the Lakshmana temple was created around 930-950 ad and the late-Classic Maya site of Uxmal ("oosh-mahl", meaning "thrice-built") in the Yucatan dates from before the 10th century AD, there seems to be similarities among the two culture architecturally spmeaking. Perhaps the coincidences of stone working are just that, coincidence -a favorite “explanation” of archeologists. Stone workers will discover the same techniques naturally, without need for outside help, they say, and can point to historical incidents of simultaneous discovery. But this explanation hardly accounts for the similarities in motifs and modular design. According to scientists 160 million years ago India did lie physically close to Africa, South and Central America, but has
