THE LOST GLORY OF THE MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE OF ANCIENT PANCHPURA (PINJORE), HARYANA!

Pinjore is a town in Haryana set at about 1800 feet above sea level in a valley overlooking the Shivalik hills. Pinjore is today only known for Pinjore Gardens, a garden built by the Mughal ruler, Aurangzeb's brother, on the foundations, plinth and ruins of a fabulous ancient Hindu temple. The temple site was then known as Panchapura. The forgotten story of the temple of Panchapura is today spoken only by the remnants of the ruined sculptural stones of the once magnificent temple.

Sculptures of Vedic Gods from the Panchapura Temple, at Pinjore in Haryana, were destroyed by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb.

Geographically, Panchpura lies close to the present- day town of Panchkula. Panchkula did not exist till quite recently, but its name describes the geography of this region. In the vicinity of Panchkula, literally 'five rivers', flow the five tributaries of the once mighty Saraswati. At present, these rivers are no more than rivulets except in the monsoons when the streams are occasionally flooded. They are named (a) Tangri (or Dangri), (b) Markanda or Martand - its ancient name, (c) Kaushalya, as it has always been known, (d) Chautang - the name derived from its ancient name Drsadvadi, and (e) the Gaggar-Hakra, the name a corruption of its original, more meaningful Sanskrit name, the Gagara-Sagara. Haryana, originally Hari-ayana, or abode of God, is, of course, the region where the ancient rishis of India recorded the Vedas on the banks of Sarasvati. Kurukshetra, the site of the Mahabharata, also lies in Haryana.

The architectural style of the ancient temple of Panchapura is the panchayatana, which is similar to the architectural style of the Khajuraho temples. The Panchapura Temple was built on the incline of a hill in the Shivalik and had many platforms. The entrance was located at the bottom of the hill. A walk up the steps would take one to the highest platform, where the garbha griha was located and housed the principal deity. The bottom-most steps of this temple were probably washed by the waters of the Kaushalya river, one of the tributaries of the Saraswati. The Kaushalya still flows nearby, though it has now changed course away from the temple hill.

Today, the entrance to this once magnificent temple, which is now the site of Pinjore Garden, is located at the uppermost platform, and not where it once was, at the foot of the hill on the other end, where the Kaushalya flowed. Sometime between the 8th and 11th AD, the Panchapura temple came to be known as the Bhimadevi Temple, so named by the local ruler who is believed to have renovated it.

The temple ruins have eroded, but identifiable statues of gods and goddesses, apsaras and ghandharvas, including Shiva, Vishnu, Bhairava and Kubera, but none of the Bhimadevi goddess exist. It is for this reason that it is believed that the temple was originally dedicated to ancient Vedic gods rather than the later additions to the Hindu pantheon, such as Bhimadevi.

Though the Panchapura Temple is often called the Khajuraho of the north, the site appears to be far more ancient than the temples of Khajuraho. One of the reasons is that the temple deities are carved out of quartz. Quartz is a sturdy and stable stone and erodes far more slowly than sandstone. The temples of Khajuraho are carved from sandstone, yet look far less eroded than the temple complex at Pinjore, suggesting that Panchapura is probably older than the Khajuraho temples, and certainly older than its 1000 years of known history.

A fable supports this contention. It is said that the Pandavas, during the period of their exile, visited Panchapura. This is highly probable because of the proximity of Kurukshetra to Panchapura. A temple either already existed here in those times or perhaps Panchpura became a famed sacred site once the Pandavas visited it. It is said that the town got the name Panchapura (the town of five) after the visit of the five Pandavas. Others say that the town got its name from the Panchayatana architecture style of the temple.

A Panchayatana-style temple is one where the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines. The origin of the word Panchayatana stems from two Sanskrit words, Pancha (five) and ayatana (containing). An example of a Panchayatana-style temple is the Kandariya Temple at Khajuraho. Below is the floor plan of the Kandariya temple, which is the same floor plan and design as the Pinjore Panchapura temple.

The temple at Pinjore may have looked like this once.
The entrance might have been from the side of the river,
with the temple garbha-griha at the top of the hill. 

