Hey guys, do you know what is the oldest pyramid in the world? Archeologists will say it is the
Djoser or Saqqara pyramid, built about 4600 years ago. But what if I told you there is an even older
pyramid located in India? There is such a pyramid a few centuries older than the Saqqara pyramid in
Egypt located in the town of Bareilly, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Let's go take a look
and see what this place has to offer. As you can see guys, I'm in the middle of nowhere right? But
there is that giant pyramid that was built before the Saqqara Pyramid in Egypt. Okay,
let's take a look at this. So you guys can see the height of each level of the stepped pyramid
and it's at least 10 feet tall, and there are at least five or six levels. There are at least
five or six levels actually ..I hope you can see all the various levels of this pyramid,
but I think that there are more levels hidden, okay? For example, look here.
So you can see that more levels are hidden there.
Locals call this Bhim Gada or Bhim Ki Gada which means a blunt mace or a club
which is a weapon of a giant called Bhima. Why do they call this by that name?
Well there's a surprise waiting for us at the top, so let's go to the top and see what's there.
So guys, you can see this is a surprise
that's waiting for us in the top of the pyramid. See this is a giant rock, it's a giant monolithic
rock. Look at the height of that right? So I'm maybe like , five and three quarters and this is
probably eight feet tall. And this is why they call this place Bhim Gada,
because they think that this used to be the club or mace of a giant called Bhim. But look at the
shape of this, if you look at the shape of this on top, it's obviously broken. This is actually
a cylinder.. that top is a cylinder that should have gone really high like really way up top. The
original height must have been more than 12 feet, maybe a lot more than that and then look at this
side, right? So this is ..1, 2, 3, 4 okay? So this is an octagon on this side, so this has 8 sides,
and you can see at the bottom, there are 4 sides. And this is kind of a cube
with 4 sides and on top, this is an octagon with 8 sides, and on top of that, this is a cylinder.
Can you tell what this is? This is a giant lingam, this was probably at least 12 to 20 feet tall
lingam that's placed on top of the pyramid, okay? I am not making this up, because there are ancient
texts which clearly illustrate how a lingam should be designed. And this four-sided base, eight-sided
middle part and the top cylinder is clearly described in ancient texts. So we know that
this is a lingam and archeologists also confirm that this is in fact a giant monolithic lingam.
Now why is this lingam placed on top of the pyramid. and what is the history behind this?
So this is what the locals say: Shortly after the time of Krishna, a group of
Nagas came down here and started to build the very first pyramid in the world. This is why
this place was originally called AhiKshetra. The word Ahi means naga and the word Kshetra means
place or sometimes even temple in the ancient language of Sanskrit. Now this
is what's really interesting about this pyramid because it's very very similar to the oldest,
or the so-called oldest pyramid in the world, which is considered Saqqara pyramid in Egypt.
Because you can see Nagas carved all over the walls in the complex of the Saqqara pyramid,
indicating that the people who built this pyramid, must have migrated and built the Saqqara pyramid
in Egypt. Now, obviously this lingam on the top of the pyramid, must also remind you of the pyramid
in Cambodia, right? I've shown you the Koh Ker Pyramid in Cambodia, which is also a step pyramid,
and it also once had a giant lingam on top of this. Now you can see how this place could
be the origin of all the pyramids around the world, because we know that Mayas have pyramids,
Aztecs built pyramids, Egyptians obviously built pyramids, Cambodians build pyramids. But it's
quite possible that India was the mother of all these pyramids. Now whenever you see lingam, you
are supposed to see a square base with a unique spout called Yoni. But where's the yoni here?
Why is it missing now? Initially I had assumed that people have broken the yoni, and they have
thrown it somewhere and that's quite possible. But I have seen images from the remote sensing
department of India, and it's very interesting because the entire pyramid has a unique sprout
shaped structure at one end, indicating that could be a giant Yoni. Not only that,
believe it or not, that same structure, that same yoni like structure also exists in Saqqara. Well,
we cannot exclude the possibility, that this was the precursor to the Saqqara Pyramid. At least
you have to admit that both of them have similar blueprints. Because the Saqqara Pyramid and Ahi
Ksetram, which is this pyramid, are both solid structures. Both are step pyramids, and both are
based on the cult of Nagas. This entire area is said to be a part of the ancient Panchala kingdom
which existed at the time of Krishna during the period of Mahabharata around 3100 B.C. This region
originally belonged to the ancestors of Panchali, the wife of Arjuna and his brothers. And also
their great, great grandfather. So this place was originally a part of the Panchala kingdom.
I hope you guys enjoyed watching the oldest pyramid in the world, I'm going to show you
something very interesting in my next video. So stay tuned and I'll talk to you soon. Bye guys!