Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

6 - Rarities, Curiosities And Speculations
metatarsal bones belonging to a single species of bison were found near Fairbanks.
Who organized this mass big game hunt here? And what cause brought about a change
in climate that deep-froze animals that had just been grazing within a few hours?
When I rented a car outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay on November 8, 1968, to
travel south to Kanheri, near the Malabar coast, I was tempted by a tourist attraction. I
wanted to see the 87 caves in the rock, also known as "rock temples" in the guidebooks.
But when I walked about in the 48-foot-high catacombs, I realized then (before I knew
anything about the caves beneath Ecuador and Peru) that these caves blasted out of
natural stone, mostly granite, that run to several stories just like houses, must have been
used for something quite different from religious ceremonies. One does not have to flee
deep underground and sacrifice on altars in caves to gods who are worthy of adoration.
No, cave systems like these were made by beings who sought protection from some
prodigious threat.
Plastic works of art depict the life of Shiva (Sanskrit: the believer) on anthracite-colored
walls that are often gleaming and iridescent. Shiva, image of destruction as well as
salvation, forms the Indian trinity, the Trimurti, together with Brahman, the power which
creates all worlds, and Vishnu, mentioned in the Veda as the "penetrator." As I traversed
the gigantic halls I admired and marveled at the ceilings, which were supported by
pillars carved out of solid granite, and their masterly reliefs. Yet again I had to hear that
the dating of the building period of these incredible structures is highly controversial, but
that scholars of various disciplines assume that they were built by the Jains,
representatives of a religion that originated before Buddhism, about 500 B.C.
Once more one can only find the reasons for this titanic architectural feat in myths and
legends. They tell that the sons of the gods, who were defeated in a war with the Kurus,
the oldest people in western India, withdrew into these cave fortresses. Jains means
"victors" in Sanskrit. Were those apparently defeated in the war the victors in the end,
because they had the sense to withdraw in time to caves prepared in advance? I assume
that this was so, for Indian mythology emphasizes that the caves were made in the rock
so that people could protect themselves from the terrifying forces which threatened the
living from the universe, from heaven.
In his book When the Gods Were Numerous, Dr. Bernhard Jacobi refers to 150 caves at
Junnar on the Deccan plateau, the biggest group in India, to 27 caves at Ajanta and to 33
caves at Ellora.
I put forward a speculation for which I have given some support in this book.
1. In the unknown past a battle took place in the depths of the galaxy between
intelligences similar to human beings.