09-26-2007, 12:51 AM
Pioneer, 26 Sept, 2007
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Second opinion: Om Prakash Verma
The Ram Setu debate has become an issue of national importance. Some pieces of evidence as they are mentioned in our scriptures supporting its existence must be recalled along with the history of evolution.
<b>The date of Lord Ram's appearance according to the Matsya Puran is 24th Treta which corresponds to 19.44 million years ago. That falls in the Miocene era during which - as palaeontologists say - a large part of planet Earth was covered with dense forests and populated with human-like apes. India's southern part was close to Africa and cannibals from there are said to have frequently infiltrated through the transit island of Lanka. In order to free the country from such a menace, or so it is believed by some people, Lord Ram organised an army of apes and built Ram Setu.</b>
<b>Ramayan gives a detailed account of the people, places, rivers, continents and oceans of the world during Lord Ram's period. When these descriptions are compared with the geographical map of the Miocene period, they match exactly.</b> The continents of Asia and Europe were in the process of converging during this period and the Ural mountains were undergoing aggradation. The description given in Ramayan indicates towards the partly converged lands of Asia and Europe and the partly raised Ural mountains submerged by the river in between.
Geologists hold that the islands of Great Britain, Java, Sumatra and Borneo also emerged during the same time. <b>After the end of the war, Lord Ram sent some prominent apes, including Bikat, Java, Sumatra and Bali to rule over these islands and to name them after their own (Bhavishya Puran). Evidently, these islands' names bear similarity with Lord Ram's governors and have not changed over the years. The legend of Ramayan is played even today in South-East Asia.</b>
<b>Our scriptures contain valid accounts of Lord Ram's date of birth, expanse of his kingdom, motives behind the construction of Ram Setu / Adam's Bridge, whose remnants are now covered by marine deposits and reefs, and other descriptions that tally with facts and figures produced after scientific examination. Lord Ram became an ideal king and a deity worthy of worship by freeing India from piracy and by making south India habitable.</b>
To expect the fossils of Lord Ram or Christ for evidence to support their existence is unthinkable and irrational.
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I often wondered if anyone had looked at teh descriptions and correlated to current knowledge.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Nothing fictional about Ramayan
Second opinion: Om Prakash Verma
The Ram Setu debate has become an issue of national importance. Some pieces of evidence as they are mentioned in our scriptures supporting its existence must be recalled along with the history of evolution.
<b>The date of Lord Ram's appearance according to the Matsya Puran is 24th Treta which corresponds to 19.44 million years ago. That falls in the Miocene era during which - as palaeontologists say - a large part of planet Earth was covered with dense forests and populated with human-like apes. India's southern part was close to Africa and cannibals from there are said to have frequently infiltrated through the transit island of Lanka. In order to free the country from such a menace, or so it is believed by some people, Lord Ram organised an army of apes and built Ram Setu.</b>
<b>Ramayan gives a detailed account of the people, places, rivers, continents and oceans of the world during Lord Ram's period. When these descriptions are compared with the geographical map of the Miocene period, they match exactly.</b> The continents of Asia and Europe were in the process of converging during this period and the Ural mountains were undergoing aggradation. The description given in Ramayan indicates towards the partly converged lands of Asia and Europe and the partly raised Ural mountains submerged by the river in between.
Geologists hold that the islands of Great Britain, Java, Sumatra and Borneo also emerged during the same time. <b>After the end of the war, Lord Ram sent some prominent apes, including Bikat, Java, Sumatra and Bali to rule over these islands and to name them after their own (Bhavishya Puran). Evidently, these islands' names bear similarity with Lord Ram's governors and have not changed over the years. The legend of Ramayan is played even today in South-East Asia.</b>
<b>Our scriptures contain valid accounts of Lord Ram's date of birth, expanse of his kingdom, motives behind the construction of Ram Setu / Adam's Bridge, whose remnants are now covered by marine deposits and reefs, and other descriptions that tally with facts and figures produced after scientific examination. Lord Ram became an ideal king and a deity worthy of worship by freeing India from piracy and by making south India habitable.</b>
To expect the fossils of Lord Ram or Christ for evidence to support their existence is unthinkable and irrational.
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I often wondered if anyone had looked at teh descriptions and correlated to current knowledge.