Hi; check this link http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/01/stonehenge-dig.html they are digging up Stonehenge in England. Now what is stopping us from digging up RRC's resting place in Udayalur and doing a carbon dating on the skeleton inside (if there is one:) )
perhaps thats why when the mummy of rameses 2 was sent to france for some restorative work. it was received in paris with a gun salute because he had been a head of state.
i think the burial place of RRc could be anywhere. there are legends of his death( even before mandala puja was over) in many parts of tamilnadu. i have heard of it in parangipettai near chidambaram,.
If only somebody digs these up and dates them, we could know exactly.if there are 4-5 sites then lets carbon date them all. What could be more important than finding the resting place of one of India's greatest kings(Hi Vijay :) )?
as far as the shroud was concerned way back there was an article in national geographic
by identifying pollen grains on the shroud they determined it was from palestine. so innovative. but i think they dated it a thousand yeas after christ or something.not sure. still they cant explain how the image is a photographic negative. venketesh
Hi a whole range of sites have been discussed for rrcs resting site. including the audacious pallipadai concept of big temple.
if we see the other side of the argument.....
it was much huger than anything then, the tallest structure on the earth(??) it was called rajarajeshwaram it was unfinished and abandoned soon after rrc( usually happens to pallipadai temples) rather than fight against that argument we should seriously consider studying this possiblity too,
> > by identifying pollen grains on the shroud they determined it was > from palestine. so innovative. > but i think they dated it a thousand yeas after christ or > something.not sure. > still they cant explain how the image is a photographic negative. > venketesh >
hi venkat
Thanks exactly what i meant - the more scientific tests are done the more confusing it gets...
- pollen was also explained ( you can read the wiki article) - even the radio carbon dating diff is disputed
but the central question remains - how the image came about. i also saw in the program a believer in the shroud challenging anyone to comeup with a similar image....reminded our friend ( pilli sooniyam opposer) in neeya naana vijay tv
> What about Ashoka,Chandragupta-2 (Vikramaditya),Harsha...why no Akbar? >
yes rahul chandragupta and asoka must make the list. the latter for the impact he has had till today.
also add saladin of "Talisman" fame
Saladin, a 12th-century Kurd who became Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and a major Muslim political and military leader. At the height of his power the Ayyubid dynasty, which he founded, ruled over Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Hejaz, and Yemen. he was asia's answer to the crusaders from europe.
venketesh
> Its a pretty controversial list. > > Regards > Rahul >
i dont think such a digging up on the scale of egypt can happen anywhere.
last week on nat geo or discovery was an episode on lord kitcheners army in africa.showed nubian pyramids.nubian pyramids ( for others who may not be well versed in egyptology) are those smaller ones in sudan numbering 220 whereas egypt has only 120 pyramids.) one nubian pyramid was reportedly holding gold and an italian adventurare dynamited it and blew off the top half. a value of the past clearly is a new found attribute. we have had rampart stones of GKC.puram used for kallanai reinforcing and kollidam bridges. bricks from harrappa were used as ballast for laying the north west frontier railway.