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Have you read my article on making fried rice? (see hyperlink)

I did - awesome :)

1.8 million years back there was a population pressure in South India ? Very unbelievable statement.

Cool…But a few things :I had read earlier that Adam’s bridge was a natural formation and not a human one. am not sure which version is more correct.
second, if Rama and Hanuman met, Rama must have existed 1.6-1.8 million years ago. that is slightly difficult to believe.

but on the whole, quite interesting, especially the Hindu Yugas and sea level comparison.

JK, here is the author’s response to your question -

“Homo erectus was probably a hunter-gatherer and very territorial like modern man. Consequently families or hunting groups required a much larger area for survival than do modern people. The typical population density for subsistence farmers may be in hundreds per square kilometre while it can reach over 6000 per square kilometre in cities. The population density for hunter gatherers it is about 1 per square kilometre (Gowlet, 1984). Normal reproduction could have caused the hunter-gatherer population to exceed the food supply, especially during lean periods and parts of the population may have begun to search for other regions to settle in such as Sri Lanka.

Gowlett J.A.J 1984. Ascent to Civilization. The Archaeology of Early Man.
Alfred A. Knopf
New York, 208 pp.

Best wishes,

Malcolm”

Thanks for the info. I can’t trace it by Google. Could you please point me to the link or email of the author? Where was it published?

P@L, I am not sure if this information has been published yet. Malcolm (the author) contacted me by email after seeing my posts on the topic. I asked his permission to post this and he let me. I can find out from him if it was published somewhere. I will also ask him if it is OK for me to list his contact info here.

There is an appreciable effort by the author in writing this article. However, the article appears to have strong “bias”. There are many many strong points objectionable to the modern understanding of human evolution in this article. As it is very difficult to discuss about all of them which I may have to write a book instead, I would like to present few of them here:
1) How could “Hanuman with a well described tail” be a Homo erectus who never had a tail :- During the entire course of documented human evolution starting from 5 million years ago the palaentologists start with an ape in whom there is no tail similar to the present day Gorilla and Chimpanzee.
2) There are no fossil records of a hominid or even an ape, with a tail any where in the world. If the author wants to describe a monkey but not an ape, then it is acceptable, but then the dates mentioned in the article and the level of intelligence in such a monkey could never equal to the level of building such a massive “man made bridge” do not match.
3) Anthropologists can never agree that 1.7 million years ago which is the projected age of the Adam’s bridge, Homo sapiens made villages- towns and kingdoms are far away issuues- In that case the existence of Ram, a homo sapiens, as a prince during that time does not arise, but could only be described as a caveman. This is a serious objection.

If one argues that the “Brhmastra” of Ram was a nuclear device, it is not possible to counter argue with such a person as it clearly indicates the ignorance of acceptable facts.

LK Yerneni

There is an appreciable effort by the author in writing this article. However, the article appears to have strong “bias”. There are many many strong points objectionable to the modern understanding of human evolution in this article. As it is very difficult to discuss about all of them which I may have to write a book instead, I would like to present few of them here:
1) How could “Hanuman with a well described tail” be a Homo erectus who never had a tail :- During the entire course of documented human evolution starting from 5 million years ago the palaentologists start with an ape in whom there is no tail similar to the present day Gorilla and Chimpanzee.
2) There are no fossil records of a hominid or even an ape, with a tail any where in the world. If the author wants to describe a monkey but not an ape, then it is acceptable, but then the dates mentioned in the article and the level of intelligence in such a monkey could never equal to the level of building such a massive “man made bridge” do not match.
3) Anthropologists can never agree that 1.7 million years ago which is the projected age of the Adam’s bridge, Homo sapiens made villages- towns and kingdoms are far away issuues- In that case the existence of Ram, a homo sapiens, as a prince during that time does not arise, but could only be described as a caveman. This is a serious objection.

If one argues that the “Brhmastra” of Ram was a nuclear device, it is not possible to counter argue with such a person as it clearly indicates the ignorance of acceptable facts.

