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Two magnificent wide shell bangles, each made from a single conch shell (Turbinella pyrum) found at Harappa. “The use of marine shell in the manufacture of ornaments and ritual objects provides one of the most striking examples of the continuity between the Indus cities and later cultures in South Asia. Along the coastal regions of Makran, Kutch and Gujarat, the conch shell or Turbinella pyrum was collected throughout the period following the decline of Indus cities. Later, with the rise of cities in the northern sub-continent this marine shell became common at inland sites in the Gangetic region as far north as Taxila. As Mauryan contacts expanded to the south, some shell may have been collected from South Indian waters and traded to workshops throughout penninsular India.” (Mark Kenoyer, Ancient Cities, p. 182).-Harappa.com

Places to Visit in #AndhraPradesh

5)The Undavalli Caves , an example of Indian rock-cut architecture and a finest testimonial of ancient vishwakarma sthapathis, are located in the village of Undavalli in Tadepalle Mandal in Guntur District, near the southern bank of the Krishna River, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

These caves have been carved out of solid sandsone on a hillside in the 4th to 5th centuries A.D.] There are several caves. The best known and largest one has four stories with a huge unknown recreated statue reclining posture sculpted from a single block of granite inside the second floor. Originally a Jain cave resembling architecture of Udayagiri and Khandgiri. Main cave belongs to the earliest examples of Gupta architecture, primarily primitive rock-cut monastery cells carved into the sandstone hills.Initially caves were shaped as a Jain abode and the first floor still retains style of abode of Jain ascetics vihara including Thirthankara sculptures.
The first level of the cave in carved in to the vihara includes Buddhist art work. This site served as the Bhikkhu monastic complex during ancient period.
The walls of the caves display sculptures carved by skilled craftsmen.

There are many other notable cave systems in #Andhra :

#Borra Caves
#Yaganti Caves

An Untold Story of ‪#‎Indian‬ Sun Dial (Clock)
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Sun Dial, a historical instrument shown in photo is the 1,400-year-old sun clock mounted on the 35-feet-high inner wall of Sivayoginathar temple at Thiruvisainallur, some 12 km from Kumbakonamin Thanjavur district. It is the only ‘wall clock’ in Tamil Nadu in the real sense of the term.The temple authorities have decided to refurbish the historic legacy which stands testimony to the infinite wisdom and scientific temper of the Chola kings.

The wall clock built during Parantaka Cholan’s rule does not require battery or electricity. Carved out of granite and shaped like a semi-circle, all it has is a three inch-long brass needle permanently fixed at the centre of a horizontal line. As the sun casts its rays on the needle, the shadow of the needle indicates the right time. The people, mostly the devotees coming to the temple, deciphered the time of the day by watching the silhouette cast by the needle of the sun clock from six am to six pm, and perhaps planned their day accordingly.British have added numerals while repainting the centuries old sun clock for easy reference.

Expectedly, time has taken its toll on the sun clock at the sixth-century temple. The clock will work as long as the sun shines because of its unique working principle. But due to brass discoloration, the needle is getting blurred on the granite surface.

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Connected with the Nine Unknown Men is the mystery of the waters of the Ganges. Multitudes of pilgrims, suffering from the most appalling diseases, bathe in them without harming the healthy ones. The sacred waters purify everything.

Their strange properties have been attributed to the fact that they contain bacteriophages. But why should these not be formed in the Bramaputra, the Amazon or the Seine? Jacolliot in his book advances the theory of sterilization by radiation, a hundred years before such a thing was thought to be possible. These radiations, he says, probably come from a secret temple hollowed out in the bed of the Ganges.

Avoiding all forms of religious, social or political agitations, deliberately and perfectly concealed from the public eye, the Nine were the incarnation of the ideal man of science, serenely aloof, but conscious of his moral obligations. Having the power to mould the destiny of the human race, but refraining from its exercise, this secret society is the finest tribute imaginable to freedom of the most exalted kind.

Looking down from the watch-tower of their hidden glory, these Nine Unknown Men watched civilizations being born, destroyed and re-born again, tolerant rather than indifferent, and ready to come to the rescue – but always observing that rule of silence that is the mark of human greatness.

The Nine were the incarnation of the ideal man of science, serenely aloof, but conscious of his moral obligations. Having the power to mould the destiny of the human race, but refraining from its exercise, this secret society is the finest tribute imaginable to freedom of the most exalted kind.

Looking down from the watch-tower of their hidden glory, these Nine Unknown Men watched civilizations being born, destroyed and re-born again.

But how could they have known?

The Nine are very much still with us. There are people amongst us who use ‘The Nine’ to brainwash us and keep us ‘numb’. They form their own secret conspiracy’s to rule the world by doctrine, war and money…governments, major companies and even religions.

The Nine in popular culture

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Fantasy writer and Theosophist Talbot Mundy titled of one his
Jimgrim novels The Nine Unknown, propagating the story.

The society is mentioned several times in The Illuminatus! Trilogy and the bronze head is a resource card in the Illuminati card game.

The Nine Unknown are also mentioned in the Strugatsky Brothers’ novel A Billion Years Before the End of the World as one of the possible forces behind the mysterious intervention in scientists’ work.

“Putta Block” by The Fall.

The fantasy fiction[vague] Legend of the 9 paid a homage to the Nine by expanding the story context[vague] into a modern setting.