Dwarka

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 the Hindu scriptures and was once the capital of Krishna, the Hindu deity^(h).

Similarly, the submerged city of Mahabalipuram on the other side of the country would seem to have suffered in the same way, although Dr Glenn Milne, from Durham University, dates that particular submergence to 4000 BC± 1000 years^(c). In early 2016 it was announced^(d) that one of the legendary Six Pagodas of Mahabalipuram has been discovered. Others have suggested that the sunken cities of Cambay may be even older than 9,500 years^(g)!

Bibhu Dev Misra is the author of a 2018 paper, in which he explores the idea that the inundation of Dwarka was a consequence of a megatsunami resulting from the cometary impact which created the Burckle Crater in the Indian Ocean⁽ⁱ⁾.

>An Indian astronomy site has an article^(j) by Dr Manish Pandit supporting this idea, dating the event to some time between 2800 and 3050 BC and suggesting that the impact was caused by the Comet Soho which was seen in Feb. 3030 BC.<

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.

Some 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.

In August 2016, a blogger, possibly Indian, again proposed that Atlantis and Dwarka were mirror images, adding that Krishna and Hercules were one and the same^(e), an idea expanded on elsewhere^(f).

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

^(b) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2dWngyZH4 &  youtube.com/watch?v=NVIsjx5X3QM

^(c) See: Archive 2380

^(d) https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/scientists-say-one-legendary-six-pagodas-mahabalipuram-has-been-discovered-020795?nopaging=1

^(e) See: Archive 3162

^(f) Shri Krishna and Hercules – indian and greek mythology – Indian mythology (archive.org)

^(g) https://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/73413-the-aryan-invasion-fact-or-fiction/?tab=comments#comment-1004345 

^(h) https://rmiessle.sites.gettysburg.edu/rel-247/vaishnav-krishna/dwarka/ *

⁽ⁱ⁾ The Comet Impact In The Indian Ocean That May Have Submerged Dwaraka – Graham Hancock Official Website 

^(j) https://astronomyofindia.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/the-burckle-crater-evidence-for-sinking-of-dwarka-in-3030bce/ *