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French scholar to deliver special lecture at Makhanlal university

Staff Reporter

French scholar S le Guirriec will deliver a special lecture on 'Hidden laws of Mother Nature' at Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication on Tuesday. The programme will begin at 4 pm.

Scholar Guirriec has conducted comparative study between Science and Arts of Ancient Brittany of Megalithic People and ancient Indian Hindu culture. He found very similarity in French Megalith tradition and Indian Hindu culture during his study and stay in India. University vice-chancellor Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala will chair the programme. S le Guirriec, a renowned anthropologist, is director of the Institute of Human Studies - Psychology, Art and Historical Research. He conducted important research on Megalith traditions of France.

Series of thousands of stones in Brittany, a small province of southern part of French, has been a unsolved puzzle for anthropologists for centuries and it is not less than a mystery even now. The giant stones indicate great and developed civilisation there.

The civilisation was developed by unknown people some 7000 years ago and later it became completely extinct. The series of large stones and knowledge engraved on them is known as megaliths. Guirriec found similarity in megalith of France and Indian tribal community during his stay in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. The similarities are not superficial.

The French scholar found uniformity in many important issues like calculation of time, interrelations of human and nature, culture and art of dialogue. S le Guirriec will share his experience and knowledge in this regard in the lecture.