LK Yerneni

Thanks for the comments - it is very interesting to see both the sides of the issue.

It is a great effort of the auther to put the Hindu mythology scientificly. People before Wright Brothers had doubt that how could a person like Ravana use a vehical to fly across the sky. But invention of aeroplane showed that udankhatola was not a lie but at that time too it was possible to fly in the sky. Discovery of Adam’s bridge is also a proof that Hindu mythology is a truth which the world will realise in future. More discoveries and inventions will force the world to recognise Hindu mythology.

:shocked: HI this universe of earth

VERY INTERESTING….

much before the discovery of adam’s bridge the story of ramayana is being passed from generation to generations… than how could be the adams bridge be not be considered a “bridge constructed by Rama and his vanara Sena”

Hi all,
india has been saying about the Rama’s Bridge from ages.There are clear remains of the Rama’s bridge at Rameswaram-India,which is a devotional spot.Only now NASA has identified it.
1-Now regarding the age of the bridge.It is really difficult to assess the date of the construction.What ever the age of the bridge may be,it is almost certain that Rama and his kins had constructed the bridge,as the Ramayana is the only authenticate source which says about the construction of this bridge and no where else is there any mention of such a bridge.No construction is made without any cause and certainly,Rama must have mooted it in order to save his wife Sita from the hands of Ravana.
2-Construction of asuch a long bridge is a marvel in itself.Even the longest bridges of today,dwarf against the Rama’s bridge which is 30Kms.It should be regarded as an eigth wonder, much significant than the Pyramids and all others,due to the bridge’s age as well as it’s longetivity which stays to this day.
3-About Hanumaan who is refferred as a monkey God in Ramayana.He is said to be very intelligent,cunning and powerful.He may be a Hominid or some othere species of ancsestral human.The tail does not matters much.Even some humans today are born with a tail like projection,which is an abnormality and is very rare and is mentioned in Sceince textbooks at school.It may be even be possible that the species survive to this day as Yeti in the Himalays and Bigfoot in American continent,who are reported to be illusive,powerful and cunning by the sighters.It wasLord Rama who had urged to the Vanar sena(Army of monkeys) after the war,to stay away from human civillization due to possible confrontation with them and to preach and save humanity.
4-Ravana is said to be a demon.But he is said to be a Pandit (Master) of all the Vedas and was even invited by Lord Rama to innagurate the Rama setu,as Ravana was a Brahmin(holiest class in Hindu religion) and was the most knowledged one.Ravana might just be a great conquerer and a ruthless barabaric ruler.It will not be strange if Hitler is stated as a demon after a thousands of years.Ravana’s kins(rakshas-Demons) can be thought of a very barbaric civillization which might have been practising canibalism.
5-About the Brahmastra(Nuclear bomb) of Ram.It is repeatedly stated in the Ramayana as well as in Mahabharata,as to forbid the use of this weapon against Mankind and that it should be used for the welfare of humanity. It is inscribed in the epics that the weapon had the energy of the universe.It might be an Antimatter bomb as universe is made up of matter.The weapon might be a storage of antiproton particles in an arrow,which are released when the arrow is fired.well’it will be compact then only and nuclear bomb cannot be made as compact as an antimatter bomb.
6-About the vimana(ancient aircraft.)It is stated in the epics that the vimanas were propelled by some sort of mercury engine.It is stated that the iron box(engine ) had mercury in it and was so hot that anybody opening it will die eventually.A highly radioactive element put within the iron box dipped in mercury will heat the mercury as the mercury absorbs the energetic particles.Eventually the mercury will vapourize and can be channelled to the back of the aircraft where it provides the jet power.Such a system would have been very expensive and with the rarity of mercury would have been very rare itself.But the thing is,if they could create aircrafts then why not vehicles.The answer lies in the mentality.One will not think of designing vehicles while the extent of the civillization is very small and you have innumerable quantities of horses and elephants at your disposal.It is similar as NASA spending millions of dollars to create a Pen which could write in space but not using a pencil instead, as done by the Russians. Flying is a fantasy but designing a vehicle for a very small area would have been thought worthless.And moreover such a flying technology would have been protected so as to have an edge on the enemies.So all the technical details might have been destroyed.
So Indians repect your country and pray your ancestors…..
Atul

We have to agree the fact that if I say a man looks like monkey immediately his picture goes with a tail. So the same thing would have happened with Hanuman too.

