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A prehistoric map painted on a cave in India
Stone Pages ^ | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Archaeo News

Posted on 01/01/2011 5:59:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv

A team of researchers from the Archaeological Survey of India has unearthed maps depicted on the roof of a cave in Karnataka (India) that date back to 1500-2000 BCE. What was once thought to be a megalithic burial site with just paintings of animals and humans, could be the proof of the cartographic skills of prehistoric Indians...

While paintings of animals such as cows, hunting scenes and human figurines are common across prehistoric settlements, only the Chikramapura village caves, also called Kadebagilu rock shelters, feature maps...

According to Keshava, the prehistoric man obtained a bird's eye view of an area by climbing a hillock and standing at a vantage point. He would then observe his settlement -- houses, pathways, waterbodies, etc. With these images in mind, he would paint them in his cave...

Deciphering the exact meaning of the paintings was not easy for the experts, but they found many similarities with the modern-day maps. The triangular marks used to represent hillocks on these maps are similar to the symbols used by surveyors. Furthermore, a narrow passage has been compared to the figure of a human being, while the ladder-like symbol indicates a pathway. It took Keshava and his team almost a year to confirm the findings.

(Excerpt) Read more at stonepages.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: a3bcei2mn2r2st2u; godsgravesglyphs; hoax; impossible; india; liberalhoax; youngearth
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To: muawiyah

Bite me, God hating Commie rat.


41 posted on 01/02/2011 1:25:01 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: MarineBrat

Hey, you’re the guy into necromancy here.


42 posted on 01/02/2011 1:33:41 PM PST by muawiyah (Hey,)
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To: MarineBrat
Here's you problem. You can be a man and exercise your authority over words. Or you can be a fool and let others imprison you within their use of words.

I prefer to command words, and not let words command me.

43 posted on 01/02/2011 1:44:56 PM PST by muawiyah (Hey,)
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To: Tainan

They’re free, just have to shop at night.


44 posted on 01/02/2011 5:35:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: muawiyah

>>>Here’s you problem

I guess by your dialect, I should say “you be my problem!”


45 posted on 01/02/2011 7:13:06 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: MarineBrat

You so funny ~ so strange!


46 posted on 01/02/2011 7:13:58 PM PST by muawiyah (Hey,)
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To: SunkenCiv

I can only think of one or two more inconvenient places to put a map. One of them would get my post removed from the thread.


47 posted on 01/02/2011 7:15:54 PM PST by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: muawiyah
Gee whiz, you're the guy who wants us all to bow down before mammon...

Geepers! Aheelt...shazam. Guffaw. Chortle.

Religion is voluntary. Commie scum rats like you spit in the eye of all things voluntary.

48 posted on 01/02/2011 7:27:13 PM PST by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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To: RingerSIX

I am asking that you be banned. We do not tolerate name calling like that. My Conservative credentials are pure and unblemished.


49 posted on 01/02/2011 7:30:16 PM PST by muawiyah (Hey,)
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To: gitmo

;’)


50 posted on 01/02/2011 7:35:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: muawiyah
>>I am asking that you be banned.


51 posted on 01/02/2011 7:40:53 PM PST by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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To: mkmensinger

“I’m sure the maps were drawn by men, so they didn’t have to stop and ask directions. :^)”

:)


52 posted on 01/02/2011 8:33:04 PM PST by rissole
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To: MarineBrat

I notice that the term “BCE” is used in the West only — it is not used in India quite as much


53 posted on 01/03/2011 5:24:21 AM PST by Cronos (Kto jestem? Nie wiem! Ale moj Bog wie!)
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To: Sherman Logan; allmost; SunkenCiv

Karnataka in south-western India is right now Dravidian. It had some ARyans (Konkani-speakers) moving in to their west coasts around 1500 to 1000 years ago. In 1500 BC there were no Aryans there and most likely not even Dravidian but might have been related to the bhil tribals (Austroloid peoples)


54 posted on 01/03/2011 5:44:29 AM PST by Cronos (Kto jestem? Nie wiem! Ale moj Bog wie!)
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To: MarineBrat; muawiyah
In India they mostly do not follow the PC term "BCE" -- that is used mostly by secularists in the West as part of their lame attempt to remove Christianity from the public forum

This is lame because what the heck is the "common era"? What happened in 0 BCE if not Christ's birth?

The problem with using the term, muawiyah, is the same as using the term "Happy Holidays" (which I loathe -- I'd rather wish "Merry Christmas" or "Eid Mubarak" or "Happy Holi" or "Diwali Shubh shubh") -- words do matter and you know that. By changing the term from "homosexual" to "gay", it lightens the tone and makes the act seem almost acceptable.
55 posted on 01/03/2011 6:44:54 AM PST by Cronos (Kto jestem? Nie wiem! Ale moj Bog wie!)
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To: Cronos
In India they mostly do not follow the PC term "BCE" -- that is used mostly by secularists in the West as part of their lame attempt to remove Christianity from the public forum

Exactly. And there are those of us here in America who are old enough to be aware of this via life experience, who will not back down for any reason. If I'm presented with the acronym BCE, then I will not trust or cooperate with the source.

56 posted on 01/03/2011 7:34:33 AM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Cronos

Thanks Cronos!


57 posted on 01/03/2011 5:06:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: RingerSIX
Look, we don't do crevo wars or ADBC/CEBCE wars here. Blam/SunkenCiv/GGG threads are off limits. We are interested in the history and archeology.

Personally, I'm a traditionalist and don't like the new labels. But I don't want to spend my time on a thousand rants that won't make any difference. I'd rather read about interesting discoveries. It is conservatives who want to keep our history alive and liberals who want people to forget it and believe instead their folklore fantasies.

M is an interesting contributor to this forum. He's no commie.

58 posted on 01/03/2011 10:27:15 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

>>>M is an interesting contributor to this forum. He’s no commie.

Perhaps so, but he needs to learn to lighten up when it comes to FR symbology and what it means to us. The promotion of the “new” term BCE is a well known strategy of “commie scum.” When it comes to Christian symbology and the foundational tenets of America, I will not back down, ever, for any reason, ever (yes-again), and those who want to defend the use of BCE as opposed to BC are fair and legitimate game.

Consider me to be a FR zombie-bot, if you will. I will argue for traditional American values, to any end.


59 posted on 01/04/2011 9:55:00 AM PST by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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To: allmost
The term “Cave man” is a misnomer.

Mankind has almost always been a house builder, and the marks from their post holes are contemporanous with the famous cave paintings. A gorgeous Anthropologist I was speaking with once pointed out that the first thing a bunch of children off in the woods do is “build a fort”, it is almost instinctive.

The “Cave man” paintings survived because they were in a cave, not because people spent a majority of their time in caves.

So yes, 4,000 years ago there were permanent settlements in that area; but that doesn't preclude them from hanging out occasionally in caves - and painting the walls.

60 posted on 01/04/2011 10:12:09 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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