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The Stones Cry out
The oldest archealogical cave ever discovered and
recorded in India
8000 BC
Prehistoric Rock Art at Bhimbetka near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh
8000 BC
No gods
2000 BC
Around the time of Aryan Immigration
Horses Arrive:
Ajantha Ellora Cave Temples of Maharashtra
200 BC – 500 AD
Buddhist
Monasteries
Elephanta Caves, Off Bombay
The enigmatic image of
Trimurthi Sadasiva
three faces - TatpurushaMahadeva (center),
Vamadeva-Uma (feminine right side), Aghora-Bhairava
(Masculine Fierce - left side) is
heavily reminiscent of Hebrew
Kabballa. These are dated at
Satavahana period between
2d century BC - 3d century AD
Garuda column, in Besnagar
near Udayagiri, was erected
in honor of Vasudeva
by a person named
Heliodorus,
who was a Bactro-Greek
envoy from Gandhara to the
court of Vidisha.
This column was built in 113
BC.
Most people try to equate
Vasudeva as Vishnu. Garuda
is considered to be the
vehicle of Vishnu.
Sanchi Buddhist Stupa was erected by Ashoka Maurya in
the middle of the 3d century BC
North gate
portrays some scenes
from
the life of Buddha
The earliest direct portrayal of hinduism
Shiva Linga Gupta, Early 5th
century AD Udayagiri,
Madhya Pradesh, India
ekamukha
Shiva is worshipped inside, and Vishnu is worshippped outside.
Varahavatara is found in one of the caves where Nagaraja is seen
submitting to Varaha
King Rajasimha, of the
Pallava dynasty, built this
Shiva temple in the early
8th century
Mahabalipuram Shore Shrines
King Mamalla (Narasimhavarman I, c. 630 - 670 A.D. )
The Foot of 143 meters high Gomateshwara Statue
monolith carved around 980 A.D.
The letters are in Devanagari script, but
the language has been a dispute of
scholars. Is is Marathi or Konkani ?
Lack of any temples prior to AD 200 dedicated to any of the gods
or avatars indicates that even though Indian culture dates back to
8000 BC., the Hindu culture as envisioned today did not exist far
beyond the first century AD.
The great antiquity of Indian mythology
and philosophies are simply a myth
created very recently for political and
social gains.
Deccan before 1000
Ajanta, Cave 9 Satavahana (Deccan, 2d century BC - 3d
century AD)
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Ajanta, later caves :Vakataka (Deccan, 4th - 5th century AD)
Elephanta, Kalachuri (Deccan, 6th century)
Early Chalukya (Deccan, 6th - 8th century)
Aihole, cave and structural temples
Badami, cave and structural temples
Ellora, Buddhist and Hindu cave temples
Pattadakal, structural temples
Rashtrakuta (Deccan, 7th - 10th century)
Ellora, Kailasanatha and later Hindu and Jain cave temples
South India before 1000
No temples before 7th Centuary
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Pallava (South India, 7th - 9th century)
Kanchipuram - Kailasanatha temple (3) (King
Rajasimha, of the Pallava dynasty, built this Shiva
temple in the early 8th century.)
Mamallapuram - Pancha Rathas (These 7th century
shrines were carved during the reign of King
Mamalla Narasimhavarman I, c. 630 - 670) , Shore
Temple (built during the reign of the Pallava King
Rajasimha (c. 700 - 728)) , Arjuna's Penance (9),
Varaha Cave Temple , Krishna Mandapa
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/india.html
Where is all the
Sanathana Dharma
before
Buddha and Christ?