The Pinjore garden was built by Aurangzeb's brother on the ruins of the Panchpura temple, which had the same foundation plan as the Kandariya Temple of Khajuraho, shown above. In a temple of this style, the entrance would be at Ardha Mandapa. When the Mughals constructed the Pinjore garden, they reversed the entrance.  The entrance now is at what is marked 6 in the diagram above, which was once the garbha griha of the temple. 

Pinjore Garden was built by Aurangzeb's brother by destroying a Panchayatana-style Hindu temple on a hill in the Shivalik Mountains, whose foot was washed by the Kaushalya River. The river has since then moved its course, though it still flows nearby.

The ruins and remains of this temple were dumped in an area adjacent to the Pinjore Garden. A largely unimpressive museum, which is not visited by most people who come to Pinjore (since there are no signages), houses the statues of this once magnificent temple.

Some of the remaining statues are placed in small rooms, while others are placed in an unkempt lawn on the museum premises and look rather uninteresting due to poor presentation. Quite a few of the statues from this site are placed in museums around India and are hence scattered. Unfortunately, since no one place houses all the remnants of this majestic temple, its glory is diluted. This is an immense loss to the cultural history of Pinjore.

Here are pictures of some of the remains of what was definitely a spectacular temple in antiquity. The craftsmanship of the ancient sculptors is far superior to that of the Mughal period masons, who were directed, perhaps too hastily, to build walls and platforms with the material procured from the ruined temple. The Mughals were crafty enough to leave intact the foundations of all the Hindu structures that they destroyed. Those served as the foundations of the Mughal-Islamic structures that they laid atop the Hindu structures. This saved not only labour and time but also offered a ready-made architectural blueprint and design. Take a look:

A standing Lord Shiva, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore, which was constructed in the vicinity of the Kaushalya River, a tributary of the Sarasvati River

Seated Shiva Panel, Panchpura Temple, Pinjore
The Temple Ruins are now given the name Bhimadevi Complex
The ancient name of the temple is lost in history.

The Uma-Maheshwara Panel, Panchpura Temple, Pinjore
The Panchpura Temple was constructed in the Panchayatana
architectural style. The temples at Khajuraho are built in the same architectural style.

Goddess Chandwardharini, Panchpura Temple, Pinjore. These statues are made of sturdy quartz. The erosion of the quartz points to the antiquity of this very ancient temple.

Bust of Lord Surya, Panchpura Temple, Pinjore
Most of the statues were destroyed by Aurangzeb's onslaught. 

Another statue of Lord Siva's avatara is called Ishana. Panchpura Temple, Pinjore. Very few of these have survived. None is left undamaged.

A damaged statue of Lord Ishana, an incarnation of Lord Shiva, from Panchapura Temple. Pinjore.

A heavily damaged sculpture of Parvati and Ganesha.
Panchapura Temple, Pinjore.

Lord Ganesha Panel, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

A panel of two gods, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

Goddess Brahmani, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore. 

Sri Hari Hara, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore.

Goddess Saraswati, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

A Gandharva, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore.

Lord Ganesha, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore.

A broken shikhara of one of the temple mandapas, Panchapura Temple, Pinjore.

Lord Lakulish, the avatara of Lord Shiva and Parvati,

Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

Lord Shiva Panel, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

An Eroded Shivainga, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore

Apsara Carvings at Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

Eroded Gandharva Carving, Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

A panel of dancing apsaras and gandharvas.
Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

Another panel of dancing apsaras and gandharvas.
Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

The Temple of Panchapura at Pinjore is also sometimes called the Khajuraho of North India for its erotic sculpture.

Fragments of broken walls of the Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore.

The wall fragments of the Temple of Panchapura, even in their ruined state,  are much more artistic than the walls of Pinjore Garden made from the razed material of the temple.

Another wall fragment of the destroyed Temple of Panchapura, Pinjore. 

A BIT ABOUT NAMES OF BIBLICAL TOWNS - AND INDIA!

In the Bible, the names of remote and ancient countries that appear,  include Sheba, Ramaah, Haran, Canneh, Eden, Chilmad etc. Though the names are largely of unknown etymology, some of the names have an unmistakably Sanskritic nuance. Though there are towns and places that even today bear the same names, it is unknown whether these present-day towns are identical with the towns of antiquity mentioned in the Bible.  Uncertainty also arises because the scriptures provide no clear pointers that can help unravel the mystery. In general, the assumption is that the origin of these names must lie in the languages of the civilizations that lie in the region of Canaan (Israel, Syria, Lebanon) and Mesopotamia. 

