Dwarka, which means ‘door’ in Sanskrit, is a city in North-West India in the state of Gujarat. Today’s Dwarka is the seventh to bear this name, the previous six having been successively submerged. The original city is referred to throughout tyhe Hindu scriptures and was once the capital of Krishna, the Hindu deity.

    The search for the ancient Dwarka had been ongoing for some decades, until a circular wooden structure was discovered underwater off the coast of Jamnagar. Scientists have dated the original Dwarka to around 2280 BC. Plans have been submitted for the development of the world’s first underwater museum on the site.

    A number of investigators, including Dr. Ashok Malhotra, have suggested that the submergence of Dwarka was the inspiration behind the story of the inundation of Atlantis. Binoy Gupta, a retired government official, subscribes^(a) to the same idea but offers little hard evidence to support it.

    Readers may find this YouTube clip^(b) interesting.  

^(a) http://indianbureaucratsdiary.blogspot.com/2008/02/dwarka-lost-atlantis.html  

^(b) http://www.medhajournal.com/news/346-dr-s-r-raos-interview-on-dwarka-findings.html