(October 30, 2014 at 11:26 am)Riketto Wrote: You have no evidence that Varanasi didn't exist in those times.
Over a billion of Hindus, Buddhist and yoga followers think the opposite.
Most of these people live around this culture which has been handed down from father to sun from the beginning of immemorial time.
One day few researcher pop up and say that Varanasi is not older than 4000 years.
Where did they searched?
Did they searched where the old city was located or some other place?
What instruments did they used?
What qualification have these researchers?
Did they searched under the present city or just above where the present construction stand?
As you can see there are a lot of ??? to answer before you can come up with certainties.
Where did you get the nonsensical idea that that is what "over a billion Hindus, Buddhist etc" believe? Most of them don't have a belief regarding the age of Varansi. Others who've received an actual education in history and archeology don't believe your nonsense.
And you just need to look at the research articles you were pointed to to answer all of your questions.
(October 30, 2014 at 11:26 am)Riketto Wrote: Where is your study that artifacts dating to that period haven't been found?
And if 7000 years ago people make artifacts how would you expect that they last until these days?
The study dating the artifacts found in and near Varanasi. Go read it.
And artifacts older than 4000 years have been found in other places - so clearly they can last a very long time.
(October 30, 2014 at 11:26 am)Riketto Wrote: Again you are running too fast with your fantasy.
How do you know that in the ruin of Mohenjo Daro there are still mud&straws brick?
What about if the ruins are just what is left of only the fired and mortared bricks because the mud bricks have long gone?
If the mud bricks had been long gone, we wouldn't have found them. But we did find them. Again, go look at the study.
(October 30, 2014 at 11:26 am)Riketto Wrote: See if you can dismiss this finding.
http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/201...waram.html
Quite easily.
First of all, its a blog post, not a finding.
It gives no references to any actual studies - just claims.
The ASI has not determined the temple to be 7000 years old - in fact, they are silent on the matter altogether.
I could not find any link to any actual study conducted by the "temple officials".
Due to the lack of any actual evidence provided by the link, the blog entry is summarily dismissed.