However, many researchers have differed and questioned this assumption - mainly because the languages and culture of this region have not been able to either decode the meaning of these names or provide any cultural context from which these names could have been derived.  Scholars are of the view that these names stem from names of characters and idols that belonged to a time more ancient, and to civilizations that were geographically more distant, from the location and setting of the Bible. The names must therefore be traced to a civilization which preceded the Biblical times and was large enough to have its impact and influence way beyond its geography. These names, because they are Sanskritic, point in the direction of India and the Indus Valley.

In the Journal of Asiatic Researches, Vol 8, the writer states un his article in 'Origin of Chinese Nation', "The oriental Sheba is understood to be Malabar, and is so laid down in some ancient maps of the geography of Scriptures. Raamah may with equal probability be the same with the coast of Coromandel extending from Ramancor near the island of Ceylon, so named from Rama, an idol of the Indians. It is off these coasts that they fish for pearls and obtain coral, which later in Hebrew is called Rammoth. Chilmad is explained as Karmana in the Greek texts and in the maps Carmania, situated on the north-east of the gulf of Ormus. The country called Eden must mean some part of India, celebrated as the garden of the world, situated amongst the finest rivers, and abounding with everything rich and luxuriant".

In his book 'History and Chronology of a Myth-making world', author J. F. Hewitt states about the Sabeans who were the people of Sheba, who had originated from India and settled in the Arabia before they migrated to the Euphrates valley, "These Sabeans were not in ancient times as they are now, merely artisans and traders of the Euphrates valley. They were formerly the rulers of southern Arabia called Seba......they are the people called in Genesis 10.7 the sons of Raamah or Raghma, the Indian god...."

The author in the Journal of Asiatic Researches links the name Canneh with an area on the Gandak river flowing from Nepal towards Patna; the river is known for 'saligram' or 'shaligram' stones which are known as Canneh in the Chaldee language. He states, "Canneh or Channeh seems to agree with the description of a country bordering on the river Gandica, which descends from the mountains on the north of Patna and discharges itself into the Ganges in that city which is famous for the remarkable stone flint, salagram; for Cannah signifies in Chaldee, vermiculi genus, a species ...of the snail kind generated in the rocks, and which are indented and marked with the figure of the insect......". Another possibility though is that Cannah may be a reference to the Hindu God Krishna, who is also commonly referred to as 'Kanaah' or 'Kanan'.

The etymology of the name 'Eden' is unknown. The name Eden is equated with 'delightful place', only because in the Genesis Eden is described as a 'delightful place somewhere in the east'.

Traditionally, the favored derivation of the name 'Eden' was from the Akkadian edinnu. Edinnu is itself derived from a Sumerian word meaning 'plain' or 'steppe'. In Sanskrit 'edhini' (एधिनि) simply means 'earth' - and probably best fits into the meaning of the verse. 

As far as Haran is concerned, Haran is another name of Lord Shiva. There is a Haran which was located near the Turkish- Syrian border in the middle of an arid plain and is said to be one of the oldest Mesopotamian settlements. But where did it get its name from? 

Two etymologies are generally presented. The earliest records of Harran come from the Ebla tablets, c. 2300 BC. Harran's name is said to be from Akkadian ḫarrānum (fem.), "road"; ḫarrānātum (pl.).[6]


The biblical placename is חָרָן‎ (with a ḥet) in Hebrew, pronounced [ħaːraːn] and can mean "parched," but is more likely to mean "road" or "crossroad," cognate to Old Babylonian ḫaranu (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 54'). The personal name Haran is spelled הָרָן‎ (with a hei) in Hebrew and means "mountaineer".



Harran is mentioned in early cuneiform records of the Sumerians and Hittites as 𒌷𒊮𒆜 (URU.ŠÀ.KASKAL), sometimes shortened to 𒆜 (KASKAL),[9] transliterated as Ḫarrānu(m).[10][11] Ḫarrānu literally means "journey", "caravan" or "crossroad".[4] It is often interpreted as "caravan path"[11] or "intersection of routes and travel".[8] Harran is rendered as ܚܳܪܳܢ (hrn) in Aramaic,[12] חָרָן (Ḥaran) in Hebrew, حَرَّان (Ḥarrân) in Arabic,[13] حران (Harrān) in Ottoman Turkish,[14] and Harran in modern Turkish.[15]

The ancient Assyrians called the city Huzirina.[16] Ḫarrānu was Hellenised to Kárrhai (Kάρραι)[17] in the Hellenistic period.[18] The Romans later Latinised the Greek name into Carrhae.[18][19] Due to the prominence of both Harran and Carrhae in historical literary sources, some scholars use the compound name "Carrhae-Harran" for the ancient city.[20] Under the Byzantine Empire, the city continued to be called Carrhae (Kάρραι) but was also sometimes referred to as Hellenopolis (Eλληνóπoλις),[17] "city of the pagan Greeks", in reference to the strong pagan traditions there.[4][10]
History

Excavations in Haran have revealed a large mudbrick building which dates to the end of the 3rd millennium BC. It is thought this might be the predecessor to the temple of the Sumerian and Mesopotamian Moon-God Sin.

The insignia of the Moon God Sin bears a remarkable likeness to that of the Vedic God Shiva. In fact, Shiva is also known as Som-nath (सोमनाथ) which means 'Lord of the Moon'. Shiva's insignia includes the crescent moon and the bull called 'Vrishabha' or 'Nandi' who was the vehicle of Lord Shiva.

The earliest known form of the name 'Sin' is 'Suen' which may well be a distortion of the Sanskrit 'Shivam' - the name of the Vedic Moon God. In any case 'Haran' (हरन), is another name for Lord Shiva.

As we have already seen there is much debate on the origins of the name Canan, its etymology is unknown, but in the Indic view and to those who are familiar with the Rig Veda and Mahabharata,  it is obvious that the name Canan is a distortion of the name Pani to Phani and Kani. From Phani came the term Phoenicians and from Kani came the term Canaan. Un time the name Canaan came to be associated with the life of Krishna also called Kanha in the common language. We have the proof in two names First, the Gannesaret lake was also called Kunnerat.a reminder both of Canaan and Kanga. The river 'Kishon' is a reminder of Krishna. There is also the 'Narbata' that flows in Israel. Towns by the names Ramah and Ramathiam and Canan and Gitta still exist in Israel, and the memory of Baal refuses to fade away. In the Canaanite pantheon. Prof. P. N. Oak has argued that Baal is none other than Baleshwara or Sri Krishna. 

No matter where these Biblical cities were situated, their names reveal that by some quirk is twist they were heavily influenced by Sanskrit and the culture of India. For more on the Indian influence on Haran and Eden click here and here.

Ancient Haran, located north of Euphrates River.
Haran is another name of Vedic God Shiva.
Sanskritic names on the map include a town
by the name 'Nagar' - Sanskrit for 'town'

Insignia of the Moon God 'Sin'
of Haran. Notice the crossed-legged posture akin to
yogic semi-Padmasana of Shiva, the crescent moon
and the bulls which were the vehicles of the moon-god 'Sin'. 

Suggested readings:
1.The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany,
Volume VIII
2. History and Chronology of the Myth-Making Age by J.F. Hewitt

3. Black pepper: Piper Nigrum edited by P.N. Ravindran

Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: A Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths - William Foxwell Albright - Google Books

BIBLICAL RIVER PISHON - THE INDIA CONNECT

In his book, the Antiquities of the Jews, Roman-Jewish scholar Flavius Josephus (37 - 100 AD), in his description of the four rivers of the Bible, the Pishon, Gihon, the Tigris and the Euphrates, stated that the unidentified river Pishon was either the Indus River or the Ganges, while the Gihon was the Nile. 

Though it is often assumed that the Garden and Eden are the same place, many rabbis hold the view that the verse which states,".. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four major rivers" suggests that the garden and Eden are two different places.

The Genesis further states in Verse 2:11, "…The name of the first is Pishon, the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is. And the gold of that land is good. There is bdellium and the onyx stone. The name of the second river is Gihon, the one that winds through the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Hiddekel, the one that flows east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Perat."

