The Geographical Data in the Mahābhārata – 3
The Travel Narratives: The Emergence of Bhārata as a Union Travel Narratives connects one place with another revealing the travel networks crisscrossing Bhāratavarsha. This shows how different parts of Bhāratavarsha More...
The Geographical Data in the Mahābhārata – 2
Geographical data beyond Jaya in the Mahābhārata When we analyze the geographical data in the whole of Mahābhārata beyond the Jaya portion, we will be able to find out the data distribution in each book (Parva) More...
The Geographical Data in the Mahābhārata – 1
Mahābhārata begins with this introductory verse with the following meaning: – Having bowed down to Narayana and Nara, the best among men, and also to the goddess Saraswati, must the word Jaya be uttered. More...
AncientVoice: A Digital Portal to Veda-Itihāsa-Purānas
Abstract AncientVoice is an online portal containing 23,000 plus wikified pages on Mahābhārata, Rāmāyana, Ṛgveda, Yajurveda (both Kṛṣna and Sukla recensions), Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda and Vishnu Purāna. More...
Yamuna: A Study of Its Links from the Sarasvati Findings- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”WmhYkSinzLoIBY5utjqVxLcYRAnqq2IE”] Sarasvati: Rain fed river or Snow fed river? As per the studies based on the hydrology research of Peter D Cliff, Yamuna did drain into Sarasvati, More...
Winter Solstice and Christmas – A Journey into pre-Christian Traditions
December 21st is the Winter Solstice, when we have the shortest day and the longest night. It is the day of great significance to the ancient traditions of the world, in ancient Bharata and in the rest of the world. More...
Yamuna: A Study of Its Links from the Sarasvati Findings- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”vdoLuzMmuuGmD5H3H2umRp1R8M1rhnN1″] In the last part, we dealt with Yamuna Saraswati Drainage links and the Kuru territory and its connection to the Yamuna. Let us now look into More...
Yamuna: A Study of its Links from the Sarasvati Findings-I
Introduction This paper focusses on the rivers, and their interconnections and linkages, especially Yamuna and Sarasvati, which flowed through the Kuru territories as described primarily in the Mahabharata, but More...
No Mr. Devdutt Pattanaik, Krishna was not a negligent father
This is a Rebuttal to Devdutt Pattanaik’s article published in Economic Times and subsequently in his website Devdutt.com titled ‘Children of the Great’ published in the category of applied-mythology and in More...
No Mr Devdutt Pattanaik, Patriarchy did not rise due to hermits!
The popular model of a patriarch is derived from the Abrahamic mythology. Hence the patriarch is a serial rapist. Jehovah the God of Abraham sure demands absolute submission. I can agree with Devadut Pattanaik (DP) More...