A memory of an unremebered “Daśaratha” from post Toba volcanic eruption time — 72000 BCE After writing an essay about Hanuman’s memory of Swati nakshatra (see it here), I pondered whether humans could recall such a painstaking recollection of a distant event that occurred when some nakshatra was in a…

His connection to Southern Rajasthan Description The gazetteer notes that there was a subjugation of Southern Rajasthan by Kuvalayāśva — One of the Aikṣvāka King The Anarta Kingdom is usually known as northern Gujarat and southern Rajasthan region. From the above gist of Gazetteer of India-Rajasthan-Barmer we get the clue that…

Toponyms in Rāmāyaṇa The Vanas-forest names in Rāmāyaṇa Citraratha, Citrakūṭa, Caitravana, Aśokavana etc Description The context is to understand the word Chaitravana in Rāmāyaṇa There have been articles floating that Chaitra was happening in Vasanta during Rāmāyaṇa times and thus the times were happening during either todays time or around 24000 BCE. The context is taken from Kiṣkindhā kāṇḍa to allude to which was elaborated by…

I would say “Chiira-mahaatmya” — A vivid imagery from Ayodhya kanda, 37th & 38th sarga Rama puts on bark — Vasistha blames Kaikeyi — says Sita was not ordained to wear bark तथा मम सतां श्रेष्ठ किं ध्वजिन्या जगत्पते। सर्वाण्येवानुजानामि चीराण्येवाऽनयन्तु मे।।2.37.4।। O best among the virtuous O lord of the world, I do not have any use for this army. I am giving away everything (to…

Probably, you’ve read one of my blogs about lions and tigers, their presence and absence in the Vedas, and their subsequent noticeable presence in the Ramayana. Read blog “The Majestic Lions in Ṛg-veda, and Curious Case of Absence of Tigers in Ṛg-veda; What do these suggests…” — here. In the…

The puzzles of numbers in Rg-veda If one recounts on how Hima and Indava were dominating words in Rg Veda then apperantly there were periods when there had been severe colder periods and intermediate moist periods or cold and moist periods together as well. There then comes a very strange…

Pleistocene times — Rgvedic times Geographical evidence via Toponymy The Present Marwar region I’ve already written on Haryana’s Drishadvati and Ikshvaku realms. Today I’m attempting to comprehend the habitation zones of Ikshvakus’ earliest siblings, namely the Nimi lineage. The presence of Maru, Son of Haryashva, an early Videha ruler in Rajasthan may be easily traced using the names…

Pleistocene times — Rg vedic Times By now, you should be familiar with the concept of Rg vedic civilization, which is fundamentally a river-based civilization. In the Rg Veda, there are no place names. However, neither the river civilization eat fish as their primary source of nutrition nor the devas/deities…

A place of Good Dwellings by the River Swat River Suvāstu — A place of good dwellings When I come across names, I’m always fascinated about how they came to be. Such is the situation with the river Suvāstu’s name. We noticed in one of my previous posts that Riwat site 55 revealed continuous settlement on the Soan…