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Sep 8

#Mythbusting #Colonialism and #CatholicChurch

In India we learnt by rote that one of the best invention from Europe is the Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargrave in 1770

Here I present a carpet from India in 1640 spun on a frame!

Please read the whole thread.

As Engineer, I can vouch that this carpet is not hand woven but is done on a spinning frame. The reason is repeating pattern. I have a very high resolution image of the carpet so let me zoom in to illustrate.

You can see the geometric patterns and coat of arms. I will describe you the coat of arms in a short while. Same coat of arms repeats multiple times on the carpet. Tiger, cheetah, leopard, elephant, deer and Sharabha (mythical winged lion) on carpet indicate Indian design.

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@ShreeHistory

Jun 17

When I heard a peculiarly sounding yet familiar mantra in the Hindu temple at Denver my first hunch was why is Panditji pronouncing this way.

Is he trying to stretch the mantra by unnecessarily repeating certain syllables.

So I asked him later.

He explained.

Explosion...

.. in my brain!

This is the reason why Sanskrit never changed.

The vedas were never altered for 10s of thousands of years!

I appreciate this method because of additional trainings I received in information theory.

Let me explain the method.

The technique priest was using is called Krama Patha.

He learnt one of the vedas in holy temple of Shringeri.

It took him a decade to learn!

The method is pure genius!!

It has self correcting code!!!

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@ShreeHistory

Jun 6

#Casteism has to end.

To end the #Casteism we need to know where it began.

Church sanctioned unimaginable violence against natives during the colonial expansion using Dum Diversas doctrine.

To prevent the newly proselytized natives from using same doctrine against the conquistadors church created elaborate system of Casta in the Americas.
Commissioned Casta paintings to keep them as as reference to divide population into various castes.

Mexican historian Gregorio T Quintero asserts that Casta paintings served as visual aid for the parishioners who needed a caste indentity of anyone who wanted to be baptized, married, or buried.

Such was the hold of castes in America during 16th, 17th, and 18th century.

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@ShreeHistory

Jun 6

This is the picture I took in April 2023.

It is a unique building in Preah Khan Temple complex in Cambodia.

Does it look like Parthenon?

If you look closely you can see so many things.

So let me explain.

The book Angkor Monuments of the God Kings by J L Cohen has following illustration and says temple is built in 1191.

We now know that Cholas had established contact with the Athens. India had trade with Yavanas Sanskrit for Greeks.

The sculpter here probably was modeling this after Parthenon!

The building probably was the library.

Preah Khan was a temple, a hospital and also a rest house!

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@ShreeHistory

Jun 5

@IITKgp

Great archeological site you never heard about. Thank you alma mater @IITKgp for getting this to the light.

I am just documenting various artefacts and their current location.
Chandraketugarh is a 2,500 years old archaeological site located near town of Berachampa, WB

Please note I am not associated with the research team. India is finally into some serious scientific archeology.
You can follow work by IIT from this link.
iitkgpsandhi.org/Chandraketugar…

Currently following periods are associated with Chandraketugarh.

GPR studies currently being done may even push back the antiquity of the site.
(courtesy wikipedia)

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@ShreeHistory

Apr 25

Chilling realizations.
1.

Mekong Thais venerate literally means "Mother GANGA"

2.

CAMBODIA has a school system to teach Pali since 600 CE. They read, write in Brahmi!

While in Cambodia in a Buddhist temple, out of nowhere, a monk came and blessed a few incantations and put holy water on us.
The incantation sounded like Sanskrit.

I thanked the monk for his blessings and touched his feet. He asked me in English where I was from.
When he learned I was from India, he asked me if I recognized the chant!

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