Re: Chronology of Hindu literatures
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• February 15, 2000
Respected members of bakthi list, I was away from my desk and hence could not participate in some of the lively discusssions taking place in our group. there are many posts on date of mahabarata, life span of alwan etc. while i agree that it is worth to discuss these issues to get clarity, it should also be remembered that we have to be cautious on "maculay educated" indians who were taught history based on those written by handful of britishers with only evident findings and some times with evil intentions. For westerners, the philosophy and religion came from greece and not from India. Indian religion and philosphy were disregarded as "aboriginol practices". Aryan invasion theroy is also under this category. i strongly suggest to our members not to get in to trap of "maculay mindedness" asking proof of everything right from age of alwars to dating of mahabaratha. lot of books have been written on time of ramayana/mahabaratha. further quoting average life span to prove or atleast to create an alternative opinion on life of Kurattalwan sounds to me little absurd. may be sampath is not taking cognisance of our elders in recent past who lived more than 100 years. Dasan K.M.Narayanan ---------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
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