Manu's flood a reality, says archaeologist at ICHR meet

March 27, 2017 22:51

Controversial archaeologist BB Lal, known for his works on Ayodhya, has come up with a research paper which claims that Manu's flood, widely believed to be a mythological phenomenon, was a real event.

The research paper of the former director general of Archaeological Survey of India, the findings of which were arrived at by linking Manu's flood to the disappearance of the Saraswati river through archaeological evidence, was presented today at a seminar organised by the Indian Council of Historical Research.

"Archaeologically, the deluge of the Saraswati took place around 2000-1,900 Before Common Era or broadly, in the first quarter of the second millennium BCE. This was exactly the time of Manu's flood, which occurred after the Rigveda, but before the beginning of the second millennium BCE. Should we still call Manu's Flood a myth," the paper read.

Lal, a Padma Bhushan awardee, is also working on a book on the same subject. His book 'Rama, His Historicity, Mandir and Setu: Evidence of Literature, Archaeology and Other Sciences' had created an uproar as it talked about the possible presence of a Hindu temple structure beneath the Babri Masjid.

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