[SunkenCiv]

"The sea, which had been beating against the shores, suddenly broke the boundary that was 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. Arjuna saw the beautiful buildings becoming submerged one by one. He took a last look at the mansion of Krishna. 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 beautiful city, which had been the favourite haunt of all the Pandavas. Dwarka was just a name; just a memory." -- Mausala Parva, Mahabharata.

There were FR topics about this kind of thing in India after the big Indonesia tsunami.

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[muawiyah]

We have the full 99 part Mahabarat video set. Seen it through about 3 times.

I don't think you can come away from dealing with this piece of Indian literature without thinking that Krishna, etc., were ALL historic figures.

They are too human, too detailed, too well described ~ and too much of the story line fits together too well, for them to have not been real people.

It's not like Gone with the Wind ~ but it was serialized in about the First or Second Century AD by Indian scribes.

The other epic novel is called the Ramayana. It has the same characters, the same settings, but is told from an entirely different perspective.

""Fast Times AT Dwarkha Hi" would be an acceptable title for the main story line ~ with more than one appearance by character played by Sean Penn!

Even thousands of years ago "They Knew" about these people.

[muawiyah]

We have the full 99 part Mahabarat video set. Seen it through about 3 times.

I don't think you can come away from dealing with this piece of Indian literature without thinking that Krishna, etc., were ALL historic figures.

They are too human, too detailed, too well described ~ and too much of the story line fits together too well, for them to have not been real people.

It's not like Gone with the Wind ~ but it was serialized in about the First or Second Century AD by Indian scribes.

The other epic novel is called the Ramayana. It has the same characters, the same settings, but is told from an entirely different perspective.

""Fast Times AT Dwarkha Hi" would be an acceptable title for the main story line ~ with more than one appearance by character played by Sean Penn!

Even thousands of years ago "They Knew" about these people.