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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;p91, post: 420278, member: 6174&quot;]That&#039;s very interesting BioPirate. I have been to India a few times and you see it all over, mostly in temples. Definitely a shame what hitler did with it. (many of hitlers Swastikas are also slightly rotated... kind of ironic that he &#039;twisted&#039; them)</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Neolithic</span></a> period.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></a> and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif (as in the Roman Republic and Empire) and sometimes as a religious symbol. It was long widely used in major world religions such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Hinduism</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Buddhism</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Jainism</span></a>.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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