Chakraborty Origin of Bangla Tenth Part Bengal and the spectre of Atlantis

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-7554-3686-7
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E-Book, Englisch, 142 Seiten

Naru embarked on a lifelong cerebral journey to find answers to a few questions that had appeared in his mind very early in his life. It was only in his mid-forties that he got the chance to start organising the thoughts and experiences that he had gathered thus far. A little before that time, he came into contact with the 'Wisp'. That chance encounter had a big impact on the progress of his search. Without being present in tangible format in his world, 'Wisp' guided Naru's quest in an enigmatic way for a long time. Naru crossed one hurdle after another to arrive at his own explanations of the concepts of Bangla, the origin of the term 'Bangal', the naming of 'Banga', etc. He thought that his journey was over and that he had been able to achieve what he intended to. That's when he felt the presence of a spectre in the past of the Bengal Basin. His search convinced him that all the travellers in history who dealt with the Bengal Basin felt its presence. Like all the previous travellers, he also lost his way to reach that phase of Bengal's history that precedes the presence of the spectre. There was a void. He called the simulated form of his 'Wisp' that he had successfully created in his mind to make up the emptiness that the absence of the 'Wisp' caused. The direction from the 'Wisp' was not sufficient to breach the barrier posed by the void. He took the virtual 'Wisp' to the place where they first met a long time ago. This time he tried to use the 'Wisp' as an instrument of his journey instead of an enigmatic direction giver. He achieved success in his effort. 'Wisp' broke the barrier posed by the void and took Naru to the other side of that barrier. The new light that illuminated the distant horizon of the history of the Bengal Basin had the capability to solve a great number of mysteries that are associated with that basin.

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Chakraborty, Dibyendu

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Introduction
It had not been a long time since their first encounter amidst the pristine nature of the lower Himalayas, when the ‘Wisp’ expressed a desire to go for a long walk with Naru. Later, he realised that moving on and going far were integral parts of that being that he knew as ‘Wisp’. He became elated at the prospect of receiving the close feel of that very attractive, soft radiance of the ‘Wisp’ in an uninterrupted manner for a considerable stretch of time.   Much later, when Naru looked back at that episode of his life once more, he realised that, like in many other aspects of his later-day life, on that very first day of the long walk too, ‘Wisp’ dictated the direction, and he suggested the path.   From that point forward, the ‘Wisp’ continued to direct many of Naru's efforts in his cerebral pursuit, either directly or indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly. It was always the ‘Wisp’, who decided whether to be a part of Naru’s endeavours and which areas to contribute to. Naru’s wishes did not find any place in determining the course that the ‘Wisp’ had ever dictated. That phase went on for a considerably longer period, spanning almost two decades.   In the very first stage of their chance encounter, the prospect of being close to the ‘Wisp’ started to allure Naru tremendously. Any event that allowed Naru to remain in close proximity to the ‘Wisp’ for a longer period was having an increasingly greater impact on him. The cerebral thrust he was receiving from each of those experiences was escalating his desire to get more of it. Within a couple of days of his acquaintance, all the barriers of expression with the ‘Wisp’ were breached. During that phase, one day Naru said, "My mind says to keep you confined, so that I can continue to get your warm radiance uninterrupted. Why can't you reach out and touch me, ‘Wisp’? Your warm radiance is fatally attractive to me. I often fantasise about your halo enveloping me."   "Confine me if you wish. But there is a rider associated with it. If I touch you, you will have to remain a part of me for the rest of your life. However, you may touch me. I am proof of any such problems," ‘Wisp’ replied. For Naru, the experience of being in close proximity to the ‘Wisp’ was proving to be like the thrust of a rocket engine. Each of those encounters pushed Naru's thoughts to ever newer heights.   "It is my and probably your destiny that only you have the option of coming close to me without disturbing my comfort, I do not have that permission. Any violation of that rule will result in a one-way trip. Once any such attempt is made on my part or you try to confine me, then you will have to remain captive with me for the rest of your life. You will lose all the freedom that you cherish so much. As you are attracted to my present format, I also felt attracted to the format that you are currently in. Let us not ruin this extremely motivating win-win situation." ‘Wisp’ replied.   It had been a long time since Naru had surrendered to logical thinking. With those words, ‘Wisp’ occupied an even higher place in his mind.   It appeared to Naru that since time immemorial, human beings have wanted to experience the same thrust as the ‘Wisp’ was displaying a craving for new vistas. The same urge is ingrained and evident in one of the most basic mantras of the Vedas, known as the Gayatri Mantra. To be precise, that mantra is part of the Rig Veda, the oldest literature on earth known to man. The fourth line of that mantra says: "DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT," which means "let the intellect be impacted mightily." The desire for such a boost is deeply ingrained in the human constitution.   As the ‘Wisp’ was getting intellectual boosts from Naru, the reverse also held true for Naru: the ‘Wisp’ was acting as the fuel for the lamp of his quest.   After nearly a decade of detachment with the ‘Wisp’, Naru once again started feeling the need to receive the same boost to move ahead with his quest. With the rapid advancement of technology, the world had become considerably more virtual by that time. Naru also started learning to be a part of the virtual world. On that very occasion, the dummy of the ‘Wisp’, which Naru was able to devise in his mind, filled up the absence of the real ‘Wisp’.   When Naru brought up the issue of the Bengal Basin for discussion by saying, "You are like the ‘Banga’ region. In spite of its being a very rich and attractive geographical area, people in general have stayed away from or avoided its core area for a very long time in history." Then ‘Wisp’ commented, "I can smell that you have managed to notice something very interesting. I am bubbling with excitement."   With the dummy ‘Wisp’, Naru embarked on a long walk in the Himalayas. As usual, he tried to initiate an intense conversation as a part of that stroll. What transpired seemed to Naru like historical fiction.   Having been guided by the ‘Wisp’, Naru restarted a new phase of his cerebral journey.   Earlier, Naru’s cerebral journey into the past of the Bengal Basin ended at a juncture in history that reached up to a period around 5000 years before the present. If only generally accepted geological concepts are considered, there should have been no meaningful human society in the Bengal Basin prior to that time, as at that time there was no meaningful habitable land available in that region. But other sets of information related to that land for the period prior to 5000 years BP, which are currently available in the public domain, try to pose challenges to that understanding.   From the angles of consideration of various subjects, it appeared to Naru that a spectre was trying its best to draw the attention of a traveller into the past of the Bengal Basin.      Antecedents   In the course of his cerebral journey, Naru was able to realise that the presence of a particular type of geographical feature led to the naming of a region within the present-day Bengal Basin as ‘Bango’ or ‘Banga’.   When analysed in an inquisitive manner, it may be found that the word ‘Banga’ refers to a relatively depressed land where water accumulates in those seasons during which a sufficient supply of water is available and does not take much time to get absorbed in the ground when that supply is stopped. Some kind of inland delta forms in that area. That land is subsidence-prone to a considerable degree. ‘Banga’ region in India, as it was until a century ago, and ‘Okavango’ in Africa are the two places on earth where such geographical features were or are present with striking similarity. Geographically, the two locations are thousands of kilometres apart, but the widely accepted route of human migration from Africa to the rest of the world connects them.    Within the Bengal Basin, the region that has been termed ‘Banga’, was primarily a gigantic marshland at around 3000 years ago from the present. A massive amount of colluvium from the Himalayas and Vindhya was carried to that area by the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Teesta rivers. In the ensuing period, that region gradually became a mud land. In even later periods, the deposition area of those colluviums shifted towards the south of that basin.   People began to arrive from all directions to populate the highly fertile and productive land, resulting in the formation of inhabitable patches within the mud land. For natural reasons, due to the existence of advantageous terrain for traversing by foot, the largest number of immigrants arrived from the north-eastern corner of the Ganga Plain proper. The northeastern corner of the Ganga Plain proper touches the northwestern corner of the Bengal Basin. The foothills of the Himalayas, which are known as ‘Terai’ region in the local parlance, provided the required elevated terrain for the movement of people on the ground. They got the chance to circumvent the gigantic marsh by walking through the relatively higher areas of the ‘Terai’. Essentially, most of the immigrants came from the west of the Bengal Basin. When they crossed the upper reaches of the Teesta Fan, they encountered very fertile, low land again. In their language, they pronounced ‘Banga Ail’ to denote the arrival of that region. They became settled in that area. Residents of the "Bangail" region began to be referred to and known as "Bangal" to the outside world.    The book titled, ‘Origin of Bangla Fifth Part Bangal' contains a detailed account of the related ideas.   Two archaeological sites pose a little problem in comprehending the geographical past of Bengal. 'Pandu Rajar Dhibi' and 'Wari Bateshwar' are the sites that provide modern man with evidence that around 5000 years ago human inhabitation existed on the outskirts of the core area of the Bengal Basin. The existence of 'Wari Bateshwar' in particular, intends to challenge the common understanding of the geographical history of the Bengal Basin.   The problem of properly comprehending the Bengal Basin becomes aggravated again when the Bengali language, prehistoric Indian literature, and Bengali culture are...