Cosmology in Rigveda — the third premise by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet
[Note: This important article was originally published in The Hindu (newspaper), 9 July 2002 , and used to be freely available to view at www.thehindu.com. Since it is no longer viewable there , I am posting it here so readers do not have to go through SCRIBD to view it.] HISTORY IS INDEED recorded in the Rigveda, as well as in the Epics, but one has to use correct cosmic formulas to make this discovery, bearing in mind that the ancients were not at all concerned with keeping records for posterity as we do today. The recent articles of David Frawley and Michael Witzel concerning a possible historic content in the Rigveda have opened up areas that need to be explored. It is an undeniable fact that the work of scholars such as Frawley has dealt a blow to the upholders of the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT), the colonial-inspired speculation on the origins of Indian civilisation. It was simply the product of a mindset that had to justify colonisation and wholesale destruction of ancient cul
