Ancient Mayans Influenced by Ancient Hindus

Really glad to see the following article. It's
something I've been telling people ever since I went to
Tuluum, Yucatan. No one who has been to Tuluum could
deny the influence of Hindu culture upon the Inco-Mayan
seaport of Tuluum.

- Jeff

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Ancient links suggested between Mexico and Indus valley

http://www.netguruindia.com/news/May02/02/NAT4.html

By a Staff Reporter

May 2: Recent studies hint at possible links between
the ancient civilization of the Indus valley and the
Mayans of central America. B G Siddarth, the director
of the B M Birla science centre in Hyderabad, had
pointed out striking similarities between the two
ancient cultures.

Mexico and India are situated at opposite sides of the
earth in longitude. According to the Puranas, a
secondary Hindu scripture, the "devas" or the gods and
the demons or the "assures" lived on the opposite sides
of the Earth.

The experts took a deep interest in the calendars
followed by the two cultures. While the Indus valley
people followed a calendar based on the movements of
the Jupiter, acknowledged to be the leader of the gods,
the Mayans followed one based on the movements of Venus
or "Shukra", who, according to the Puranas, was the
leader of the ashuras.

Siddharth also pointed out that some carvings in Mexico
depicted an episode similar to that of churning the
ocean by the gods and the demons in the Hindu
mythology. The Mexican representations of the tradition
also bore a striking resemblance to those found in
different parts of India.

Dr Ganpati, an expert on the ancient Hindu
architecture, based in Chennnai had also found striking
similarities between the design and the construction
methods used by the Mayans and the ancient Hindus.

hello all,

> From: "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@...>
> To: "metatuning" <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:15 PM
> Subject: [metatuning] Ancient Mayans Influenced by Ancient Hindus
>
>
> Really glad to see the following article. It's
> something I've been telling people ever since I went to
> Tuluum, Yucatan. No one who has been to Tuluum could
> deny the influence of Hindu culture upon the Inco-Mayan
> seaport of Tuluum.
>
> - Jeff

in case anyone missed this before, i thought i'd mention
my webpage expounding my theory of the origin of the mysterious
Mayan "long-count" calendar.

http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/maya/longcount.htm

the crux of the matter is the triple conjuncion of Venus,
Jupiter, and the crescent Moon, as seen from Yucatan just
before the rising Sun. they can be seen at the bottom of
the graphic on the webpage, just above the horizon.

-monz