[Y-Indology] sacred geography of India

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So from the viewpoint of sacred geography, Sri Lanka may be seen as part of

Bharata Mata?

 

"V.C.Vijayaraghavan" <vij wrote:--- In

INDOLOGY, alexandra_108 <alexandra_108>

wrote:

> In sacred geography, what territory belongs to India?

> What is now called Bangladesh and Pakistan sure was part of it, but

what about Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma?

> Are there any marks that show clearly where India ends?

> For instance, are there Shakta Pithas, Hindu shrines or temples

that are known as end marks at the borders of India-Nepal, India

(today: Pakistan)-Afghanistan, India-Burma, etc.?

>

> Alexandra

 

In Srilanka, there are famous and ancient Hindu temples.

 

One Srilankan scholor antedates the Hindu presense to even that of

arrival Prince Srivijaya, who is reputed to have brought Buddhism to

that country.

 

 

http://www.tamilcanadian.com/eelam/history/shistory.html

 

"but the following observation by the eminent Sinhala historian and

Cambridge scholar, Paul Peiris represent an influential and common

sese point of view:

 

" ... it stands to reason that a country which was only thirty miles

from India and which would have been seen by Indian fisherman every

morning as they sailed out to catch their fish, would have been

occupied as soon as the continent was peopled by men who understood

how to sail ..... Long before the arrival of Prince Vijaya, there

were in Sri Lanka five recognised isvarams of Siva which claimed and

received adoration of all India. These were Tiruketeeswaram near

Mahatitha; Munneeswaram dominating Salawatta and the pearl fishery;

Tondeswaram near Mantota; Tirkoneswaram near the great bay of

Kottiyar and Nakuleswaram near Kankesanthurai. Their situation close

to these ports cannot be the result of accident or caprice and was

probably determined by the concourse of a wealthy mercantile

population whose religious wants called for attention ...." (Paul E.

Pieris: Nagadipa and Buddhist Remains in Jaffna: Journal of Royal

Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch Vol.28)"

 

 

 

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Why Afganistan is excluded from old India?

 

Here is what Nehru says.

 

"Afganistan, which for long ages was part of India, was now cut off and became

part of Nadir Shah's dominions. Some time afterwards a local rebellion resulted

in the murder of Nadir Shah by a group of his own officers and Afganistan became

an independent state." Discovery of India.

 

alexandra_108 <alexandra_108 wrote:

So from the viewpoint of sacred geography, Sri Lanka may be seen as part of

Bharata Mata?

[Guest guest]

As I see it its a matter of time also.

For when Afganisthan was part of India for long ages, it depends on when you

locate the beginn of (ancient) India.

 

Alexandra

 

peekayar <peekayar wrote:

Why Afganistan is excluded from old India?

 

Here is what Nehru says.

 

"Afganistan, which for long ages was part of India, was now cut off and became

part of Nadir Shah's dominions. Some time afterwards a local rebellion resulted

in the murder of Nadir Shah by a group of his own officers and Afganistan became

an independent state." Discovery of India.

 

alexandra_108 <alexandra_108 wrote:

So from the viewpoint of sacred geography, Sri Lanka may be seen as part of

Bharata Mata?

 

 

 

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