First we should try to get the exact date of the Adam’s Bridge (“bridge constructed by Rama and his vanara Sena”) through carbon dating, then only any analysis should made. Unfortunately we do not have any concrete evidence to support.

Regarding Brahmastra I do not think it is impossible, we are still at the beginning stage of human development just making super computer does not mean that we have reached the zenith of human civilization and today’s super computer will be a very raw after 10 years as the power of main frame of late 80’s are packed in today’s laptop, we still are very agrarian very primitive if we see the universe as a whole,

Right now we are not in a position to decipher the human brain which is quite a big mystery, forget about analyzing the past which happened quite a long time back and when we do not know about the thing we should not criticize it.

Someone should have witnessed all these which are mentioned in the great Indian epics that is how we come to know and what ever we know viz. flying machine, Ram setu or so called Adam’s Bridge two three century back used to be quite impossible now we have aero plane and we can imagine that this is possible to have a flying machine and with little progress in construction we know that bridges can be made in this world.

But honestly we know about Adams Bridge much before NASA re discover it.
So things are there in the history and will be unfolded and will become clear to us only when the technology make it possible for us to understand.So till the technology make it possible best to be patient.

We Indians do have a great historical background lets respect it like the people of other nations and if you can not respect it at least do not make fun of it.

I absolutely agree with the fact that, we have a rich history and culture. We should respect them, and let the experts compile the facts either agreeing or disagreeing, and we should not make fun of it.

I remember, just in my 40 years of life, how certain things that are done on a daily basis, has so much of meaning and purpose behind each action, and still many people make fun of it. Definitely we have grown organically as a species, and certain things may not make sense, but that does not mean, what was done with a clear meaning at one time, can be made fun of.

I respect every scientific argument, and I enjoy reading them. And respect the culture.

thank you.

First of all Govt. of India, should create a department which uncovers hidden secret of Indian History. Even after sciencetific advancement, we are still lagging behind in discovery of History.

But i am sure in one point, that Ram Sethu’s should be preserved at any cost, if it is not mad made.

Why it should be called as ADAM’S BRIDGE when it is called as RAMA SETHU for these much days. Why NASA who took the snap and rediscovered and delivered the photos can’t adapt the existing name? It is similar to that of naming our country which was previously called BHARATH as INDIA as they found it. WHO are they to name us when we have name and history for us? Was BHARATH (INDIA) not existing before vascodagama’s age and why you publish as he found it .. shame on us we also agree and put it in our schools as syllabus and ask our kids to learn it.
It has become our tradition to accept foreigners and to forget our own things. If someone name london bridge as Laman joola will that be agreed?

Hey my Fellow Indians, please have self-respect first !!
Don’t see in the angle “it would have not happened”
Have an angle”Why not it would have happened?”

This is really very interesting and very encouraging too. It lets one feel that one still have a connect and one is not alone in search of Truth . One would rather be in wait than in haste. It really pays. Thanks very much for this work.

no cave man can build a bridge that is 30 km long. it must be a natural formation. mythology is a word derived from the word MYTH. so don’t believe all these things guys. it is just a natural formation.

Raja raman, i agree with you. why shouldn’t our country be called “bharath” at the least by our own countrymen?( leave alone others calling it “India”)
Do people of our country feel inferior to others? If they are they are ignorant about their luck to be born in such a great Land.
I believe that the whole of human history is centered around Bharat. Our country is the Land of God or something but whatever happens it first happens in our country and i used to wonder, why?