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Chapter 03
Satellite Studies and Imagery
Ashtapad means five main elements - Prithvi (Earth), Jal (Water), Vayu (Air), Agni (Fire), Akash (Space) and Three yajamans - Sun, Moon and Pashupatinath (Lord of Animals - Lord Shiva). Swastika
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The earliest archaeological evidence of a Swastika motif dates from the Upper Paleolithic period (ca. 10,000 B.C E).The Swastika symbol has been used for thousands of years already in almost all human civilizations as a sign for good luck and protection.
The Swastika has been a religious emblem of worldwide occurrence since at
least 10,000 B.C. It appeared on the oldest coinage in India, on images of Buddha in Japan and on Greek and Roman figures of the Great Goddess. On artifacts dating from the thirteenth century B.C. onward, the Swastika has been found in Asia Minor, Greece, China, Persia, Lybia, Scandinavia, Britain and Iceland. In popular notions, it is the Jain cross. Swastika is means having eight "pad" or legs. If the site was having swastika shape then this shape may be important in reference to Ashtapad Maha Tirth.
Author has worked in the field of space archaeology and detected many unexplored archaeological sites on satellite data which were located on maps and confirmed on ground in Indian states and adjoining countries. Our ancient cities were having certain shapes and the cities were known as per the layout and the shapes of the cities like Dandaka, Prastara, Chaturmukha, Nandyavarta, Karmuka, Padmaka, Sarvatobhadra etc., as shown under.
Various layouts of the cities
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Sarvatobhadra
Mandvavarta
Padmaka
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Prastara
Karmukha
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Chaturmukha
The City of Patliputra
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2 Garden
3 Water and Fish Tank
4 Bazaar and Street
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5 Houses of Citizen
6 Wooden Wall
7 Water Ditch
8 Main Gate of the city
Satellite picture also shows various shapes of ancient cities like square, rectangular, triangular, semi lunar, circular etc. City like Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha located in Nepal was having a rectangular shape. Ahichhatra in Uttar Pradesh India was having a triangular shape, Kalinga or Shisupalgadh was of square shape, Nalanda was having square/rectangular/or plus
Locating probable unexplored Archaeological site...
| SR No. | 009860 |
| Book Title | Ashtapad Maha Tirth 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rajnikant Shah, Others |
| Publisher | USA Jain Center America NY |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Total Pages | 532 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 26 MB |