History

• What is Itihasa? Kautilya’s (Chanakya’s) definition.
• Exciting time for Indian History
• Indic Traditions
• 4000 histories….
• History, An Exercise In Ego?
• History : The original deity

After Krishna : 

• Kalki Avatar and Kaliyuga – Vishnu Puranam

• Magadha after Sri Krishna
• 1200 year Kaliyugam started in Parikshit’s time : Vishnu Puranam
• Saptarishis in Maghaa Nakhstaram at Parikshit’s time : Vishnu Puranam
• Parikshit to Nanda – 1050 years – Vishnu Puranam
• Krutha (Krita, Krta) Yuga Definition in Vishnu Puranam
• Jarasandha to Asokavardhana Maurya to Andhra Kings: Vishnu Puranam
• Andhra historical evidence before the Satavahanas

• Historical Clues from the Bhavishyat Puranam
• Aryan + Naga: Sisunagas, Gauthama Kasyapa Buddha, Chandragupta : Bhavishya Purana
• Connecting Biblical and Indian personalities as per Bhavishya Purana

• Divorce by Mutual Consent : parasparam dveshánmokshah : Kautilya Arthasastra
• Vyasa, Bharadwaja and Ravana lived before Chanakya (Kautilya)
• What Chanakya (Kautilya) says about Marriage, Re-marriage and Women’s Property
• Kautilya’s (Chanakya’s) Sundial and Kingly Time Management
• The size of the cabinet (parishad) in Chanakya’s times.
• Alexander’s Sandrokottus was not Chanakya’s Chandragupta!
• Who was Sandrokottus?
• Indians and Greeks by Dr. Aravind Sharma : New Insights.
• Visakhadatta – Mudrarakshasa

• Buddha and the word Arya
• Bhartruhari, Vikramaditya, Kalidasa, Varahamihira, Bhoja, Salivahana
• Kalidasa: The Poet with a Scientist’s Mind : Prof R R Kelkar
• Date of Lagadha, Vedanga Jyotisha
• Varahamihira – Really 427 of Saka Era? : Pancha Siddhantika
• Date of Adi s’ankarAcArya (Sankaracharya)

• Vatesvara, an ancient Kashmiri Astronomer, his Karanasara and Siddhanta : R.N. Rai, INSA
• Kashmir’s Ravana : Kalahana’s Rajatarangini
• Varahamihira and Aryabhatta, Spherical Earth – Rotation
• Ahargana : Count of Days : Aryabhatta : Julian Date : Calendars
• Ancient India : Search for a True Chronology : M.R. Mallya

• Vishnuvardhan, Chitradurga, Malnad and Kannada Charitra – Onake Obavva
• Telugu Freedom Fighter : Alluri Seetha Rama Raju : Indian Independence
• Who is Veer Savarkar?
• Vande Mataram
• Britain’s Salt Tax on the Britons!
• English Education in India.
• Sati Sahagamanam and a link to the History of the Congress.

Before and during Krishna  : 

• Brahma’s Yuga – Paitamaha Siddhantha – from PancaSiddhantika
• The Manus – Lineage
• Caksusha Manvantaram ends with the Matysa Avataram Flood, Vaivaswata Manvantaram Begins : Srimad Bhagavatam.
• Pralaya Katha Vinayaka and Mata: Kruta Yuga Flood Narrations
• Kurma Avatara is after the Narasimha Avatara : Matsya Purana
• Where Narasimha Killed Hiranyakasipu
• Vaivaswatha Manu to Revati Devi, wife of Balarama Deva : Srimad Bhagavatham
• Sri Rama’s Ancestor, Vaivasvata Manu was a Dravidian King : Srimad Bhagavatam
• Pratishthanapura: Capital of Satavahanas and of Sudyumna – Ila : Son of Manu : Vishnu Puranam
• Surya Vamsa and Chandra Vamsa
• Timeline of the SvetaVarahakalpa from Swayambhu Manu to Qutb Ud Din Aibak
• Manus, Saptarishis and Manvantaras as per Matsya Purana
• Chronology from Sri Rama to Salivahana : Prof. K.V.N. Sarma, IISc
• Calendar from Vyasa’s birth to Janamejaya’s Coronation
• Vyasa, Bharadwaja and Ravana lived before Chanakya (Kautilya)

• The sons of Rshis could be Devas, Rshis, Daityas…
• Chandra Deva, Atri’s son and Indra’s Uncle
• Indra : Deva or Rshi?
• Vasishta addressed Indra as Chakri! RV_07.020.01.1
• Bhargava Atharva Veda – Zend Avesta – J.M. Chatterjii
• Preserving Vedas Integrity : Vedic Chanting Styles pAThAs
• The Vedas were of the Tretha Yuga – Srimad Bhagavatham, Vedas

• Jambavantha, jAmbavAn a Rksha Warrior, Hero and God
• The Jambuvulu, Jambu Dwipa, Jambavantha
• Indra in the Vedas and Ramayanam (Astronomical Point, Hero, God, War Strategist))

• Could Valmiki have been exposed to Tamil Sangam Literature?

