In the mythology of other peoples, there are also stories about the underworld, which, according to the description, have many similarities with the kingdom of Agharti. In Hindu mythology, the underworld, where supernatural beings (nagas) live, opposing the heavenly gods, is known as Patala. Unlike the underworld, Patala is described as the most beautiful place, a kind of underground paradise of gold and precious stones, ruled by the wise and immortal king of the nagas, Vasuka. It is believed that the sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism, the Prajnaparamita sutra, which was brought to the surface of the earth by the ancient sage Nagarjuna, was kept here.
In Russian folklore there is a story about Kitezh-city, hiding under the ground and going under the water, which became invisible in front of the Tatar-Mongol troops of Batu. A small lake Svetloyar in the southern Urals, 210 meters long and 175 meters wide, is associated with this legend. According to legend, people who escaped captivity at Batu survived and still live in the sacred city of Kitezh, which hid in the depths of Lake Svetloyar. Similarly, the story about Shambhala, only people with a pure soul can see the secret Kitezh and go into it forever. The ancient history of Svetloyar is recorded in the sacred pagan book of the Slavs known as the "Pigeon Book". The city of Yarsalim, the city of the god Yar, has long been considered the innermost Kitezh.
Russian historians have long been arguing about the mysterious people - the "white-eyed chud", mentioned in the Laurentian Chronicle. The Siberian Chronicles speaks of the Chud people living up to the XIV century. along the Irtysh river. According to northern legends, this people sank under water together with cities and began to live under water and underground, only occasionally coming to the surface of the earth.
E. Blavatskaya testifies to the existence of the Gobi system of caves, who writes about the existence of Gobi caves with tunnels over 100 km long. The longest currently known cave in the Gobi has a total length of 607 meters. The Gobi Caves, due to their remoteness from roads and inaccessibility, are still poorly understood. These caves, located in the "forbidden territory associated with Shambhala-Agharti", are of particular interest. The most complete information about the caves to date is published in Mongolian in E. Avirmed's dissertation: “The caves of Mongolia are still poorly studied. Not all caves have yet been taken into account, their specificity and geography have not been sufficiently identified. From 1988 to 1998, the Institute of Geography of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia organized 8 expeditions that surveyed more than 100 caves. These expeditions were the beginning of a systematic comprehensive study of the caves. By the present time (June 1999), certain information is known about more than 500 caves. An analysis of the geological conditions of the territory allows us to state that the territory of Mongolia is generally favorable for the formation and development of caves."
The dry climate of the Gobi contributes to the long-term preservation of rock paintings and things in caves. The search and study of caves in the desert regions of Mongolia seems promising. So, during our expeditions to the southern Gobi, we came across mysterious caves several times. In one of the caves in a fairly remote area from the settlements, we found scrolls petrified from time to time with clearly distinguishable written symbols on the outer coil of the scroll.
In 2001, the Irkutsk "Gobi Expedition" found in a cave (N 44 ° 25ў50? E 099 ° 19ў20?) A large number of clay pyramids with text inside. The floor of the cave was completely covered with a pile of artificial tetrahedral pyramids made of clay. At the base, the pyramid measures 10 by 10 cm and a height of 7 cm; from the bottom side, a small roll of parchment with the Tibetan text of the prayer "Om mane padme hum" is immured into each pyramid. On the side faces there are images of Buddha and a pattern of Buddhist symbols. On the floor of the cave there were about a hundred clay pyramids, in the depths of the cave they lay on top of each other in several layers, so it was impossible to count their number. Judging by the layer of dust and white bloom on some of them, they have been here for a long time. Who and why they were left here remains a mystery to us. Maybe,there is something else under them - burial or continuation of the move. But nowhere in the literature is it said about this kind of burial. It took a lot of consultation to get close to explaining these investments. According to scientists from the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, similar pyramids "Tsatsa", symbolizing the world Mount Meru, were laid during the years of repression by Buddhist lamas in secluded places in order to ward off trouble from Buddhist teachings. The nine dots at the base probably represent nine Buddhist jewels. For a favorable outcome, it was required to make 100,000 pyramids, just like a believer must make 100,000 full-length prostrations in a lifetime. Subsequently, we came across fragments of similar pyramids - "tsatsa" in the ruins of a suborgan in the Ongiy-Khiyd monastery. But the pyramids from Ongiy-Khiyda were with a round base,smaller and did not contain attachments with written parchments.
