Topic started by vj on Sun Aug 15 20:49:49 .
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This may be a thread, clarifying misconceptions about Indian history. We could post queries also.

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• From: Sugrutha (@ kccfpxy2.att.com) on: Mon Jan 10 12:35:43 EST 2000
  
  Raveen,
  
  Elsewhere you said, "Thirisoolam has been worshiped in Tamilnadu even before the Sangam period and its identification with the Rudra/Shiva happened only after we converted to Hinduism 2000
  years ago."
  
  Are you referring to the Vedic relegion as 'Hinduism" here ? If so, then what is the name that you would give the previously existing relegion, just Dravidian ?
  
  
• From: Benny (@ d1495.pppdel.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Aug 16 04:21:10
  
  
  
  Please tell me:
  
  IS the Mahabharata authentic and can it be relied upon as a historical novel?.......with evedence and facts????
  
  
  
  Thank you
  
  
• From: Benny (@ d1495.pppdel.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Aug 16 04:21:19
  
  
  
  Please tell me:
  
  IS the Mahabharata authentic and can it be relied upon as a historical novel?.......with evidence and facts????
  
  
  
  Thank you
  
  
• From: . (@ ) on: Thu Oct 5 14:54:57
  
  http://www.itihaas.com/
  http://www.swordoftruth.com/
  http://aabhutta.paklinks.com/ :-(
  
  
• From: Kavingar chellappa (@ ip68-98-160-177.nv.nv.cox.net) on: Thu Jul 3 13:12:14
  
  Madurai was a very ancient town.It may not be appropriate to fix the date 300 AD to it.Graham Hancock,a Edinbugh marine archaeologist says that the Poompuhar site could even predate the Sumeria in the Mesopotamia and this civilization is believed to have originated 5000 years ago(The Indian Express December17,2002).Silapathikaram which deals elaborately with Poompuhar also deals with Madurai.Both were State capitals.Hence Madurai should also be 5000 years old.If we carefully read Pattinap paalai with Sir John Marshal's "Mohenjo-Daro and Indus Valley Civilization"(Published in 1931),we will find many striking similarities.Rig Veda 1st Mandal Hymn 103:3 speaks about the forts of Dasyus.These refer to the forts of the Proto-Dravidians.Hence we have to fix the date of Madurai prior to the period of the Rig Veda.
  
  
• From: makizhnan (@ l-lh121-14g.cavern.carleton.ca) on: Sat Jul 5 00:19:17 EDT 2003
  
  There seems to be many myths surroundings Thiruvalluvar. Some say he's from mylApUr, some others say he's from kanyakumari. There's also stories about Valluvar being AuvaiyAr's Brother and he had a virtuous obediant wife called vAsuki.
  
  However it seems like the only thing we know about Thiruvalluvar with certainity is that he wrote thirukkuRaL and his time is between kazhaka kAlam and silappathikArak kAlam.
  
  Anyways I found an article pondering about thiruvalluvar's possible origin (since his possible first arangERRam is...) is from perungkuLam. Can somebody tell me where is this perungkuLam located, (is this in mylappUr?). Here is the link...
  
  http://vikatan.com/av/2003/jul/06072003/av0206.shtml
  
  From this article I also happen to learn that thiruvE thiru ArumkanAvalar of Jaffna, was the first to transfer thirukkuRaL from Olaichchuvadi to print!
  
  

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