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**heinz_1966** · 08-14-2009, 03:20 AM

anand,

california was so named by the spaniards of the 1500s. i can be fairly certain, that these guys had no clues of hindu mythology or scriptures.

how could they have derived the name california from kapilaranya, when they would have had not known of kapila.

to attribute the name to kapila, reminds me of the old soviet science text books that was prescribed to us in colleges, where every scientific discovery was attributed to russian scientists.

now a days, i think, i have heard that our ancient rishis and scientists have thought of, discovered almost every human endeavour, prior to the modern world. i will go along with that for a lark, but in all seriousness????

08-14-2009, 03:20 AM	#4
heinz_1966 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	anand, california was so named by the spaniards of the 1500s. i can be fairly certain, that these guys had no clues of hindu mythology or scriptures. how could they have derived the name california from kapilaranya, when they would have had not known of kapila. to attribute the name to kapila, reminds me of the old soviet science text books that was prescribed to us in colleges, where every scientific discovery was attributed to russian scientists. now a days, i think, i have heard that our ancient rishis and scientists have thought of, discovered almost every human endeavour, prior to the modern world. i will go along with that for a lark, but in all seriousness????
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