Aryan culture spread across the world, preserved in temples and monasteries from Japan to Indonesia to Burma.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Visit to Museum — December 5, 1971, Delhi 711205R1-DELHI [18:19 Minutes] Visit_711205R1-DELHI [Prabhupāda visits the International Academy of Indian Culture, and is being shown around by the president of that society, Dr. Lokesh Candra, a renowned scholar of Buddhism. Prabhupāda is walking and being shown books and artifacts by Dr. Candra.] Devotee: Hare Kṛṣṇa.
This has been published this year. It was out of print for the last eight or nine years. [break] Prabhupāda: …leather? Dr. Candra: No, it's a synthetic… Prabhupāda: Plastic. Dr.
Candra: Plastic. Leather is very expensive. This is Āditya… Prabhupāda: Ah. Dr. Candra: …the sun-god from Japan.
And that is the letter "r," which was taken from Naranga in ancient times. This script was taken from Naranga to Japan by Subal Narasingha[?]. We have all the gods and goddesses, the rāśis, the nakshaktras… Prabhupāda: Oh. Dr. Candra: …in Japan.
It is..., it will be finished soon. And here are the different Indian gods and goddesses. This is Skanda, Sarasvatī, hmm? Candra and Candrā.
This is Nārāyaṇa. Prabhupāda: These are found where? Dr. Candra: These are found in monasteries. Prabhupāda: Oh. Dr. Candra: This is Gaṇeśa. Gaṇapati. Prabhupāda: Monasteries where?
In Japan? Dr. Candra: Yes. There are twelve thousand monasteries of Mantrayana. Prabhupāda: I see. Dr. Candra: So in these monasteries of Mantrayana you'll find Sanskrit texts and Indian gods and goddesses. Prabhupāda: [to devotee:] That means, I told you several times, this Āryan culture was all over the world. Dr.