Krishna abandoned Dwarka after ill-omens appeared there; and led the Yadavas to Prabhasa. Here the Yadavas indulged in a quarrel and killed each other. Arjuna came to know of this soon and came to Dwarka. At this time Vasudeva told Arjuna…. “Your friend [Krishna] spoke to me as follows after sons, grandsons, brothers and friends were killed by each other: ‘I will live… in some pure place and following the rules will wait for my end.’ Krishna has left towards an unknown direction after leaving me with the children” (Mahabharata, Mausala Parva 6:17, 24-25.). This “unknown direction” could be that of Yisrael. We make this suggestion because the Bible says that Moses led the Yahudis from Mistrayim to Yisrael during the Exodus. This narrative could be recorded in the Hindu texts in Krishna going away in an unknown direction.
Moses lived in Egypt?
The Biblical scholars, however, believe that Mistrayim was located in Egypt and Moses led the Exodus from there. The Hebrews wanted to go to the desert for 3 days to worship the Lord. The King refused to let them go. Instead he increased their work load. He told his supervisors: “You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves. But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before” (Bible, Exodus 5). This conflict led to the Exodus. It is clear from this that straw was an important ingredient of making the bricks at Mitsrayim. We can use this information to ascertain whether Mitsrayim was located in Egypt or the Indus Valley.
Stone and mud brick construction in Egypt:
The main construction material used in ancient Egypt was stone. Picture of a stone block used in the construction of a pyramid. Indeed, mud bricks were used to construct the living quarters. Even here, the amount of straw used in making of the mud bricks was very small: The Biblical Archaeology Society Staff says that only half pound of straw is added to one cubic foot mud to make mud bricks. This works out to be merely 0.6 per cent straw by weight in making mud bricks.
Baked bricks in the Indus Valley:
In comparison, baked bricks were the main construction material in the Indus Valley. The important buildings such as citadel where the elite lived was made with baked bricks. The excavations at Chanhu Daro are shown at Picture 4. One can see profuse use of baked bricks. A brick kiln owner in Rajasthan said that straw used as fuel for baking constitutes of about 50 percent of the cost of production.
The Biblical story matches more with the Indus Valley than with Egypt because of two reasons. One, the construction material for the important buildings in the Indus Valley was baked bricks while it was stone in Egypt. Two, because large quantity of straw is required to make baked bricks. Thus, the conflict over the collection of straw is more plausible if it took place in the Indus Valley.
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