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Carved rocks, wall found under sea
Chennai Online ^ | Sunday, November 19, 2006 | unattributed

Posted on 11/19/2006 8:34:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Rocks with step-like cuttings, a wall and carved blocks found under the sea in the southern coast near the heritage site of Mahabalipuram are believed to be evidence of an early settlement or a port. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) came across the remains while recently conducting excavations underwater at the site in Tamil Nadu. "Mahabalipuram is a historical place. We started detailed excavation 500 metres from the shore in the sea and recently came across different types of rocks which indicate human activity. We have also found a wall running from the shore into the sea," Alok Tripathy, Superintending Archaeologist of ASI's underwater archaeology wing, told newspersons... "These rocks endorse the belief of the people that there were another six small temples near the place. We have found a stonewall running from east to west, from the shore into the sea. We will excavate till the end of the wall," Tripathy said... There are references to Mahabalipuram in Sangam literature up to third century AD. However, there are not many references about the place during the period from third century AD to seventh century AD when the Pallavas came to power... The excavation has also revealed the remains of two temples on the shore. The base of one temple has been found while the remains of the superstructure of the second temple have been discovered, he said.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; civilization; dwarka; godsgravesglyphs; india; mahabalipuram; mamallapuram; pallava; ramsethu; srilanka; tsunami
Carved rocks, wall found under sea

1 posted on 11/19/2006 8:34:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 11/19/2006 8:37:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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3 posted on 11/19/2006 8:37:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
...at the site in Tamil Nadu. "Mahabalipuram is a historical place...

What beautiful names

4 posted on 11/19/2006 8:54:50 PM PST by Libertina (The battle is our responsiblity, the outcome is God's.)
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To: Libertina

Those are compound words. Mahabalipuram is Maha + Bali + Puram

Maha means great. Bali means strong. Puram means city.


5 posted on 11/19/2006 10:04:57 PM PST by sagar
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To: SunkenCiv

6 posted on 11/20/2006 4:22:33 AM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

Underworld was an *excellent* book, one of my favorite reads ever.


7 posted on 11/20/2006 6:29:26 AM PST by Dominic Harr (Conservative: The "ant", to a liberal's "grasshopper".)
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To: Dominic Harr
I'm still reading it, just getting to the Jomon of Japan.

Fascinating stuff.
8 posted on 11/20/2006 10:02:48 AM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bush and Rove using their Global Warming Generators with their Time Machine to wreak havoc in the past.


9 posted on 11/20/2006 7:11:35 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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similar story, different source:
ASI finds carved rocks offshore near Mahabalipuram
Monday, November 20, 2006
He said remains of a damaged structure have also been found, indicating there was a port or an early settlement at that place which might have got submerged underwater in the course of time.

10 posted on 11/20/2006 7:23:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: sagar

Thanks Sagar! Lovely


11 posted on 11/20/2006 8:41:35 PM PST by Libertina (The battle is our responsiblity, the outcome is God's.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


12 posted on 11/20/2006 8:54:21 PM PST by Bellflower (A Brand New Day Is Coming!)
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13 posted on 06/29/2015 10:32:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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Note: this topic is from 11/19/2006.

14 posted on 06/29/2015 10:33:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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