Tag: Ancient Temples

Mahabeer Temple, Afghanistan In the busy streets of Shor Bazar in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan lies an old neglected structure of what is known as the Mahabeer Temple. Since the spread of hardline islamic movement, most of the non islamic places of worships have been destroyed. The idols were either taken away by...

Temples in Egypt Sir Flinders Petrie of the British school of Egyptian Archaeology discovered at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, some statues of Indian saints in deep meditation. Such discoveries prove the existence of an Indian colony in ancient Egypt about 500 B.C. One of the statues represents an Indian yogi sitting crossed legs...

Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks owed a lot to the Indian Philosophy. The Macedonians or the Greeks were the followers of the Egyptinas, who were influenced by the teachings of the Jain. Gymnosophists. The religious history of the Greek , too, show signs of the prevalence of Jain doctrines in their country. Before Alexander was...

Temples in Egypt Sir Flinders Petrie of the British school of Egyptian Archaeology discovered at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, some statues of Indian saints in deep meditation. Such discoveries prove the existence of an Indian colony in ancient Egypt about 500 B.C. One of the statues represents an Indian yogi sitting crossed legs...