Another most significant large cave with ancient drawings is known in the Mongolian Altai in the mountains at an altitude of 1690 m. This cave (N 47 ° 20ў825? E 91 ° 57ў339?) Is located 33 km from the Mankhan somon. The earliest petroglyphs in the country were discovered in the cave. The length of the passages is 220 m. The cave is of a landslide type and has two branches. Several niches were formed in a large cave, which in ancient times could serve as a dwelling for humans. This is evidenced by the numerous drawings left on the walls and vaults of these niches. Highly artistic, they are of great interest to researchers - historians and archaeologists. A detailed description of the rock paintings in 1966 was made by the Mongol-Soviet historical and cultural expedition led by the Russian archaeologist Professor A. P. Okladnikov. Drawings are made with dark red paint. Researchers distinguish 14 compositional groups, among which there are images of birds that look like ostriches and elephants, which are never found anywhere else in the drawings in Mongolia. Academician A. P. Okladnikov considers these drawings to be the most ancient artistic monument of Central Asia among those known at the present time, and attributes their age to the Upper Paleolithic era.
All drawings in the cave are to the left of the entrance in small dry niches ending in meanders (ancient water drains). Drawings are placed on the walls and ceiling. While the image of a mammoth with characteristic curved tusks and “temee” (camel) does not cause controversy, other drawings provide an opportunity for expressing various hypotheses. Among them is an animal "Toyhoo" with a long neck, like a dinosaur (chicken or, according to another version, an ostrich). "Ened Buga Baina" (deer) with a very long wriggling tail, like a dragon. According to some researchers, this is an image of a deer with branchy antlers. But, in our opinion, with such a degree of probability, this drawing may also be an image of the mythical dragon Lo-Lo, its long, clearly readable tail is difficult to correlate with the horns of the red deer. There is no consensus among researchers on the identity of these drawings to certain animals. It is clear that if mammoths, ostriches and dragons lived in this area, it was at the dawn of human life. Particularly mysterious is the "temee hun" (camel man) drawing. A primitive outline of the upper part of the body of a person with a disproportionately large head is painted in dark red paint. The contours of the two breasts are clearly visible on the torso. Researchers do not know of analogues of such images among the rock art of ancient people. Presumably this is an image of a relict hominid - "Bigfoot". Images of people on ancient petroglyphs are not so common, as a rule, researchers always note the presence of a person in drawings next to animals. Characteristicallythat the locals associate this drawing with the idea of almas. The age of these drawings belongs to the Upper Paleolithic era (15-20 thousand years ago).
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How many more secrets are kept in the Gobi caves, systematic research, which no one has yet conducted, and what luck a future researcher may have, time will tell.
The search for stone tools of primitive man in the center of Asia is no less indicative. The research of the Russian-Mongolian-American expedition to study the Stone Age of Mongolia began in 1995. The most famous and studied object was the Paleolithic cave site Tsagan-Agui, the charcoal of the site is dated by radiocarbon dating to 33 thousand years. Research carried out in this area since 1995 by the Russian-American-Mongolian archaeological expedition has revealed the zones that scientists believe are key for solving the problem of the initial human development of the central regions of Asia. One of the most interesting monuments discovered in recent years is "Flint Valley", located on the southern face of the Arts-Bogd ridge in Mongolia. Here, over several tens of kilometers, a huge number of artifacts were found,lying in a continuous cover on the surface. The results of the analysis of the found stone tools date the finds to deep antiquity - from Acheulean (500-400 thousand years ago) to the Late Paleolithic. The oldest finds of artifacts, 700 thousand years old, were made by an archaeological Russian-Mongolian expedition in 1998-1999. on Mount Tsagan-Uul (White Mountain).
From the examples of archaeological research on the territory of Mongolia, it can be seen that the most ancient evidence of the processing of stone tools here by man is not older than 700-500 thousand years. Recall that the most ancient material evidence of human existence on the territory of Central Asia is dated: the fossil remains of the most ancient people are 2 million years old, the greatest age of artifacts does not exceed 700 thousand years, the most ancient site of primitive man is 33 thousand years old, the most ancient rock carvings - 15-20 thousand years, the first traces of settled settlements and pottery in the Gobi - 3 thousand years BC. These numbers fit into the generally accepted theory of the origin of modern humans, Homo sapiens, who settled from Africa across all continents. The most ancient remains of a human ancestor - Ardipithecus, who lived 4.4 million BC.years ago discovered in Ethiopia, the most ancient remains of human ancestors found in Asia: 2 million years in Yakutia. The conclusion that is obvious from these numbers: there are no scientific facts confirming the unconvincing version of theosophists about the existence of humanity in ancient times. If the community of sages, preserved from the "highly developed preceding civilization", as theosophists and "keepers of secret knowledge" say about it, could really exist in Central Asia, then the most probable period of its existence is not earlier than 3 thousand years BC.preserved from the "highly developed preceding civilization", as the Theosophists and "keepers of secret knowledge" report about it could really exist in Central Asia, then the most probable period of its existence, not earlier than 3 thousand years BC.preserved from the "highly developed preceding civilization", as the Theosophists and "keepers of secret knowledge" report about it could really exist in Central Asia, then the most probable period of its existence, not earlier than 3 thousand years BC.
