The submergence of the lost city of Dwarka (a.k.a. Dvaraka) is a well-known legend from India, stemming from the Mahabharata. Like Atlantis, the story says that Dwarka sank beneath the sea at some point in the ancient past. Some people think this is a historical event that occurred in the early Vedic period. Others say it happened at the end of the ice age. Some think it never happened at all. In this video, Dr. Miano investigates the claims made by the Ancient Astronaut Archive channel and by Graham Hancock, and looks into the archaeological excavations that have been done in Gujarat to see if there is any truth behind the tale.

CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
02:32 The Myth
08:48 Archaeology of the Site
22:02 "Finds" in the Gulf of Khambat
32:20 Current Work at Dwarka and the Cause of Submergence

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Original video by Ancient Astronaut Archive:
   • Dwarka Krishna's Lost City Discovered  

Graham Hancock's documentary Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age:
   • Video  

Archaeological work at Dwarka:
https://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2533
http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/hand...
http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/...
http://www.themua.org/collections/fil...
http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/hand...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24106004
https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/1...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24109935

Dvaraka in Tamil tradition:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26493975

Claims of Dr. Badrinaryan:
https://www.archaeologyonline.net/art...
https://grahamhancock.com/badrinaryanb1/

Geologists weigh in on the "artifacts" found in the Gulf of Khambat:
http://www.hallofmaat.com/lostciv/a-r...
http://www.hallofmaat.com/wsog/artifa...

On the shoreline changes near Dwarka:
http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/hand...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24102929
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24096832
http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/hand...

Other discoveries on the Gujarat coast:
http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/hand...

On the age of Dilmun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359904

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