Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Just saw two interesting links on Tejo Mahaalaya/Taj Mahal given by Sri. Omkar Deshpande in the IC list. The Taj's other story from BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5220 Stephan Knapp's photos and essay: http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan@h...>" <naga_ganesan@h...> wrote: > > Just saw two interesting links on Tejo Mahaalaya/Taj Mahal > given by Sri. Omkar Deshpande in the IC list. > > The Taj's other story from BBC > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5220 > > Stephan Knapp's photos and essay: > http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm more information on Professor Oak's book: <http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/modern/taj_oak.html> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan@h...>" <naga_ganesan@h...> wrote: > Just saw two interesting links on Tejo Mahaalaya/Taj Mahal > given by Sri. Omkar Deshpande in the IC list. There is also "Tajmahal and The Great British Conspiracy," by V.S. Godbole (337pp Thane, India: Itihas Patrika Prakashan, 1996). S.Tilak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 I haven't been able to totally analyze the second site, which has a theory also of a worldwide Vedic civilization. But why does the Taj resemble so closely then buildings constructed by the ancestors of the Moghuls in Samarkand centuries earlier? Also, what types of similar architecture existed earlier in India? It doesn't look like Nagari or Dravida. Are they saying the present structure was built over (covers) a prexisting one. The dome was probably adapted from the stupa, but that would have been long before Shah Jehan's time. Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan@h...>" <naga_ganesan@h...> wrote: > > Just saw two interesting links on Tejo Mahaalaya/Taj Mahal > given by Sri. Omkar Deshpande in the IC list. > > The Taj's other story from BBC > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5220 > > Stephan Knapp's photos and essay: > http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Ok, after reading a bit more, I think Stephen Knapp is suggesting even the Samarkand structures are originally "Vedic." Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala INDOLOGY, "Paul Kekai Manansala <a.manansala@a...>" <a.manansala@a...> wrote: > I haven't been able to totally analyze the second site, which has a > theory also of a worldwide Vedic civilization. But why does the Taj > resemble so closely then buildings constructed by the ancestors of > the Moghuls in Samarkand centuries earlier? > > Also, what types of similar architecture existed earlier in India? > It doesn't look like Nagari or Dravida. Are they saying the present > structure was built over (covers) a prexisting one. > > The dome was probably adapted from the stupa, but that would have > been long before Shah Jehan's time. > > Regards, > Paul Kekai Manansala > > > INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan@h...>" > <naga_ganesan@h...> wrote: > > > > Just saw two interesting links on Tejo Mahaalaya/Taj Mahal > > given by Sri. Omkar Deshpande in the IC list. > > > > The Taj's other story from BBC > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5220 > > > > Stephan Knapp's photos and essay: > > http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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