As one enters the Airavatesvara temple at Darasuram (pi. XI), one finds a large gopura, the upper por¬ tion ofwhich is completely lost but the form ofwhich may be imagined from the complete second (inner) gopura. The larger prakara-wall all around the temple, decorated with couchant bulls at intervals, is in continuation ofthe second gopura Continue Reading...

The name Konark as the name ofthe place seems to have been derived from the presiding deity Konark which means theSun god of the comer Arka denotes Surya and Kona mean corner. Hence Konark means the Corner Sun . In the Gangainscriptions the place is mentioned as Konakona. Continue Reading...

The extension of the Vedic culture into the central and eastern Gangetic plains was as important for the further course of Indian history as the period of their early settlement in the Panjab and in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab. Continue Reading...

“ If I were asked what I consider the most important discovery which has been made in the Nineteenth Century with respect to the ancient history of mankind, I should answer by the following short equation :—Sanscrit, Dyaus-Pitar = Greek, Zeus Pater = Latin, Jupiter=01d Norse, Tyr. Think what this formula suggests. Continue Reading...

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is one of the four sacred canonical texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. Continue Reading...

The Vedas are the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”). ... The Vedas existed in oral form and were passed down from master to student for generations until they were committed to writing between c. 1500 - c Continue Reading...