Ancient Babylon and Baveru Jataka connection

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#Thread Ancient Babylon and Baveru Jataka connection Written & archaeological evidence points to trade contact b/w Mesopotamian & Indus civilization. Babylon also called Baveru has been recorded in memory and revered in Burma

Bāveru Jātaka describes how some Indian merchants travel by sea to a place called Bāveru, where birds are unknown. The Indians use a pilot bird for navigation: they have a crow on their ship that they release from time to time to determine the way toward the shore.

This crow creates a sensation in Bāveru and is sold by the Indians for much money to the locals. This story is recorded in Shwezigon Pagoda, Burma.

Scene from the Bāveru Jātaka: The veneration of the peacock in Babylon (Shwezigon Pagoda, Pagan, Burma). From: Duroiselle, Chas. 1916. Pictorial Representations of Jātakas in Burma. Pp. 87–119 AR 1912-13

Scene from the Bāveru Jātaka: The veneration of the peacock in Babylon (Shwezigon Pagoda, Singaing, near Kyauksê, Burma). From: Duroiselle, Chas. 1916. Pictorial Representations of Jātakas in Burma. Pp. 87–119 AR 1912-13

This further testifies the trade contact between Mesopotamia and Indians long ago before Buddhism.

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