Posted on 12/04/2003 9:30:18 AM PST by blam
I think this site is a few thousand years older than this migration. My opinion is that the Aryan migration was around 5,600BC or less.
Yup, more like 24 hours to hit all the areas claimed.
Did you notice they stated that first line, as if they really thought that would help tell you where it was?
It would be appreciated...thanks for the input. Lots of old stuff underwater there.
Poompuhar was once a major port of the Chola Empire. The original city was submerged by the sea and at present only a small village is there. Thiss ancient city is also the birth- place of Tamil epic - Silapathikaram. The ancient glory of this place has been revived by the Government of Tamil Nadu. |
An art gallery depicting scenes from the Silapathikaram was opened in 1973. Other monuments are the Nedungal Manram, the Pavai Manram, the Elagni Manram and the Kotrappandal.
Puhar known to Ptolemy and Pliny, was a planned city built over 2000 years ago. Excavations show an extent of planning that would make most modern planners envious. An archaeologists delight, Poompuhar is a town for those who like to wander amidst history and take a stroll through time. For the more prosaic, a fine beach and calm waters offer good sea-bathing.
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Poompuhar, once the biggest port on the east coast, was at its peak under the earlier Chola Kings. The Kaveri, merging with the bellowing sea, was known as Puhar but to the exquisite beauty of the port town, it came to be called "Poompuhar". Another name of Poombuhar was Kaveripoompattinam. The greatness of the city is brought out in some of the poems in Sangam literature and also by Silappathikaram and Manimekalai among the epics. The life and time of the Tamil classic 'Silappathikaram' has been recreated at Poompuhar to the immense pleasure of the Tamils. In order to conjure up the decorative ornamental scenic beauty of Poombuhar, the whole Art Gallery is made to present the environment and atmosphere of the 2nd century A.D. by the creation of the llanji Mandram, Paval Mandram, the Buddhist School, Arugan Kottam, Tirumal Kottam and Murugu Kottam, etc. A fine beach and calm water offer good bathing. The Department of Tourism offer shell shaped cottages to the Tourists in the Poombuhar Tourist Complex, at a moderate tariff. |
Navy, ASI to jointly explore Poompuhar | |
Wednesday, 03 December , 2003, 18:53 | |
Dehra Dun: The ruins of Poompuhar, a flourishing port town dating back to the Chola period off Nagapatnam in Tamil Nadu, has been located under a joint project undertaken by the ASI and the National Hydrographic Office. "We have located this town seven metres under sea and will begin diving operations this year in consultation with the ASI," Chief Hydrographer Adm K R Srinivasan said on Wednesday at a press conference on the eve of "Navy day". "The town sank over a period of time due to global warming," he added. He said the town, located within a mile off the coast in the Trancobar area, had sank over a period of time due to global warming. The Admiral said the National Hydrographic office had also taken up the work of locating the remains of 200 ships wrecked since the 17th century in the eastern and western coast. "Last year, we located one such shipwreck in the east coast. We have three more such projects on hand", said Adm Srinivasan. "These are marine archaeology projects and we recover valuable items like paintings and porcelain which are evaluated and documented by the Archaeological Survey of India," he said. |
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The part that is bothering me is the dating of the destruction of this city. Poompuhar, was a city during the Chola times. That must be well in the A.D's. Chola's were the people who colonized, Burma, Indonesia and Malay penninsula during their reign. They had a vast kingdom in the early A.D's. Also "Silapathikaram" and "Manimekalai" was written just around the time of Jesus or maybe a couple of centuries either way of A.D.
It is possible this city existed from 7000B.C , but I am sure it existed well past 1000B.C., or "Silapathikaram" and "Mamemekalai", were describing the mythical/ancient city that went under.
The temples in and around this area are HUGE and beautiful. I did visit this area in Jan 1998. Was worth the trip.
We need to get some archaeologists working underwater there.
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