Dr. Ashok Malhotra (1950- ) is a professor of engineering who has authored a number of books on engineering and education. In addition he has subscribed to a number of Internet forums outlining his views^(a) on Atlantis. He contends that the Atlantis tale originated in the Indus Valley region with the submergence of the city of Dwarka. Subsequently, survivors brought the story to Sumeria from where it was eventually brought to Egypt and then transmitted to Solon with understandable modifications given its age, distance travelled and several translations. Incidentally, a wooden block was recovered from the sunken remains of Dwarka in 2007 and so a definitive date for its inundation should soon be available.

Dr. Malhotra has written^(b) a flattering review of Atlantipedia on Amazon.com, for which I am most grateful.

^(a) http://ezinearticles.com/?In-Search-of-Atlantis—-Getting-Closer&id=313482

^(b) http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C8QB5KKY8V4D