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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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12-15-2014, 08:41 AM ( This post was last modified: 12-19-2014, 09:51 AM by GuateGojira )

Here are the books were is stated that Durga have a possible Persian origin or influence, if you like, and here are the source that I quote:

First: Romila Thapar in the book "Tiger: the ultimate guide" of 2004:

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Second: Divyabhanusinh in his book "The story of the Asia's lions" of 2005:

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Both sources state that Durga had a possible Persian origin and that the original animal was the lion and latter was changed for the tiger in India. Other thing, is interesting to see that despite the relation of the lion with royalty, there are no "cults" for the lion in India, that is only reserved for the tiger, which seems to be the only cat that is treated as a "god" (check the blue squares). In fact, Valmik Thapar made a full book named "The cult of the tiger" (2002). In this moment is very expensive, but I don't discard to buy it in the future.

I think is fair to doubt about something, specially when you found evidence about that. This is not insulting, just good curiosity, specially when we found new things.
 
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