On the heels of Andhra University?Vice-Chancellor's claim that Kauravas were test-tube babies, comes yet another bold statement about India history. This time, a Panjab University (PU) geologist has claimed that Lord Brahma was the first to discover dinosaurs.?
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In an interview with The Indian Express, Ashu Khosla, associate professor in the department of geology at Panjab University, "India was a hotspot for dinosaur evolution and breeding before extinction."
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He goes on to say that a dinosaur named Rajasaurus had originated in India. The 'Indian dinosaur,' which he had discovered the remains of, in Kheda district of Gujarat was officially named ¡®Rajasaurus Narmada ensis.¡¯
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The geologist presented these claims in a research paper entitled ¡®Biotic assemblages from the Deccan trap-associated sedimentary sequences of peninsular India¡¯ at the 106th Indian Science Congress, which was held at Lovely Professional University.
¡°When we found the remains of Rajasaurus in Gujarat in 2001 along the banks of river Narmada, we named it ¡®Raja¡¯ to signify ¡®lion¡¯ as it was a meat-eating dinosaur. It was believed that Rajasaurus was linked to Tyrannosaurus, which had an origin in North America, but we proved that Rajasaurus was a new dinosaur and originated in India,¡± he added.