02-23-2007, 09:55 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_%28demon%29
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Evidently the long history of Vishnu Avatars to destroy the kings of Asuras indicates the story of how the Brahminic Vaishanavite group chased and destroyed the Dravidians from the North to the South, even unto Srilanka</b>. <b>Christians have even gone towards claiming that Bali is actually one of the Christian Kings since the archealogical evidence indicates that Hinduism came to Kerala only after the 6th century AD. (See Archealogical Survey of India, 1978). </b>It is interesting to note that the Pallava kingdom ruled from the capital city of Maha-bali-puram(Mahabalipuram) starting from around 7th century. There are mentions of many Bana chieftains, (Banasura being son of Bali), ruling Tamilnadu during the periods when the Chera, Chola and Pandiya were not as powerful.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> This is somethis new..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Evidently the long history of Vishnu Avatars to destroy the kings of Asuras indicates the story of how the Brahminic Vaishanavite group chased and destroyed the Dravidians from the North to the South, even unto Srilanka</b>. <b>Christians have even gone towards claiming that Bali is actually one of the Christian Kings since the archealogical evidence indicates that Hinduism came to Kerala only after the 6th century AD. (See Archealogical Survey of India, 1978). </b>It is interesting to note that the Pallava kingdom ruled from the capital city of Maha-bali-puram(Mahabalipuram) starting from around 7th century. There are mentions of many Bana chieftains, (Banasura being son of Bali), ruling Tamilnadu during the periods when the Chera, Chola and Pandiya were not as powerful.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> This is somethis new..