Josephus' interpretation is quoted here, " Now the garden was watered by one river, which ran round about the whole earth, and was parted into four parts. And Phison, which denotes a multitude, running into India, makes its exit into the sea, and is by the Greeks called Ganges.... And Geon runs through Egypt, and denotes what arises from the east, which the Greeks call Nile".

In his book Atlantis the Final Solution: A Scientific History of Humanity, author Zia Abbas states, " ... the most important point about the above verse is that it tells that in Havilah, onyx stone was found, onyx is a marble like stone which is only found in present day Pakistan ... Also the Indian subcontinent ...has been known for thousands of years, as a place where good quality gold is found. Many invaders and conquerors had only attacked India for the gold...". 

On the Indus, close to Haripur in present-day Pakistan, stands a town by the name Havelian, which some say may be the Havilah that the Genesis refers to. The bdellium mentioned in the verse is the guggul tree, which grows commonly in the Indian subcontinent.

Steven J. Gold states in his book 'Yoga and Judaism', "...There's an opinion that the one (river) called Pishon was the Ganges. These are not far-out New Age interpretations; this is coming from traditional Jewish commentators. The Pishon/Ganges surrounded the land of Havilah, believed to be a reference to India. Another fascinating description in the same section referring to the Pishon/Ganges and Havilah/India refers to Havilah as land of good gold, 'bedolach' and 'shoham' stone. Jumping ahead to Exodus .....  There is a lot of detail about the vestments of the High Priests. Part of the vestments was a breastplate.... There were many items on the breastplate, including stones representing each of the twelve tribes, and a stone for every letter in the Hebrew alphabet. The same shoham stones mentioned as coming from the land of Havilah/India in Genesis were included on the breastplate and the two shoulder straps attached to it...".

The priest's breastplate was not only ornamental,  but it was functional. It served as an oracle and would spell out the answers that the priest could gauge by studying the manner in which the Indian shoham stones on the breastplate would light up.

Steven Gold links the word 'shoham' to the Sanskrit 'soham' and links it to the soham mantra, which means, "That I am, I am that." He says, "Shoham certainly sounds like soham.  In fact, in Biblical Hebrew, the same consonants would be used for the two words, with the only difference being the placement of a dot above the first letter... ".

The Abarim Publications site, which has published thousands of articles on Bible study from all kinds of angles but mostly from a scientific point of view states, "Many enthusiasts have wondered where the Garden of Eden might have been located, and since the Bible mentions that two of its rivers were the mighty Tigris of Assyria and Euphrates of Babylon (Genesis 2:14), it was at some point concluded that Paradise must have been in Mesopotamia. But this assumption is obviously based on an error, because one of the other two Paradisal rivers (even the first or oldest two) flows through Africa, namely the Gihon, which flows around the whole land of Cush, which is Nubia (Genesis 2:13). The fourth (or rather the first or oldest) is the Pishon, which flows around Havilah. Where Havilah might have been is unclear, but the Pishon may very well have been the Indus River".

There is no known etymology of Pishon, though in Hebrew the name Pishon could be derived from פוש (push), meaning to spring about or to be scattered. In Sanskrit, the closest cognates are Ishan (इषन्), meaning 'pouring out'. The name Pishon is interpreted as "the great effusion"; the river is described as a "reminder of God's abounding grace". In Sanskrit, a cognate of Pishon is 'poshin' (पोषिन्), which means 'nurturing ', which is the equivalent of 'God's abounding grace'.

About the location of Havilah, Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938) one of the earliest Chinese revolutionaries of the late Qing Dynasty wrote in his book named 'The Creation, the Garden of Eden and the Origin of the Chinese', published in 1914 that based on the geographical description in the Bible it is evident that the Garden of Eden was located in China and that Havilah was India. Here is a map from his book.

According to Chinese scholar Tse Tsan-tai, the land of Havilah is India.

And there is much truth in what Tse Tsan-tai claimed.                                                                                          ...... continued here.

Suggested Readings:

1. Judaism and Yoga by Steven J. Gold
2. Abarim Publications

THE BOSNIAN PYRAMIDS AND TOPRAKALIA HILL - THE SANSKRIT CONNECT -

At the point where the Fojnica River flows into Bosnia into the Visoko valley, a complex of five gigantic pyramids in a valley (since named 'Valley of the Pyramids'), have been discovered by amateur archaeologist Muris Osmanagic. 

