Gopal Stavig

University of Southern California, Sociology, Alum

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Gopal Stavig received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Southern California in 1976. He became a member of the Vedanta Society of Southern California in 1962 and was initiated by Swami Prabhavananda in 1964. He published 25 articles on statistics (1976-1984) and three articles on hypertension (1984-1988). While working as a Research Analyst for the California State Department of Health Services he was one of three authors of the 193 page Hypertension and Related Health Problems in California.
Since 1998 he published 80 articles concerning the religious philosophy, history, psychology, and sociology of India in the following journals: Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (31), Prabuddha Bharata (15), Vedanta Kesari (13), Journal of Dharma (4), other Indian Journals (8).
In addition, Gopal Stavig published Western Admirers of Ramakrishna and His Disciples (2010) for Advaita Ashrama. His Internet books include, Ramakrishna-Vedanta in Southern California: From Swami Vivekananda to the Present (2017), Sri Ramakrishna and Western Thought, Swami Vivekananda and Others on Religious Philosophy, Swami Vivekananda on Religious, Ethical, and Psychological Practices, and Swami Vivekananda in a Social-Historical Perspective. These five books can be found on Web: http://www.vedantavideo.com/VW/index.htm
Phone: 1-323-957-2796
Address: 2000 North Ivar Ave. Apt. 6
Hollywood, CA 90068

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C3-India's Contact wih Egypt before 300 A.D

A South Indian (Tamil, Dravidian) origin of the Egyptian and Sumerian civilization is supported b... more A South Indian (Tamil, Dravidian) origin of the Egyptian and Sumerian civilization is supported by Swami Vivekananda and Spanish Jesuit Priest Henry Heras. There are many similarities between the pottery and ceramics of the tombs of ancient South India and Egypt. According to the ancient tradition of the Egyptians, they hailed from the Land of Punt their original ancestral homeland in the east. The earliest known Egyptian records tell us the Pharaoh Sahure sent ships to Punt in 2750 B.C. Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1479-1458 B.C.) received foreign shipments of products that were found in India. The Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary refers to India as Hentui, which is a cognate of the Persian word Hindu and the Hebrew Hodu (Old Testament Book of Esther 1:1; 8:9). In the political and social realm the Indian Manu (Manush) was the first man and lawgiver, while the Egyptian Meni (Gr. Menes) (c. 3200-2850 B.C.) was the initial political and legal ruler of a united Egypt. Other lawgivers like the Cretan Minos (c. 1900 B.C.) and the Hebrew Mosheh (Moses) (13 th-12 th century B.C.) have a similar sounding names. Many great kings and heroes in India were considered to be children of the sun as were the Egyptian pharaohs. The religion of both India and Egypt had four deities who protected and guarded each of the four cardinal directions of the universe. In the Egyptian religion Ra the sun god marries the moon goddess, and so also in the Rig Veda Surya the sun is referred to as Savitri the wife of the moon. The chief deities are the Indian Ashura (I), Egyptian Asar (Osiris in

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