Fwd: [IC] Vishnu pratimaa found in an excavation; Staraya Maina, mother of all Russian cities?

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A VERY INTERESTING HISTORICAL FACT.... PROVING THAT SANATANA DHARMA WAS IN PRACTICE ALL OVER THE WORLD UNTILL SEMITIC RELIGIONS (JEWISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM) BROKE IN THE SCENE.kalyan97 <kalyan97 wrote: k <kalyan97kalyan97 <kalyan97Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:56:38 +0530[iC] Vishnu pratimaa found in an excavation; Staraya Maina, mother of all Russian cities? Vishnu idol found during excavation in Russian town**PTI | January 04, 2007 |

10:52 ISTAn ancient Vishnu idol has been found during excavation in an old village inRussia's Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent view on theorigin of ancient Russia.The idol found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates back to VII-X centuryAD.Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a highly populated city 1700years ago, much older than Kiev, so far believed to be the mother of allRussian cities."We may consider it incredible, but we have ground to assert thatMiddle-Volga region was the original land of Ancient Rus. This is ahypothesis, but a hypothesis, which requires thorough research," Reader ofUlyanovsk State University's archaeology department Dr Alexander Kozhevintold state-run television Vesti.Dr Kozhevin, who has been working in Staraya Maina for last seven years,said that every single square metre of the surroundings of the ancient townsituated on the banks of

Samara, a tributary of Volga, is studded withantiques.Prior to unearthing of the Vishnu idol, Dr Kozhevin has already foundancient coins, pendants, rings and fragments of weapons.He believes that today's Staraya Maina, a town of eight thousand, was tentimes more populated in the ancient times.It is from here that people started migrating to the Don and Dneiper riversaround the time ancient Russy built the city of Kiev, now the capital ofUkraine.An international conference is being organised later this year to study thelegacy of the ancient village, which can radically change the history ofancient Russia.http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/04russia.htmMirror:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ancient_Vishnu_idol_found_in_Russia/articleshow/1046928.cms-- Let noble thoughts come from all sides.aa no bhadraah krtavo yantu vis'vatahS. Kalyanaraman