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    Space images from NASA reveal an ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka named Adam's Bridge that is around 18 miles long and made of shoals. The bridge's age and composition indicate that it is man-made. Archeological studies and legends date the first human inhabitants of Sri Lanka to around 1.75 million years ago, an age consistent with the bridge. The bridge's existence provides historical evidence for the Hindu epic Ramayana which describes a bridge built between India and Sri Lanka by Rama around 1.7 million years ago to rescue his wife Sita.

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    Space images from NASA reveal an ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka named Adam's Bridge that is around 18 miles long and made of shoals. The bridge's age and composition indicate that it is man-made. Archeological studies and legends date the first human inhabitants of Sri Lanka to around 1.75 million years ago, an age consistent with the bridge. The bridge's existence provides historical evidence for the Hindu epic Ramayana which describes a bridge built between India and Sri Lanka by Rama around 1.7 million years ago to rescue his wife Sita.

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    Space images from NASA reveal an ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka named Adam's Bridge that is around 18 miles long and made of shoals. The bridge's age and composition indicate that it is man-made. Archeological studies and legends date the first human inhabitants of Sri Lanka to around 1.75 million years ago, an age consistent with the bridge. The bridge's existence provides historical evidence for the Hindu epic Ramayana which describes a bridge built between India and Sri Lanka by Rama around 1.7 million years ago to rescue his wife Sita.

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    Space images from NASA reveal an ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka named Adam's Bridge that is around 18 miles long and made of shoals. The bridge's age and composition indicate that it is man-made. Archeological studies and legends date the first human inhabitants of Sri Lanka to around 1.75 million years ago, an age consistent with the bridge. The bridge's existence provides historical evidence for the Hindu epic Ramayana which describes a bridge built between India and Sri Lanka by Rama around 1.7 million years ago to rescue his wife Sita.

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    NASA Images Discover Ancient Bridge

    between India and Sri Lanka


    February 24, 2013 by Madhudvisa dasa
    Filed under India

    Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious


    ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and
    Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently
    named as Adams Bridge is made of chain of shoals,
    c.18 mi (30 km) long.
    The bridges unique curvature and composition by age
    reveals that it is man made. The legends as well as
    Archeological studies reveal that the first signs of human
    inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to the a primitive age,
    about 1,750,000 years ago and the bridges age is also
    almost equivalent.
    This information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the
    mysterious legend called Ramayana, which was supposed
    to have taken place in treta yuga (more than 1,700,000
    years ago).

    Arial View

    In this epic, there is a mentioning about a bridge, which


    was built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan
    coast under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible
    figure called Rama who is supposed to be the incarnation
    of the supreme.
    This information may not be of much importance to the
    archeologists who are interested in exploring the origins of
    man, but it is sure to open the spiritual gates of the

    people of the world to have come to know an ancient


    history linked to the Indian mythology.
    [Courtesy: NASA Digital Image Collection] [Homepage:
    http://www.nasa.gov/]

    TWO MORE SOURCES:


    SRI LANKA HISTORY

    The first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date


    back to the Stone Age, about 1.750.000 million years ago.
    These people are said to have come from the South of
    India and reached the Island through a land bridge
    connecting the Indian subcontinent to Sri Lanka named
    Adams Bridge. This is related so in the epic Hindu book of
    Ramayana.

    ADAMS BRIDGE

    Ramas Bridge, chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long, in


    the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. At high tide it
    is covered by c. 4 ft (1.2 m) of water. A steamer ferry
    links Rameswaram, India, with Mannar, Sri Lanka.
    According to Hindu legend, the bridge was built to
    transport Rama, hero of the Ramayana, to the island to
    rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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