[Stones] Secrets of Stonehenge

[The Wissers]

Fascinating stuff, Ric. Thank you. It's an aspect of India we don't hear 
much about.
Nancy

Ric wrote:

>Hi,
>
>there are stone circles in especially South India, but
>these are poorly understood; this web page does seem
>to indicate their prehistoric origin, though -
>
>http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~tcrndfu/web_project/arch_back.html
>
>also, however, there is a classic stand of megaliths
>in Kashmir which look suspiciously like the remains
>of a once quite striking stone circle, to me?
>
>http://www.koausa.org/Monuments/PlateXLIII.jpg
>
>what also intrigues me is the apparent sudden
>appearance or 'modern' stone circles in mainly
>southern India, from about the 10th century CE - some
>arguably resemble menhir-centred stone circles, with
>the surrounding standing stones replaced by stone
>goddesses or
>'yoginis'
>
>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/spectrum/main2.htm
>
>http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/hirapur/ei250.jpg
>
>these also are stone
>secrets to which a cultural
>key is sought?
>
>thanks,
>
>Ric
>
>
>
>--- The Wissers <wissers3 at enter.net> wrote:
>
>
>---------------------------------
>  Thanks, Andy. Just the fellow. I remember looking at
>some of hispictures for a long time thinking: aren't
>we likely looking at somevery ancient traditions in
>regards to stones? Like thisand thisfor example. We
>look at the bare stones that remain after thousands
>ofyears, but it's possible, even likely, that the
>stones in Europe andthe British Isles may have been
>draped, decorated, and painted, treatedlike beings or
>stand-ins for beings at certain times of year,
>ratherthan regarded in modern fashion as inert clock
>hands or compass points.Some young ambitious megorak
>could do worse than to travel rural Indiaand inquire
>for local stories and traditions about stones.
>
>Nancy
>
>
>Andy Burnham wrote:  
>The Wissers wrote:  
>      
>Thank you, Ric. As you may know, I am a lover of Hindu
>culture (with aleaning toward Vaisnavism). I also own
>and have read Celtic Heritage,and was familiar with
>some of the ways the two cultures mirror oneanother,
>but I still found the Campbell article interesting. I
>hadnever connected that connection with megaliths, as
>they precede'Celtic' cultures by thousands of years.
>On the other hand, I haveoften thought that anyone
>interested in megaliths and how they mayhave been
>regarded in ancient times would do well to look into
>thepractises still current, especially in rural India,
>connected withcertain stones that are regarded as
>ceremonial. A few examples wereposted to the Portal by
>someone whose name presently escapes me.     
>    
>Moti?http://www.megalithic.co.uk/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=motistClick
>the link once there to see just the first 1000
>photos.Must fix that...
>
>
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