Silak Ram Phogat
Dr. Silak Ram Phogat was a very reputed Archaeologist who served as Professor of Ancient History and Indian Culture, Kurukshetra University and later moved to don the post of Professor and Chairman of History Department of MDU Rohtak. His intensive research work on the pre and proto history of Haryana reveals him as a man endowed with deep scholarship and analytic mind.
He discovered Original Kashi
Hukum Singh Panwar writes:The original Kashi, according to Dr. Silak Ram Phogat, was also situated in Haryana, the south-eastern part of the Sapta Saindhava country. Dr. Silak Ram Phogat has identified it, in his recent research, with Kameshawar, a Tirathsthan or centre of pilgrims (Mbt.Aranyaka Parva:81.46[1]; Vamana Purana Saramahatmya, 14.42) traditionally known as Kasisvara, on the ruins of which now is the village named Theh Polar, 15 Km. NW of Kaithal (Kapisthal, birth-place of Hanuman), in the Guhla Tehsil of Kurukshetra district. [2]
Very important discovery
This is a very important discovery. If this Kashi is older than the other Kashi then it would certainly be a good piece of evidence to understand the Aryan tribes expansion beyond the Yamuna River.The presence of the Kashi in this part of Haryana in ancient times shows that with the expansion of Aryan tribes a new place in Uttar Pradesh was also addressed as Kashi which later on developed as a famous centre of Sanskrit studies. Hence, the need of thorough study of the site to fix up its date line.
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- ↑ ततॊ ऽमबुवश्यं धर्मज्ञ समासाद्य यथाक्रमम । काशेश्वरस्य तीर्थेषु सनात्वा भरतसत्तम । सर्वव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तॊ बरह्मलॊके महीयते ।।
- ↑ The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations, p.194
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