Year: 2024

“Hindu Temporal Frameworks: Interdisciplinary Insights and Governance Guidance”

January 16, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala

This study delves into Hindu texts that categorize historical time into kalpas, manvantaras, and yugas. Through interdisciplinary analysis involving astronomy, archaeology, genealogy, genetics, and literature, the paper aligns these periods with evidence. It identifies a kalpa of 4320 human years, with the Braahm Kalpa overlapping early manvantaras and the Krita Yuga. The Varaha Kalpa spans…

Area, Hindu, Indus Valley, Person, Subject, Text

Where is Lanka of Ramayana located?

January 16, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Where is Lanka of Ramayana located? This paper explores the travel route of Rama from Panchvati at Nashik to Lanka. While the traditional view aligns with Sri Lanka, the study proposes an alternative hypothesis suggesting a northwestward route to Dholavira. Genealogical estimates for Rama’s time span from 1996 to 1646 BCE are considered. The narrative…

Geography, Hindu, Hindu, Indus Valley, Text

Historicity of the Garden of Eden: Exploring Lake Van, Qurnah, and Pushkar

January 16, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

Historicity of the Garden of Eden This study compares the biblical Garden of Eden descriptions in Genesis 1-3 with geographical, archaeological, etymological evidence, and textual parallels from Lake Van in Turkey, Qurnah in Iraq, and Pushkar in India. Utilizing a method that considers all four parameters, the analysis yields 15% parallels with Lake Van, 53%…

Abrahamic, Ancient World, Area, Bible, Geography, Person, Subject, Text

Torah-Hindu Parallels in the Narratives of Five Persons

January 16, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala

This paper delves into the surprising Hindu parallels between the narratives and theological understandings of Five Persons in the Biblical (Adam, Cain, Noah, Abraham, Moses) and Hindu (Swayambhu Manu, Indra, Vaivaswat Manu, Rama, Krishna) traditions. Despite contemporary theological differences, 75% of the narratives and 82% of theological understandings during the time of these figures exhibit…

Ancient World, Area, Geography, Interfaith, Interfaith, Person, Subject, Text