment reading the chapter on ‘The Epoch of Arundhati’. I did have my ‘ah ha’ momement with Ramayana book, too. Still I had hoped (and still hope) there was just one verse or something…
8 x 72 = 576! What is wrong with this mathematical expression? Nothing. What does this simple mathematical statement has anything to do with Indology? And Nonsense? And Arrogance? And Academia? A Lot. Stay tuned….
A reader wrote…. “This is my speculation. Read your Mahabharata book (also Ramayana.. but this is from Mahabharata book). In chapter 5, you talk of Krittika rising due to east sometime around 14000 BCE. Your blog on criticism of Prof. Pingree was good too. And that brings me to my question. Since Krittika’s were rising…
What characterizes science is the possibility of it being refuted. This is in direct contrast to Psychoanalysis and Marxist historicism. Science is susceptible of being contradicted by experience and this is the very point inductive logic CANNOT grasp! For this very reason, inductive logic can not grasp an asymmetry between verifiability and falsifiability. For these…
A reader wrote…. “I have now read your books, articles and also those by many other Indian researchers (N Rajaram, Frawley, Kak, Talageri, Achar, Kazanas, etc.). I have also read some work by Witzel and Farmer, Hock and Bryant.. but many of them are in their own gaga-land. I still struggle with your comment that…
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined irreverent and original manner possible.” – Richard Feynman — A visitor to my blog commented… “According to Vayu , Brahmanda, and some others, Puranas, the war happened 1050 or 1015 years before the coronation of the first Purana. That gives you ~1400BE. How do…
Today is the Anniversary for the first day (16 October 5561 BCE) of the Mahabharata War. Of course due to changes in the calendar (from Julian to Gregorian), additional corrections (such as that of 1582 CE), 10-11 day annual recession of Lunar Tithi and the most critical ‘precession of equinoxes, the day would no longer…
A seeker wrote ( a while ago)…. — I thought of reproducing it as it might shed light on deracinated Indians, defeated but also indifferent Indian psyche and also the psyche of Indian Sepoys (AIT or otherwise) ——— Nilesh Oak ji, A general comment about pro-Indian books. Often they sound defensive, trying to justify our right to be…
Nilesh Nilkanth Oak 