> > There are no 'historical' rishis; you probably > > meant 'legendary' rishis. History in India begins > > with Shakya the Muni - everything before that > > is considered to be pre-history. > > Vaj wrote: > You just sound ill-informed. > I don't think so, Vaj. The term 'history' pertains to the written history of a culture. Writing in India was not invented until the time of the Ashoka pillars - that's my point. There are no historical rishis in India, only legends from the oral tradition.
"By 'prehistory', historians mean the recovery of knowledge of the past in an area where no written records exist, or where the writing of a culture is not understood." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
