Between Ancient India and Mayans

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Links Between Ancient India and Mayans

 

>From the Deccan Chronicle

 

HYDERABAD, INDIA, April 29, 2002: Recent studies suggests a link

between Indus Valley and Mayans of Central America. The studies

focused on the calendars of the two advanced civilizations. The

Indus Valley inhabitants followed a calender based on the movements

of Jupiter, and the Mayans followed one based on the Venus. In the

Puranas, a secondary Hindu scripture, Jupiter, Brihaspati, was

acknowledged to be the leader of the gods, while Venus, Shukra, was

the leader of the asuras. The texts further state that the devas and

asuras lived on opposite sides of the Earth. Mexico and India are at

opposite sides in longitude. The correspondences were pointed out by

B. G. Siddarth, director of the B. M. Birla Science Centre in

Hyderabad. He also said the Hindu story of the churning of the ocean

has been found in carvings in Mexico, as well Mayan representations

of a tortoise carrying twelve pillars similar to Indian

illustrations. Dr. Ganapati Sthapati of Chennai, a foremost expert

on Vastu Shatra, the ancient Hindu architecture, has visited the

Mayan structures in Central America and found many similarities

between the design and construction methods of the Mayans and that

of the ancient Hindus.