• Kabandha asks Sri Rama to go West to Pampa. Flora and Fauna description. (via Kishkinda – Ancient Deccan Civilization)
• Happy Birthday to Lava, Kusa – the sons of Rama – Sravana Pournami (Sawan Purnima)
• Sveta Varaha and Adi Varaha Temples at Mathura – worshipped by Sri Rama
• Sri Rama’s brother, Bharata, conquered both sides of the Sindhu and established what is now Takshashila
• Vanaras and Kishkinda
• Sabari, a Taapasvi
• Did Valmiki write Balakanda and Uttarakanda?
• Sita Devi’s Kitchens
• Sita Devi’s Mithila
• Sita’s Asoka and Satyabhama’s Parijata

• Sushruta and Cataract Operations
• Paradigm Shift After Reading the Surya Siddhantam : Astronomy in Ancient India
• Divine Revelation or Keen Observation?
• A Revolving Solar System Model as per Surya Siddhantam
• The Surya Siddhantam taught by Surya to Maya Danava

• Krishna, Radha, Ila : Poetic Distortions?
• s’rtakIrthi : Satrughna’s wife. vasudEvA’s sister : Satrughna to Sri Krishna
• Keralas, Andhras, Karnatakas and Dravidas are mentioned individually in the Mahabharata, like Panchalas, Bhojas etc. Dravida refers to a region of ancient India..
• Did Sanjaya visit Kurukshetra? Clues in the Bhishma Parva Mahabharata
• Earthquakes, meteorites and eclipses at the start of the Mahabharata War
• Bhishmakund – Sri Krishna’s knowledge of Artesian Wells
• Kalahana’s Rajatarangini : Date of Mahabharata War
• The Saptarishi (Great Bear) Calendar : Date of the Bharata War and of MahaPadma Nanda

• The Saptarishi (Great Bear) Calendar : Date of the Bharata War and of MahaPadma Nanda
• Comparing TimeLines

• Adhiratha (Karna’s foster father) was in the line of Anga (per Srimad Bhagvatham)
• Sandilya Bhakti Sutras : Date
• Narada Bhakti Sutras : Date
• Puluga – He gave the fire to the Ancient Indians of the Andamans
• Saunaka Maharshi : Our Link to the Previous Yugas

• How many Veda Vyasas were there? : Devi Bhagavatham
• Suka, earlier to Rama? earlier to the Pandavas? or later to Parikshit? (Bhishma’s Narration))
• Both words arya and aarya (Arya) are used in Rig Veda, 10th Mandala, 86th Suktham
• The word “Anarya” used in Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata)
• The word arya in the Veda, did not refer to “Indo European – Aryans”
• The word arya in the Rg Veda : RV_04.026.02.1 : Gautamo Vamadeva Rshi
• Atharva Veda : The First Veda : The Brahma Veda : atharvan, angIrA and brahmA were among the rishis.
• History of Ancient India By J.P. Mittal

Analysis :

• Puranic History should also be treated as the Recorded History of India
• Sthala Puranas : How do we get them? Which place-legends do we believe?
• Date of the Puranas
• Politics and mainstream history « ELLIOT LAKE News & Views
• Ancient Astronomers knew the Science of Eclipses, Masses knew the superstition (via Existence)
• Historical Constructions – converted into Auto Garages!
• Gita : Vyasa or Sri Krishna : Did Ancient Indians talk to each other in poetry?
• The Sun was covered by Sri Krishna’s Sudarshana Chakra : Astronomical Interpretation
• Rama upheld Dharma, Krishna defined it!
• Location of Sumeru : (Completed) : Kavana Sarma, Satya Sarada
• Location of Sumeru : Telugu Essay : Kavana Sarma, Satya Sarada
• Rama’s and Bharata’s Journey Maps as described in Valmiki Ramayanam : from Ramakandam by Prof. Kandula V.N. Sarma(Kavana Sarma) – English
• Hara Hara Mahadeva : The Ramayana War through the eyes of a small Vanara
• dharmas’AstrAh kAla dEs’a parimitAh : Laws are bound to a time and place
• Evolution of Dharma Sastras
• Deva Bhashas : Sanskrit And Tamil?
• Karikala (Kalikala) Chola and the Ikshvakus: Tiruvalangadu Copper-Plates of Rajendra-Chola I
• Hindi Movie Concept of Beauty : Describes Iranians
• Dark, handsome heroes of Uttar Pradesh – Sri Rama and Sri Krishna
• Anarya! Dushyantha, Sri Rama, Sri Krishna.
• The history of the bible : the puranam of the middle-east.
• Zarathushtra Spitâma : Concepts from Upanishads
• Macaulay : Nallavana, Kettavana… ?: Good Guy or Bad?
• Macaulay’s testament (?) to Indian Honesty, Plans for cultural domination, Muellers’ Praise….
• Difficulty of lecturing on Religion without giving offence : Max Muller

