To PVRji News Article:'Lord Ram was born in 5114 BC')

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Dear PVRji,

Very well said. As of now, the reality is noone can state with

authority that Rama indeed walked in flesh and blood during a

particluar time period. As you correctly pointed out, archeology and

palentalogy are deductive sciences and the theories might change

drastically if and when a new evidence is found and corroborated.

 

However, I dont agree with your assumption that Ramayana portrayed

humans communicating with apes and that denotes a particular period

in evolutionary cycle. Ramayana even has instances of humans

communicating with birds (Garuda). That may not make much sense from

evolutionary point of view!

 

My point is that no solid inference can be made based on ancient

poems and epics without corroborating evidence. Poems and epics can

be interpreted in upteen number of ways based on our bias and

limited knowledge. Only hard, verifiable facts might allow us to say

with authority that Ramayana indeed did happen more than a million

years ago. Till then, all of us can only keep guessing.

 

warm regards,

-Siva.

 

vedic astrology, "pvr108" <pvr@c...> wrote:

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> You have to remember that archaelogy, paleontology etc are

> soft sciences. They are based on a lot of guesswork. It's

> like connecting 5 dots to make a beautiful multi-colored

> picture. When you suddenly discover a sixth dot, the

> picture can change drastically!

>

> Scientific temper also means to realize the shortcomings

> of a science.

>

> As for the progress of civilization in the last 5,000 or

> 10,000 years, evidence of that does not rule out

> that civilizations existed, say, 500,000 years back. Why

> can't there be cycles of rising and dwindling

> civilizations? If you have a proof (sic) of a rising in

> civilization 5,000 years back, it does not mean that is

> the first time civilization rose on earth.

>

> As per scriptures, apes and men lived together and

> communicated during Rama's time and not during Krishna's

> time. Clearly, if Rama existed and scriptures are right,

> civilization at the time of Rama was at a different

> evolutionary phase of man.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha