05-03-2007, 03:45 PM
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In a temple in Guatemala is a statue of an incarnation of Vishnu as Kurma, the tortoise. The sculpture is richly detailed and strongly suggests that it might have been wrought by Hindu hands. In Palenque Temple of the Sun in Mexico Surya occupies the place of honor.
Even Yama, the god of death of Hindu mythology, has found his way to Mexico and Peru, while typically Hindu lotus and chakras motifs adorn the temples. Maya and Aztec architectural styles are remarkably similar to those in India and South east Asia. In both areas the chief structures were pyramid shaped, with serpent balustrades and surmounted
<b>Sir Edward B. Taylor</b> (1832 - 1917) English anthropologist also found the counterparts of the tortoise myth of India in ancient America. He observed that:
"The striking analogy between the tortoise myth of North America and India is by no means a matter of new observation; it was indeed noticed by <b>Jesuit Father Lafitan</b> nearly a century and half ago."
Three greatest features of the Asiatic stories are found among the North American Indians in their fullest and clearest development..."
(source: Early History of Mankind - By E. B. Taylor).
It is not without reason that the Spanish author Lopez says in his book <b>Le Races Aryans de Peru</b>:
"Every page of Peruvian poetry bears the imprint of Ramayana and Mahabharata."
In a temple in Guatemala is a statue of an incarnation of Vishnu as Kurma, the tortoise. The sculpture is richly detailed and strongly suggests that it might have been wrought by Hindu hands. In Palenque Temple of the Sun in Mexico Surya occupies the place of honor.
Even Yama, the god of death of Hindu mythology, has found his way to Mexico and Peru, while typically Hindu lotus and chakras motifs adorn the temples. Maya and Aztec architectural styles are remarkably similar to those in India and South east Asia. In both areas the chief structures were pyramid shaped, with serpent balustrades and surmounted
<b>Sir Edward B. Taylor</b> (1832 - 1917) English anthropologist also found the counterparts of the tortoise myth of India in ancient America. He observed that:
"The striking analogy between the tortoise myth of North America and India is by no means a matter of new observation; it was indeed noticed by <b>Jesuit Father Lafitan</b> nearly a century and half ago."
Three greatest features of the Asiatic stories are found among the North American Indians in their fullest and clearest development..."
(source: Early History of Mankind - By E. B. Taylor).
It is not without reason that the Spanish author Lopez says in his book <b>Le Races Aryans de Peru</b>:
"Every page of Peruvian poetry bears the imprint of Ramayana and Mahabharata."