Central America was the cradle of civilization in the new world, just as India was the center of culture and philosophy in
the old world. Imposing temples with images of gods and goddesses, priests exercising total influence over the lives of ordinary people, belief in the transmigration of the soul, and serpents being worshipped as gods… Is this India – or the land of Central America?! In ancient societies, the purpose of religion and culture was to reproduce upon the earth the harmony – and the laws – that governed the heavens. Their entire government was organized upon these lines. Religion was important for another purpose - it was used to measure the progression of time, and the succession of days, seasons and years.
# The doctrine of the four world ages – at the end of which, the earth would be destroyed and renewed - is very similar in both Mexico and India. Belief in this doctrine was widespread; it was an established doctrine not only in Mexico and India, but also in the lands of Egypt, Babylon and Greece.
# The caste system in India – which was (originally) a system of division of labor – was similar to the social system followed by the Incas. Each tribe became identified with a special trade or industry. If soldiers were needed (by the empire), boys were trained as soldiers; if additional farmers were required, excess people were shifted from some other community for this purpose.
# Law and order were rigidly enforced in both the lands; and penalties were prescribed for every offence that could possibly be committed.
# Students of archaeology may be surprised to learn that pyramid shaped temples existed not only in Egypt and Mexico, but in India as well.
# Like the Hindus, the Incas and the Mayas also believed that, during an eclipse, the moon also suffered from the pangs of childbirth. They also beat drums – and said prayers – to aid the moon in her prayers…
# The ancient American Indian festival rites or dances, especially those performed in temple squares, bear some resemblance to the (Hindu) Charak Puja performed in South India. In both, dancing was considered a form of worship, and the devotional dancers rotated around a central pole.
# Asceticism, penance and fasting – which, in some ways, amounted to a form of self torture – were also practiced by the Hindus and the American Indians.
# The Dravidian Indians, like the American Indians, worshipped the buffalo – and sacrificed it every year (during the autumn festival) to their ancestors.
# The ancient American Indians also used to cremate their dead, a custom that is prevalent among the Hindus.
# The American Indian temples, like their Hindu counterparts, had four chambers facing the four cardinal points.
# As in India, mountains were considered to be sacred (as the meeting point between earth and sky), and were the focal point of pilgrimage. Interestingly, in America, the high pyramid temples were symbolically supposed to represent these mountains.
# The Maya system of writing numerals was similar to the ancient Hindu system.
Obviously, these cannot all be coincidences, the product of parallel evolution among distant races. Something else must be involved; and this points to some form of connection or intercourse between the American Indians and the Dravidians (in both culture and religion) during most ancient times.