Hi to India -- I wonder how many Indians know of the tremendous technology which went on in India in 10th century metallurgy -- I was shocked when I saw these enormous iron pillars cast at the same time the Konarak (Orissa) temple was built -- the technology and harnessing of energy, probably charcoal, must have been the most prodigious focus of energy in the history of mankind to that point.
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there is archaelogical evidence that suggests that the Bronze and Iron Ages predate those of Europe and the Mideast by hundreds of years. Aftrer I went to Konarak, Bhubeneswahr, Puri, etc. I picked up two books on Indian metallurgy, really archaelolgy and metallurgy combined, at a bookstore near the University in Leiden --ashok said:
another Konarak:
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last time I went to India I dropped 20 pounds:
Bhubeneswahr toward sunset:
Bhubeneswahr toward sunset:
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eating Dal, Okra and Cauliflower for 2 months, drinking nothing but beer and tea -- and then the Pepto-Bismol ran out -- at Hampi --
btw, if you want to see what an environmental catastrophe can become visit Hampi -- they made the dessert bloom for a few hundred years until the climate changed --- George Lucas stole a scene from the great temple at Hampi and its massive Narashima.
btw, if you want to see what an environmental catastrophe can become visit Hampi -- they made the dessert bloom for a few hundred years until the climate changed --- George Lucas stole a scene from the great temple at Hampi and its massive Narashima.
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