Adjacent to this Valley of Five Pyramids is a hill by the name Toprakalia. Toprakalia is hypothesised to be the site of a yet unexcavated tumulus - a mound constructed over a burial site - perhaps for one of the ancient builders of the pyramids. The five pyramids as well as the Toprakalia are still being excavated, and though there is a doubt whether the pyramids are natural formations or man-made, the site is extraordinary, nevertheless. Three of the five pyramids are known to be aligned to the cardinal points, and that alone is taken as evidence by some  scholars that the pyramids may not be natural formations. Toprakalia hill is no less significant either for reasons cited later.

Pyramid of the Sun is aligned to the cardinal points.

Of the name Toprakalia Muris Osmanagic says that it is a "strange, non-Slavic name". Its meaning is unknown. Some have conjectured that the name may have Turkish origins - 'toprak' is Turkish for 'ground'. Others say that Toprakalia was the name of a Turkish soldier from the times of the Ottoman rule in Bosnia. But if the name has more ancient origins, one may look at decoding it with the help of Sanskrit.

In Sanskrit, the root word 'tap' (तप्) means austerity, penance and is often used in reference to penance performed by sages and their sacred sites. In the ancient times, and this is true even today, sages and rishis retire to the hills and mountains for 'tap' (meditation). The sacred sites are known as 'tapovan(s)' or 'tapod(s)'.

Cognates of the Sanskrit 'tap' appear in names of many ancient holy hills and mountain names in South America, especially in Mexico. Some of these are Tepatit·n, Tuxtepec, Tepec, Tepic, Mazatepec, Tepetatas, Tepantita, Tepetzintla, Tepuste, Tepetlix and Tepetlalco. (These names are from the research done by Gene Matlock).

Distortions of 'tap' appear in the names of Goebekli Tepe in Turkey. The Turkish word 'tepe' is commonly translated as 'hill'. But the word 'tepe' also appears in the name of another ancient site called Gonur Tepe in Turkmenistan which is not a hill or a mound. In both these cases 'Tepe' refers to a sacred scientific site where it can be safely assumed much contemplation must have taken place in ancient times. And this is exactly what the Sanskrit 'tap' means.

Scholars such as Gene Matlock have linked the word 'tepe' to the Sanskrit 'stupa' (स्तूप) which means a 'heap' or a 'pile' or a 'mound'. Interestingly, in the Bosnian language the word for 'mound' is 'tup'.

The second Sanskrit word that appears in many ancient- site names, especially those which are thought to have been observatories is 'kala' (काल), which means 'time' or 'death' or 'black'. Examples include the Kalasasaya megalithic site in Bolivia and Callanish in Scotland. It is the same word that has made its way into the English word 'calendar', where it appears as the prefix.

With this as the background, one may interpret the name Toprakalia as a site where studies and research was done to study 'kala' or 'time'. The Pyramids of Bosnia may have been observatories constructed at strategic sites the significance of which is unknown at this time.

Osmanagic Muris has described Toprakalia as a "place of a powerful magnetic pole" where compasses do not respond. Rather than a tomb for the dead Toprakalia may well be a place for ascension. The names Visoko and Vratnica, the site of the pyramids and other temple structures, translate as 'free from sorrow' and 'worship' from Sanskrit.

A replica of a pyramid from the Neolithic age dated to 6000-3000 BCE, has recently been excavated from Donje Mostre region of the Valley of the Pyramids. Richard Merrick, an acoustical engineer and alternative researcher is of the opinion that several votive pyramids excavated in Greece and Bulgaria are taken as evidence of Vedic Cosmology having been brought into Old Europe and the theological motivation for the construction of the pyramids in Bosnia. Click here for more on this subject.

A votive-pyramid artefact dated to 6000-3000BC discovered
at the Donje Mostre site at the Valley of the Pyramids, Bosnia
Picture Courtesy: www.s8mint.com 

Suggested Links: 

1.Another Evidence of Bosnian Pyramids
2. Vratnice - The Court and Cult of the Dead Rulers
3 Tombs, megaliths and mysterious symbols
4. Neolithic pyramid shaped artifact