Is Ceylon the Lanka mentioned in Ramayana?

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> This is a good point. As Krsna says "The material world is endlessly

> mutable." I will have to go back a reread some stuff I researched about 10

> years back in various puranas about how things were in each yuga. I seem

> to recall some information in relationship to size and distance....

 

> The whole topic (plate tectonics and its competitor) seems very

> speculative.

 

That would be really interesting. I have always wondered about this

because geologists do have their theories about tectonic plates and

continental drift etc. and some of it must be based on reasonable evidence.

And it would be unreasonable to assume that everything now is exactly the

same as it was millions of years ago. Even in sastra we read about the rule

of Maharaja Prthu and how he leveled the mountains etc. to create areas for

growing food. So change is bound to occur and not everything modern

scientist observe is wrong.

 

> One thing though, units of measure such as the "foot" are based on body

> parts. Assuming larger bodies in former yugas then their yojanas would be

> even bigger than ours. That is a possibility as well don't you think? (-:

> So their 100 yojanas wold be enormous compared to our 100 yojanas.. Just a

> thought.

 

And another point would be that in some sastras the yojana is said

to be equivalent to 6 miles, not 8. So that would make the distance of 100

yojanas only 600 miles and not 800. But if Sri Lanka is only 2.5 yojanas,

that still wouldn't account for it.

 

The stuff about the land masses of India and Sri Lanka is

interesting also as is the Maldives. But then, if modern Sri Lanka isn't the

place, why would the inhabitants have pilgrimage places dedicated to the

pastimes of Lord Rama; why not the Maldives? I wonder how long the

pilgrimage places in Sri Lanka date back to?

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa