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by civilian 3491 days ago
We're not... comparing? We're trying to put every event in history into a context, to understand and track humanity's slow trajectory. This isn't about India vs. West (and you're getting downvoted because you're putting it in that context). This is about our earliest roots.

For reference, Mahabharata is closer in history to the iPhone, than it is to building of Gobekli Tepe. https://www.quora.com/How-old-are-the-Mahabharata-and-Ramaya...