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Reports of the underwater ruins of Dwarka, in the Gulf of Cambay off the west coast of India, crop up regularly on Quora.
Some very implausible claims are made for this "Indian Atlantis". These are often associated with Hindu nationalism, speculating that the semi-mythical city of Lord Krishna is the oldest city on Earth and may be up to 32,000 years old.
More sober, but still historically questionable claims put the ruins at 9 to 11 thousand years old (so roughly contemporaneous with sites like Lepenski Vir and Göbekli Tepe).
With my usual Fortean interest in extreme pre-history, I did a little digging (or perhaps diving would be more appropriate) into the whole Dwarka mythos.
Unfortunately, rather like Yonaguni, the Azores "Pyramids" and the Baltic sea "anomaly", it is very difficult to separate genuine photographs of the site from obvious fakes - either heavily photoshopped or photos of Hellenistic or Egyptian artefacts misrepresented as ancient Indian.
The following 4 appear often, but are definitely NOT authentic photos of the Dwarka ruins:
There are, however, some plausible pics of apparently artificial structures, including walls, pillars and stone anchors, some 70 feet below current sea level in the vicinity:
Investigations into the site are ongoing and I look forward to any substantiated news about this.
What do you think?
https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-authentic-underwater-pictures-of-Dwarka
https://www.flynote.com/blog/dwarka-holiest-underwater-city-of-india-dwarka/
Some very implausible claims are made for this "Indian Atlantis". These are often associated with Hindu nationalism, speculating that the semi-mythical city of Lord Krishna is the oldest city on Earth and may be up to 32,000 years old.
More sober, but still historically questionable claims put the ruins at 9 to 11 thousand years old (so roughly contemporaneous with sites like Lepenski Vir and Göbekli Tepe).
With my usual Fortean interest in extreme pre-history, I did a little digging (or perhaps diving would be more appropriate) into the whole Dwarka mythos.
Unfortunately, rather like Yonaguni, the Azores "Pyramids" and the Baltic sea "anomaly", it is very difficult to separate genuine photographs of the site from obvious fakes - either heavily photoshopped or photos of Hellenistic or Egyptian artefacts misrepresented as ancient Indian.
The following 4 appear often, but are definitely NOT authentic photos of the Dwarka ruins:
There are, however, some plausible pics of apparently artificial structures, including walls, pillars and stone anchors, some 70 feet below current sea level in the vicinity:
Investigations into the site are ongoing and I look forward to any substantiated news about this.
What do you think?
https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-authentic-underwater-pictures-of-Dwarka
https://www.flynote.com/blog/dwarka-holiest-underwater-city-of-india-dwarka/
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