Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 INDOLOGY, "Stephen Hodge" <s.hodge@p...> wrote: > Various people wrote: > > > > Shaivism is in the North the pre BC era. > > > > > > Gudimallam linga is pre-BC too. > > Why do you say it is Pre BC. ? > > If Pre BC how many years pre BC > > Sorry if I am criticizing people who are entirely at ease with English, but > what is pre BC ?? BC stands for "before Christ" -- any date prior to the > supposed birthdate of JC, so what is "pre before Christ" ? Anyway, BCE / CE > usage seems preferable these days. > > Best wishes, > Stephen Hodge ******* You are right - apologies are due and presented. Actuallly I was trying to distinguish between " Circa" the birth of Christ- the year zero or so., and the period prior to the year zero marker BCE woulds have been earier. the whole period is a little Fuzzy, and so were my expressions! Thanks Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Ravi Chaudhary <ravi9 wrote: > the whole period is a little Fuzzy, and so were my expressions! Pre-BC might actually be a useful expression in Frawleyan Vedic studies. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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