Physical Data : 

• Artistic Neandarthals (50,000 ya), Orderly Hominids (750,000 years ago)) and civilized Boskops | Prehistoric Culture | DISCOVER Magazine
• Ardi, Ethiopia, 4.4 million years : Human Evolution : DISCOVER Magazine
• Oldest Musical Instrument Found | Prehistoric Culture | DISCOVER Magazine
• Evidence of Rakshasas : Cannibals in Germany 7000 years ago!
• Evidence of the Gandharvas : Mehrgarh – Neolithic site ((9000?)7000-3200 BC)
• Ancient Neighbours : Long-distance trade and complex social structures.

• Saraswathi River : Photographs
• Saraswathi River
• Mandavya In Karnataka, Rama passed through Bangalore : Travel : Someswara Temple (Mandavya Pratishtha): Ulsoor, Bangalore
• Ancient Siva Temple in Malleswaram, Bangalore : Travel : Kaadu Malleswara Temple, Malleswaram Bangalore
• Travel : Omkareshwar, Mamaleshwar (Mandhata), Barah Dwar (Pandavas)
• A Dwaraka Video : History.com : Must See : Interesting!
• Travel : Magical, Spiritual Ujjain (2) : Kalidasa’s Kali Temple, Sri Krishna’s School, Vikramaditya Temple, Janthar Manthar and Hari Siddhi mandir
• Travel : A Banglorean in Magical Ujjain, Mahakal, Vikram and Bhetal, Paataala Bhairavi : (Part 1)
• Travel : Amarkantak (Part 3) : Karna’s Sun Temple, Pataleshwar, Bhrigu Kamandal and Narmada Kund on Karthika Somavaram
• Travel : Nagpur : Sachin Tendulkar, Tekri Ganesh Mandir, Amravati, Rukmini Kalyanam
• Ravana’s in-laws : Mandsaur District Madhya Pradesh.
• s’ama dama : s’ama in Melkote Narayana Sannidhi
• Dhanushkoti at Melkote : Where Sri Rama and Sita Devi rested.
• Meghamaala (telugu) inspired by Kalidasa’s Meghadutam
• Ancient Weapons at Fort George, Chennai
• Sir C.V. Raman’s Spectrograph and his table at I.I.Sc.

Misc : 

• Water is sacred to all human cultures : Pictures
• No Varnas (categories) in India any more only Kulas (castes)
• Austerity, Service, Caste, Gender, Age
• Words : “Jesus” : Derivations : Eastern (Indian)Origins of middle-eastern religions
• Hidden in Plain View – The Vedas
• Bhagavad Gita : The Chapter Structure matches Mahabharata and the Chapter names were given later. Sankaracharya commented on all 700 verses making interpolations impossible. The Sankhya Yoga Adhyaya deals with more than just Sankhya
• Siva Sati Kalyanam and Daksha Yagnyam : An astronomical look!
• The fifth head of Brahma and Siva (Astronomical Significance)
• Located the Bhagavad Gita in the Mahabharata (Devanagari, Online)!
• Ladles (Serving Spoons) of the Yore
• Mongolia – Mangala? « Existence
• Anulled Marriages : Vasistha Dharmasastra
• Women, Sons and Remarriage : Vasistha Dharmasastra
• Aryavarta boundaries : VÂSISHTHA DHARMASÂSTRA
• Sulabha Sutras (Easy Principles, Rules) : Sulbasutras: Mathematics and Engineering.
• The Harappan angulam | varnam
• 1909 : Research on Castes and Tribes of South India
• Telugu Freedom Fighter : Alluri Seetha Rama Raju : Indian Independence : (Andhra/Telangana)

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