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Smuggling
a historical Krishna
through the discovery of
a “Dwaraka”
“In the early eighties an important
archaeological site was found in Bharat, at Dwaraka, the site of the
legendary city of Lord Krishna. Dwaraka was submerged by the sea right
after the death of Lord Krishna. This inscription refers to Dwaraka as
the capital of the western coast of Saurashtra and still more
important, states that Sri Krishna lived here. The discovery of the
legendary city of Dwaraka which is said to have been founded by Sri
Krishna, is an important landmark in the history of Bharat. It has set
to rest the doubts expressed by historians about the historicity of
Mahabharata and the very existence of Dwaraka city. It has greatly
narrowed the gap in Indian history by establishing the continuity of
the Indian civilization from the Vedic Age to the present day…..
Before the legendary city of
Dwaraka was discovered some scholars were of the view that the
Mahabharata being only a myth it would be futile to look for the
remains of Dwaraka and that too in the sea. Others held that the
Mahabharata battle was a family feud exaggerated into a war.
Excavations done by Dr. S. R. Rao (One of Bharat's most respected
archaeologists) at Dwaraka prove that the descriptions as found in
these texts are not to be discarded as fanciful but are to be treated
as based on actualities as seen by their authors. The architecture of
the old Dwaraka of Shri Krishna is majestic and wonderful.” States
Kerala Online of December 4, 2005
http://www.hvk.org/articles/1205/16.html
Similar claims are made in the
sites given below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KkDMBhrAD4
Dwarka - Lord Krishna 's
Home Discovered !!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=221309250800892497#
http://www.india-server.com/news/krishna-history-or-myth-to-be-dubbed-in-11509.html
“The discovery of underwater Dwarka,
the seal of Dwarka, the inscription of Badami by Pulakeshini provide
the evidence related to the existence of Krishna on earth.”
“These findings prove the observations made by the Hindu texts. They
prove the existance of Krishna. They prove that 'Aryans' lived in
Bharat long before the 'Aryan Invasion' took place. These
archeological findings have been the reason for the demise of the
Aryan Invasion Theory.”m says “Come,
let us create a Mahan Bharat.”
http://www.mahanbharat.net/articles/dwarka
“Dr Rao, of the National
Institute of Oceanography that was instrumental in conducting much of
the underwater excavations, says: "The findings in Dwaraka and
archeological evidence found compatible with the Mahabharata tradition
remove the lingering doubt about the historicity of the Mahabharata,"
… "We would say Krishna definitely existed."
http://veda.wikidot.com/dwaraka
This is what we actually
discovered:
Recently, the ASI has
been conducting extensive
archaeological work in the Dwaraka area, both on land and
under water and it has revealed fascinating information about life in
that region from the Late Harappan Period (1900 – 1300 BCE).
. By using thermo-luminescence, carbon dating and other modern
scientific techniques, the artifacts were found to belong to the
period between 15th and 18th BCE. In his great work, The
Lost City of Dwaraka, Dr. Rao has
given scientific details of these discoveries and artifacts. But
these are the oldest observed date. The city of Dwaraka island was in
existence since 1900 BC and the culture was Harappa culture. The
earliest artifacts found under water in Dwaraka is dated
to 2280 BCE
However it also contained other artifacts:
·
“The under water
excavations revealed about 120 anchors. These anchors often had three
holes of which the upper one was used for tying a rope and the other
two holes for holding wooden flukes.
·
This excavation
also fetched 30 copper coins which are
atleast a thousand years old.
Previous excavations have recovered two coins of the Kushana period (1st
– 2nd century AD)
·
A potsherd with
graffiti mark, which is the Brahmi letter ‘A’ dating to 3rd century AD
was found.
·
Radiocarbon dating
in Bet Dwaraka have found that the oldest habitation dates back to the
late phase of Harappan Civilization. A major enterprise of that era
was the shell industry.
These observations will mean that
the innuendation of Dwaraka which according to the puranas took place
soon after the death of Krishna took place around third century AD.
This would mean that if Krishna
lived in this city as claimed by the palitana plates is true, Krishna
was a War Lord who lived in the third century AD.
“The first clear
historical record is dated 574 A.D. and occurs in the Palitana Plates
of Samanta Simhaditya. This inscription refers to Dwaraka as the
capital of the western coast of Saurashtra and still more important,
states that Sri Krishna lived here. The establishment of one of the
four of his pithas at Dwaraka by Sankaracharya attests to the great
religious sanctity the place must have attained by the eighth
century.” A.D. http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Dwaraka.htm
Earliest Upanishadic reference to a
deified Krishna is found in Chandogya Upanishad. “Ghora of the
Angirasas spoke thus to Krishna, son of Devaki (Krishna Devakiputra)
— 'Hearing your words I too am now free of thirst.' And till the end
of life he sought refuge in these three principles: 'Thou art
indestructible (aksita). Thou art eternal (acyuta). Thou
art the flow of life (prana samhita).' Upanishads are written
in Classical Sanskrit which came into existence only by the second
century AD. All Puranas were written later than 4th
century AD. Thus the Krishna of Dwaraka Island probably lived in the
2nd Century AD as the underwater Dwaraka investigation
indicates.
