G a u d i y a To u c h s t o n e
does not stand against the repeated discoveries of dinosaurs in different parts of the world and even in India. Yes, dinosaur remains and even dinosaur eggs have been discovered in Gujarat, India (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8671676.stm). However, when the fossilized eggs were first discovered, villagers took them home and began worshiping them as shivalingams (typical Hindus!).
When it is obvious that scientists are not running around falsifying dinosaur fossils and that dinosaurs did indeed exist in India, then it is reasonable to conclude that dinosaurs are indeed mentioned in Vedic literature and that archaeologists may have recently found the Makara in the fossil record in England. Admittedly, the case for the Megalodon fossil being the Timingila may be more convincing than that of the Pliosaur fossil being the Makara, but the later is certainly probable. Thus, it is worth reiterating a previous point regarding the age of man. According to scientific evidence, it is estimated that the last of the Pliosaur and Megalodons lived on this planet around 1.5 million years ago or before. That is a long time ago, especially considering that the estimated age (according to science) of the first human being was only 250,000 years ago. That would mean that the Pliosaur and Megalodon became extinct 1,250,000 years before the first human being spoke a coherent language, kept records or attempted to write anything. The Pliosaur and the Megalodon appear to be the same creatures as the Makara and the Timingila mentioned in Vedic texts. But what is so amazing or interesting about that, and what is our point?
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