Why old Ghaggar cannot be the Rigvedic river Sarasvati?
Rajesh Kochhar Sarasvati is the most celebrated river in the Rigveda on whose banks numerous hymns were composed. While many rivers are merely named, Sarasvati is described at length…
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The rivers Sarasvati: Reconciling the sacred texts
Rajesh Kochhar Sarasvati is mentioned prominently, repeatedly and in detail in the Rigveda as a real river. It also figures in the secondary Vedic literature as well as in…
Rahu and Ketu in mythological and “astronomological” contexts
Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol, 45, no.2, June 2010, pp. 287-297 Rajesh Kochhar Abstract Rahu and Katu were deployed as planetary deities in the sixth century CE immediately…
Rajesh Kochhar : The Vedic People, reviewed by S. Muralidharan (2000)
Volume 17 – Issue 25, Dec. 9 – 22, 2000 India’s National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU BOOKS Questions about the Aryan identity 200) SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN …
The Vedic Void: Understanding the Past Through Science (2004)
Times of India ( edit page) 17 Jul. 2004 LEADER ARTICLE The Vedic Void: Understanding the Past Through Science RAJESH KOCHHAR Did the Vedic people come from outside, or…
The Rgvedic Soma Plant
From the book ‘Medicine and Life Sciences in India’, published by Centre for Studies in Civilization, 2001, New Delhi Soma is a celebrated plant in the Rgveda as well…