Over the last couple of weeks, there have been umpteen
endeavours to explain the "Mayan Calendar Doomsday" coming up on
December 21st 2012. First in foremost, who are these Mayans?
Apparently, they are an ancient culture and one of the three to
invent the zero, sharing that distinct honour with us Indians
and the Babylonians. As experts say, the Mayan Calendar is
regarded as the most accurate calendar devised by any ancient
culture. The Mayans most likely used the calendar as a way to
explain scientific occurrences. In ancient times, Kings saw
themselves as an embodiment of time and it was really a way of
how they fixed themselves as being a key part of the universe.
Now, what happens in a couple of days is that there is merely
going to be a change in cycle, which means that on 21st December
the Mayan cycle changes from the 12th baktum to the 13 baktum; 1
baktum being 144,000 days. It is said that this Mayan calendar,
which predicted the end of the world on 21st December, is merely
a misinterpretation which d