The Lost City

“Now due to the brahmanas’ curse the Yadu dynasty will certainly perish by fighting among themselves; and on the seventh day from today the ocean will rise up and inundate this city of Dwaraka.” (SB 11.7.3)

After Krishna completed His pastimes in Dwaraka, the city disappeared below the sea and became invisible to human vision. In recent years, however, the legendary city of Dwaraka has received significant attention from historians, archaeologists and academics. Underwater excavations have revealed the remains of ancient structures, sculptures and artifacts, indicating that the accounts of the Vedic literatures are not merely mythological. Scientific analysis and carbon dating has revealed an incredible correlation between the ancient descriptions of Dwaraka, and the scientific findings of marine archaeologists. Graham Hancock, an author who has produced several documentaries on uncovering ancient civilisations, stated that the evidence was compelling: “There’s a huge chronological problem in this discovery. It means that the whole model of the origins of civilisation with which archaeologists have been working will have to be remade from scratch.”