History has it. Dwarka inundated by tsunami!

01-05-2005, 08:27 AM

History has it. Dwarka inundated by tsunami!
PRASHANT RUPERA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JANUARY 04, 2005 01:08:52 AM ]

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VADODARA: Could a tsunami have struck the coast of Gujarat in 1,500
BC to drown the ancient city of Dwarka? Experts and others closely
associated with the discovery of the lost city off the coast of
Saurashtra don't discount this possibility. They speak of the
Mahabharata talking about the sea suddenly engulfing the city after
Lord Krishna's leaving this world and Arjuna taking Krishna's
grandsons to Hastinapur.

Well known marine archaeologist SR Rao worked on Dwarka for 14 years
with the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.

Talking to TOI from Bangalore, Rao says, "We can't rule out the
possibility of a tsunami drowning ancient Dwarka as the town was
inundated by some sea activity. There are shlokas which talk of the
suddenness of the incident and the gravity of the calamity".

"The Bhagvat Purana mentions ¡®Ete ghora mahotpata Dwarvatyam
yamaketavaha.

Muhoorthamapi na atra no yadu pungava'. The literal translation is
¡®This calamity itself became a symbol of death. The Yadavas should
not stay here even for a moment'. The suddenness of the present
tsunami has caused similar devastation to what seems to have
happened at ancient Dwarka and its inhabitants."

But he also says that "there are three texts including the
Harivansha, the Matsyapurana and the Bhagvat Gita, which state that
it took seven days to vacate Dwarka before it was submerged by the
sea.

"If we suppose that Dwarka submerged due to a tsunami, the gradual
movement of the sea can't be explained".

Director of the state archaeology department YS Rawat, too, believes
that a tsunami could well have done to ancient Dwarka what it did to
Aceh. "It is just that in the ancient times such sea activity was
not known as tsunami.

It is possible that large waves like that of a tsunami struck Dwarka
and drowned it," he says. "In fact, near the sea of today's Dwarka,
one can find remnants of Harappan culture during low tide."

Swami Sadanand Saraswati, the secretary of the Shardapith Dwarka
says, "Yes, Dwarka was devastated by the sea. According to the
Bhagvat Gita, the Ekadash Skand mentions Krishna sending a message
to the people of Dwarka. He told them that once he leaves this
world, there would be no one on this earth to save Dwarka.

The sea would finish Dwarka and hence he asks the 56 crore
Yaduvanshis to leave Dwarka".

(With inputs from Himanshu Kaushik in Rajkot and Anil Pathak in
Ahmedabad)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/979740.cms

01-05-2005, 03:31 PM

There was a program on tsunami on National geography where an expert
said that during pre historic times the tsunami waves would come at
the height of 1000 ft.Therefore dwarka,atlantis etc would have been
engulfed under such huge waves.

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>
> History has it. Dwarka inundated by tsunami!
> PRASHANT RUPERA
>
> TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JANUARY 04, 2005 01:08:52 AM ]
>
> Sign into earnIndiatimes points
>
> VADODARA: Could a tsunami have struck the coast of Gujarat in 1,500
> BC to drown the ancient city of Dwarka? Experts and others closely
> associated with the discovery of the lost city off the coast of
> Saurashtra don't discount this possibility. They speak of the
> Mahabharata talking about the sea suddenly engulfing the city after
> Lord Krishna's leaving this world and Arjuna taking Krishna's
> grandsons to Hastinapur.
>
>
> Well known marine archaeologist SR Rao worked on Dwarka for 14
years
> with the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
>
> Talking to TOI from Bangalore, Rao says, "We can't rule out the
> possibility of a tsunami drowning ancient Dwarka as the town was
> inundated by some sea activity. There are shlokas which talk of the
> suddenness of the incident and the gravity of the calamity".
>
> "The Bhagvat Purana mentions ¡®Ete ghora mahotpata Dwarvatyam
> yamaketavaha.
>
> Muhoorthamapi na atra no yadu pungava'. The literal translation is
> ¡®This calamity itself became a symbol of death. The Yadavas should
> not stay here even for a moment'. The suddenness of the present
> tsunami has caused similar devastation to what seems to have
> happened at ancient Dwarka and its inhabitants."
>
> But he also says that "there are three texts including the
> Harivansha, the Matsyapurana and the Bhagvat Gita, which state that
> it took seven days to vacate Dwarka before it was submerged by the
> sea.
>
> "If we suppose that Dwarka submerged due to a tsunami, the gradual
> movement of the sea can't be explained".
>
> Director of the state archaeology department YS Rawat, too,
believes
> that a tsunami could well have done to ancient Dwarka what it did
to
> Aceh. "It is just that in the ancient times such sea activity was
> not known as tsunami.
>
> It is possible that large waves like that of a tsunami struck
Dwarka
> and drowned it," he says. "In fact, near the sea of today's Dwarka,
> one can find remnants of Harappan culture during low tide."
>
> Swami Sadanand Saraswati, the secretary of the Shardapith Dwarka
> says, "Yes, Dwarka was devastated by the sea. According to the
> Bhagvat Gita, the Ekadash Skand mentions Krishna sending a message
> to the people of Dwarka. He told them that once he leaves this
> world, there would be no one on this earth to save Dwarka.
>
> The sea would finish Dwarka and hence he asks the 56 crore
> Yaduvanshis to leave Dwarka".
>
> (With inputs from Himanshu Kaushik in Rajkot and Anil Pathak in
> Ahmedabad)
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/979740.cms