Western historians talk of Greek city States, as the beginning of civilization. They refuse to recognize that the East developed much earlier.
Kashi and Anuradhapuram in Ceylon, to mention just two cities in the Indian subcontinent (Ceylon was part of India till 1936), were far more ancient than Athens.
In those days the population was so low that the whole land was covered with forests, which was unapproachable except for hunters.
As earliest travelers used the sea, Anuradhapuram must have developed earlier than Kashi. In Ramayanam, Lanka is described as a wonderful city, even Ayodhya paling into insignificance
Our mathematicians invented the decimal system and the zero, enabling us to write any number, however long it may be! In the west, the Roman numbers are cumbersome, with limited capacity. Astronomy too became mature.
We are likely to attribute all these achievements to the North.
As our Malayalam Panchangam is very scientific, I can say with authority, that the North was and still is, very backward. They follow the lunar calendar and have thirteen months in leap year!
The Maya civilization in North America and Incas in South America, were also very ancient. Because our early historians were not even aware of that continent, we failed to recognize it.
I have read about a university in the southern shore of Caspian sea, as old as our Nalanda. This too got obscured. In short, early city states were spread all over the world simultaneously, except Africa. It is singularly surprising that the Africans are even now backward in all fields, except sports. The explanation may be genetic.
In those days the population was so low that the whole land was covered with forests, which was unapproachable except for hunters.
As earliest travelers used the sea, Anuradhapuram must have developed earlier than Kashi. In Ramayanam, Lanka is described as a wonderful city, even Ayodhya paling into insignificance
Our mathematicians invented the decimal system and the zero, enabling us to write any number, however long it may be! In the west, the Roman numbers are cumbersome, with limited capacity. Astronomy too became mature.
We are likely to attribute all these achievements to the North.
As our Malayalam Panchangam is very scientific, I can say with authority, that the North was and still is, very backward. They follow the lunar calendar and have thirteen months in leap year!
The Maya civilization in North America and Incas in South America, were also very ancient. Because our early historians were not even aware of that continent, we failed to recognize it.
I have read about a university in the southern shore of Caspian sea, as old as our Nalanda. This too got obscured. In short, early city states were spread all over the world simultaneously, except Africa. It is singularly surprising that the Africans are even now backward in all fields, except sports. The explanation may be genetic.
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