However the Krishna most probably is a combination of several
personalities. The following site present an open picture of how a
series of heroes from many generations led to the modern Krishna.
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/history/ krishna.asp
Historical Antecedents of Lord Krishna ….
Thus we almost immediately get the
confirmation for this reality from the scientists themselves…..
But to make things worse alternate
claims for the genuine Dwaraka arose one after the other.
“Krishna's
Dwarka was not in Jamnagar but in Junagadh: ISRO
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lord-krishna%60s-dwarka-was-not-in-jamnagarin-junagadh-isro/220115/
Ahmedabad, Oct. 4 (PTI): Giving a
totally new twist to the location of Lord Krishna's birthplace Dwarka,
satellite pictures taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
have indicated that Dwarka did not exist in Jamnagar as the historians
believe but in Junagadh district of Gujarat.
A senior scientist with Space Application Centre of ISRO Dr P S
Thakker, who has worked on this project, said "what is interesting is
that the findings of ISRO corroborates what is mentioned in the Vedas
and ancient Hindu scriptures about the geographical location of
Dwaraka but contradicts what the archaeologists and modern historians
say about the present Dwarka which they claim is in Jamnagar district
of Gujarat." ……
http://palmleaf.wordpress.com/2005/10/05/where-is-krishnas-dwaraka/
”Thakker said that there are nine
sites in Gujarat which claim to be original Krishna's Dwarka.
Those sites are the holy town of modern Dwarka in Jamnagar district,
Mul Dwarka near Kodinar in Junagadh district, Muli in Surendranagar
district, Panch Dwaraka near Vankaner in Rajkot district, Bet Dwarka
in Jamnagar district near Okha and a city believed to be submerged in
the Great Rann of Kutch.
Another site which is claimant of Dwarka is Jima Durga in Junagadh
district.
Descriptions of Krishna's Dwarka mentions presence of rivers, forests,
mountains, gardens having colourful flowers in its environs. But the
present day Dwarka, which exists in Jamnagar, doesn't match with the
descriptions found in literature but matches perfectly with the images
of satellite which was taken of Junagadh district, Thakker added.
He said the available literature indicates existence of two different
Dwarkas at two different periods. One Dwarka was that of Vasudeva and
the other was that of Krishna's.
Vasudev's Dwarka, which was submerged in the Arabian Sea about 3500
years ago, and Krishna's Dwarka were both located in Junagadh district
near Prabhash Kshetra, according to Thakker.
………However, Thakker claims this unknown feature of a city discovered
by Rao could be any other city settled after 1 AD other than Krishna's
Dwarka.”
http://www.mahabharataonline.com/articles/mahabharata_article.php?id=32
"No individual character like
Krishna or Rama can be found through archaeology, Archaeology can
reconstruct the material culture of a people. Krishna is known from
legends, epics and puranas. Interpolating archaeology with literature
is fraught with difficulties. The efforts of some historians and
archaeologists to correlate textual evidence with archaeological finds
have not found a consensus even among themselves, and serious
archaeologists are questioning the exercise." Prof. B.D. Chatopadhyay
of the Centre for Historical Studies at JNU. It is obvious that this
is the real situation because any reconstruction of Krishna of 3100 BC
is known only through stories and fables written later than 300 AD.
Some discerning scientists were quick to find the dating issue
serious. Thus in an artcle called 'MISMATCH BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND
THE MAHABHARATA': N.S. Rajaram tries to deal with this issue and in
“Search for the Historical Krishna” Prof. N.S. Rajaram (www.swordoftruth.com
September 4th, 1999) concludes that
“The one arguable
issue is the discovery of an ancient submerged city at the island of
Bet Dwaraka by the renowned archaeologist S.R. Rao. Rao, who
identifies it with Krishna's Dwaraka dates it to about 1500 BC. But
his identification rests on insufficient grounds based on ambiguous
literary interpretations. In any event, the historical references in
the deciphered Harappan seals, some of which are over a thousand years
older than 1500 BC make it impossible that the site found by Rao is
Krishna's Dwaraka. We can next look at Krishna's date, from two
different directions.”
In spite of all
these we will be seeing a lot of hype on this Dwaraka in the days that
are ahead. We will see all sorts of twisting to fit the Vedic’s
dating of 3rd millennium for the Dwarka. Meanwhile the
sunken island near “Dwaraka” will be sold as a confirmation of the
existence of Krishna and the
truthfulness of the 4th century fable of Mahabharata with
the magnitude of the first world war along with rockets and aeroplanes.
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