600 Years Old Tamil Bell found in New Zealand
Who discovered New Zealand ? Certainly Indian tamilians atleast during
late 14th or early 15th century, but not Abel Tasman.
Tamil Bell is a broken bronze bell discovered in approximately 1836 by
missionary William Colenso.
It was being used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori women near
Whangarei in the Northland Region of New Zealand when found.
The bell is 13 cm long and 9 cm deep, and has an inscription running
around the rim of the bell has been identified as old or ancient
Tamil. When translated, it says “ Muhayideen Baksh’s ship’s bell“.
Some of the characters in the inscription are of an archaic form no
longer seen in modern Tamil script, thus suggesting that the bell
could be more than 500 years old, possibly from the Later Pandya
period.
This Muhayideen Baksh’s or Muhaideen Vakka’s was interpreted in few
books by authors wrongly as Spanish Helmet .
This Bell dating back to atleast 15th century, proves the
origin of human settlements in Australia and New Zealand.
Seafarers from Trincomalee may have reached New Zealand during the
period of increased trade between the Vanni (Wanni) country and South
East Asia.
The discovery of this Bell proves that the Dutch explorer
Abel Tasman and British Captain James Cook were not the first
Europeans to reach New Zealand.
Maori people questioned through Cook’s Tahitian interpreter, were
consistent in their belief that no white men had been seen in the
country before the Endeavour’s arrival.
This also proves that it was Asians (Indians), who reached New Zealand
earlier than Europeans.
Infact, New Zealand was first explored and explained in earth’s
geography by Sugreeva in Valmiki Ramayana.
When William Colenso, visited a remote inland Maori village in the
north, near Whangarei, he was surprised to find the local Maori people
were using an old upturned ship bell as a cooking utensil. When
questioned as to where the bell had come from, they gave an
interesting reply.
The bell had been discovered hidden in the roots of an old tree
uprooted in a storm. Other than that they had no idea about what the
bell was or how it had arrived there. There was nothing similar in
their culture with which to compare it.
Colenso managed to exchange the bell for a large iron cooking pot and
kept the bell, hoping to find out more about it. The bell was donated
to the Dominion Museum in 1890 and now belongs to the New Zealand
national museum, Te Papa.
Experts studied the 24 letters of the inscription, which seem to make
up six or seven words and appears to date from the period 1400 to 1500
CE, making the bell, at the time of Colenso’s discovery of it, already
400 years old.
Who discovered New Zealand ? Certainly Indian tamilians atleast during
late 14th or early 15th century, but not Abel Tasman.
Tamil Bell is a broken bronze bell discovered in approximately 1836 by
missionary William Colenso.
It was being used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori women near
Whangarei in the Northland Region of New Zealand when found.
The bell is 13 cm long and 9 cm deep, and has an inscription running
around the rim of the bell has been identified as old or ancient
Tamil. When translated, it says “ Muhayideen Baksh’s ship’s bell“.
Some of the characters in the inscription are of an archaic form no
longer seen in modern Tamil script, thus suggesting that the bell
could be more than 500 years old, possibly from the Later Pandya
period.
This Muhayideen Baksh’s or Muhaideen Vakka’s was interpreted in few
books by authors wrongly as Spanish Helmet .
This Bell dating back to atleast 15th century, proves the
origin of human settlements in Australia and New Zealand.
Seafarers from Trincomalee may have reached New Zealand during the
period of increased trade between the Vanni (Wanni) country and South
East Asia.
The discovery of this Bell proves that the Dutch explorer
Abel Tasman and British Captain James Cook were not the first
Europeans to reach New Zealand.
Maori people questioned through Cook’s Tahitian interpreter, were
consistent in their belief that no white men had been seen in the
country before the Endeavour’s arrival.
This also proves that it was Asians (Indians), who reached New Zealand
earlier than Europeans.
Infact, New Zealand was first explored and explained in earth’s
geography by Sugreeva in Valmiki Ramayana.
When William Colenso, visited a remote inland Maori village in the
north, near Whangarei, he was surprised to find the local Maori people
were using an old upturned ship bell as a cooking utensil. When
questioned as to where the bell had come from, they gave an
interesting reply.
The bell had been discovered hidden in the roots of an old tree
uprooted in a storm. Other than that they had no idea about what the
bell was or how it had arrived there. There was nothing similar in
their culture with which to compare it.
Colenso managed to exchange the bell for a large iron cooking pot and
kept the bell, hoping to find out more about it. The bell was donated
to the Dominion Museum in 1890 and now belongs to the New Zealand
national museum, Te Papa.
Experts studied the 24 letters of the inscription, which seem to make
up six or seven words and appears to date from the period 1400 to 1500
CE, making the bell, at the time of Colenso’s discovery of it, already
400 years old.
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