Newer research and newer advances available to date the ancient events have pushed the antiquity of Indian civilization beyond 24,000+ years. Archaeology evidence demonstrates the presence of Human beings in India for the last 100,000+ years and the presence of agriculture for 20,000+ years. Astronomy evidence of the epics leads us to the 13th millennium BCE for Ramayana and the 6th millennium BCE for Mahabharata.
However, we have scanty descriptions of what was happening in the other parts of the world and we know little of interactions between world civilizations of deep antiquity. Did our ancestors know of the areas outside Bharata and how much did they know of the world geography?
Do we have reliable accounts of the knowledge of world geography in our ancient narratives and is it possible to test their validity?
This presentation demonstrates an impressive knowledge of our ancestors of the world geography as early as 14,000+ years ago that not only is validated with empirical evidence but also corroborates what we know of the changes in ocean levels or the presence of human habitation in far off areas of the world.
About the Speaker:
Nilesh Oak is an author, researcher, speaker, and corporate consultant. He holds BS, MS in Chemical Engineering, and an executive MBA. He has published 3 books and writes extensively on ancient Indian history. Nilesh helps Indians become aware of the deep antiquity of Indian civilization so that they truly comprehend, present, or defend the grand narrative of India unlike most other Indic researchers because he builds it through scientific acumen and logical reasoning. He is adjunct faculty at the Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, MA, USA.
Links to Nilesh's blogs, books, a summary of his original research accomplishments, YouTube channels and social media handles are here:
https://subbupublications.com/nilesh-oak/
Chapters
0:00 Background—Chronology of Ram-Ravan Yuddh
2:04 Astronomical evidence
7:39 Geography of Ramayana- East & South
27:50 North
30:04 People of the outskirts—Mlechha, Yavanas, etc
36:13 Shailoda
37:46 Arctic sea
40:25 The northern glaciers
45:05 How much has changed since the Ramayana?
51:30 Animals of Ramayana time
57:21 Vishwamitra
58:10 Pyramids
59:51 River Nile
1:00:44 Zoroastrians
1:03:34 Nal-Neel
1:11:58 Indic knowledge in the education system
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