32000 Year Old City Found In India Dwarka
32,000 year old underwater city found - Dwarka
The Lost City Of Dwarka - Ancient Technology Documentary
The Lost City Of Dwarka - Ancient Technology Documentary
32,000 year old underwater city found - Dwarka. In Northern India the
remains of a city claimed to be Dwarka the City of "Lord Krisha" was
found.
Submersion into the Sea
After Krishna left the
earth for Vaikuntha,about 36 years after the Mahabharat War (3138 BC),
and the major Yadava leaders were killed in disputes among themselves,
Arjuna went to Dwarka to bring Krishna's grandsons and the Yadava wives
to Hastinapur, to safety. After Arjuna left Dwarka, it was submerged
into the sea. Following is the account given by Arjuna, found in the
Mahabharata:
...imposed on it by nature. The sea rushed into
the city. It coursed through the streets of the beautiful city. The sea
covered up everything in the city. I saw the beautiful buildings
becoming submerged one by one. In a matter of a few moments it was all
over. The sea had now become as placid as a lake. There was no trace of
the city. Dwaraka was just a name; just a memory.
The Vishnu Purana also mentions the submersion of Dwarka, stating
On
the same day that Krishna departed from the earth the powerful
dark-bodied Kali Age descended. The oceans rose and submerged the whole
of Dwarka.
A follow-up investigation was conducted by NIOT in
November 2001, which included dredging to recover artifacts and sonar
scans to detect structures.[3] Among the artifacts recovered were a
piece of wood, pottery sherds, weathered stones initially described as
hand tools, fossilized bones, and a tooth. Artifacts were sent to the
National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad, India, the
Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany (BSIP) in Lucknow, Germany, and
the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, India. The piece of wood
was carbon dated to an age of 9,500 years old.
NIOT returned for
further investigation in the Gulf from October 2002 to January 2003.
During these excavations, NIOT reported finding two paleochannels
flanked by rectangular and square basement-like features. Artifacts were
recovered by means of dredging, including pottery sherds, microliths,
wattle and daub remains, and hearth materials. These artifacts were sent
for dating at the laboratories of Manipur University and Oxford
University. The wattle and daub remains are composed of locally
available clay, reed, husk, pottery pieces, and pieces of fresh water
shell. The wattle and daub also shows evidence of partial burning.
The
most recent work in the Gulf of Khambhat took place from October 2003
to January 2004 and was primarily a geologic study. Techniques used
during this investigation include bathymetry survey, sub-bottom survey,
side-scan survey, and magnetic survey. One of the major findings from
this investigation concerns the orientation of sand ripples at the site.
NIOT researchers claim that there are two sets of ripples visible at
the site; One set is a natural feature formed by tidal currents while
the other set has formed in relation to underlying structural features.
Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir Srinivasan
B.Arch, MSc.CPM, Dip.ID, Dip.CAD, Dip.PM, Dip.LD
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