Photos: 8000-year-old advanced civilisation in Konkan Coast?

DNA ^ | Thursday, May 26, 2011 | Correspondent

[SunkenCiv]

Researchers have found a wall-like structure that is 24 kilometres long, 2.7 metres tall, and around 2.5 metres wide. The structure shows uniformity in its construction.

"The structure is not continuous throughout the 225 kilometres from Shrivardhan to Raigad, but it is uniform," said Dr Ashok Marathe, professor, department of archaeology, Postgraduate and Research Institute, Deccan College, Pune.

"It has been found three metres below the present sea level. It has been constructed on the ancient sand beach, which was taken as the base for the construction. Considering the uniformity of the structure, it was obvious that the structure is man-made and not natural."

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[nolongerademocrat]

Interesting, thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. I don’t find the photos to be compelling evidence, but at the very least it probably shows a debris line from a tsunami — back when the sealevel was much lower for one reason or another. :’) Almost grounds for a Catastrophism ping...

[fanfan]

Underworld.

It’s all there.

[arrogantsob]

India.

[freedumb2003]

>>Researchers have found a wall-like structure that is 24 kilometres long, 2.7 metres tall, and around 2.5 metres wide. The structure shows uniformity in its construction. <<

Clearly 8,000 years ago they had more political stones than we have had for the last 50.

[Fred Nerks]

Interesting geology:

There are two roads leading form Diveagar to Shrivardhan. Make sure to ask for the road that runs parallel to the sea coast. Weekdays are peaceful & the cost of accomodation is also less (Haggling helps a lot!) A golden idol of Lord Ganesha was found in Diveagar, which brought this village to limelight. Worth a passing visit. Be wary of the waterline when driving on the beach.

coastal images - Shrivardhan

[Elendur]

interesting! reminds me of the underwater ruins in Yonaguni Japan, that most scientists ridiculed.
if this is legit, it might lead to more investigation in Yonaguni also.

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AnNcFPgIqdB0nCdSmAP7uRWbvZx4?p=japan+underwater+ruins&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

[Bernard Marx]

at the very least it probably shows a debris line from a tsunami

Maybe, but being a rock guy I perked up at this: "How were these huge stones of Laterite and Deccan Trap variety transported to the coast?"

I'm not that familiar with the occurrence of those rock types in the immediate area. If they indeed are "foreign" it raises interesting possibilities.

[little jeremiah]

Interesting, thank you! There is much yet to be discovered about ancient advanced civilizations.

[C0y0Te]

They tried to hold back the sea.

[blam]

Submerged City May Be Older Than Mesopotamia

[Bernard Marx]

That’s one of the interesting possibilities. The object’s age, if correct, correlates somewhat with rising sea levels due to “global warming” at the start of the present Interglacial. But let’s learn more about the rocks first.

[CurlyDave]

They tried to hold back the sea.

I suspect they were trying to keep out human enemies. It is much easier to move inland than to build a structure like this.

[spokeshave]

Spice worm birthing chamber....?

[gleeaikin]

I hope this gets studied a lot more. I would guess it is earlier than the Indus Valley Culture. As I have said before, we really have to start doing a lot more underwater research.

[MattinNJ]

Agreed. Looks like rip rap to me.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!