Some Snippets (All references in these snippets are taken
from Wikipedia! I acknowledge it here. You can yourself ponder on our antiquity)
Languages
History of English
Language: The history of the English language really
started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during
the 5th century AD (Sanskrit, Tamil developed 3000 years before it). These
tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what
today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain
spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and
north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
The Angles came from "Englaland" and their language was called
"Englisc" - from which the words "England" and
"English" are derived. Later by 11th century Latin had more influence
than Greek language on English Lexicon.
History
of Greek Language: Greek has been spoken in the
Balkan Peninsula since around the late 3rd millennium BC (Antiquity of Sanskrit
and Tamil is as good as Greek). The earliest written evidence is found in the
Linear B clay tablets in the "Room of the Chariot Tablets", an LMIII
A-context (c. 1400 BC) region of Knossos, in Crete, making Greek the world's
oldest recorded living language (Not Sanskrit of Tamil because in Aryavarta,
Bharatvarsha we used to recite not write!). Among the Indo-European languages,
its date of earliest written attestation is matched only by the now extinct
Anatolian languages.
History
of Latin Language: Latin is a member of the broad
family of Italic languages. Its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, emerged from the
Old Italic alphabets, which in turn were derived
from the Greek and Phoenician scripts. Historical Latin
came from the prehistoric language of the Latium region, specifically around
the River Tiber, where Roman civilization first developed. How and when Latin
came to be spoken by the Romans are questions that have long been debated.
Various influences on Latin of Celtic dialects in northern Italy, the
non-Indo-European Etruscan language in Central Italy, and the Greek of southern
Italy have been detected, but when these influences entered the native Latin is
not known for certain.
History
of Sanskrit Language: Sanskrit is a member of the
Indo-Iranian sub-family of the Indo-European family of languages. Its closest
ancient relatives are the Iranian languages Old Persian and Avestan. In order
to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European
languages, many scholars have proposed migration hypotheses asserting that the
original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and
Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millennium BC. Evidence
for such a theory includes the close relationship of the Indo-Iranian tongues
with the Baltic and Slavic languages, vocabulary exchange with the
non-Indo-European Uralic languages, and the nature of the attested
Indo-European words for flora and fauna.
History
of Tamil Language: As a Dravidian language, Tamil
descends from Proto-Dravidian. Linguistic reconstruction suggests that
Proto-Dravidian was spoken around the third millennium BC, possibly in the
region around the lower Godavari river basin in peninsular India. The material
evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were the culture
associated with the Neolithic complexes of South India. The next phase in the
reconstructed proto-history of Tamil is Proto-South Dravidian. The linguistic
evidence suggests that Proto-South Dravidian was spoken around the middle of
the second millennium BC, and that proto-Tamil emerged around the 3rd century
BC. The earliest epigraphic attestations of Tamil are generally taken to have
been written shortly thereafter. Among Indian languages, Tamil has the most
ancient non-Sanskritised Indian literature. Tamil is one of the longest
surviving classical languages in the world. It has been described as "the
only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a
classical past" and having "one of the richest literatures in the
world". Tamil literature has existed for over 2000 years. The earliest
epigraphic records found on rock edicts and hero stones date from around the
3rd century BC. The earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is
dated from ca. 300 BC – 300 AD.
HISTORY
OF OTHER NATIONS – Before 350 BC there were no
notable invasions and the civilizations were forming.
History
of England: In AD 43 the Roman conquest of Britain began; the Romans
maintained control of their province of Britannia through to the 5th
century. The end of Roman rule in
Britain enabled the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, which is often regarded
as the origin of England and the English people. The Anglo-Saxons, a collection
of various Germanic peoples, established several kingdoms that became the
primary powers in what is now England and parts of southern Scotland. They
introduced the Old English language, which displaced the previous British
language. The Anglo-Saxons warred with British successor states in Wales,
Cornwall, and the Hen Ogledd (Old North; the Brythonic-speaking parts of
northern England and southern Scotland), as well as with each other. Raids by
the Vikings were frequent after about AD 800, and the Norsemen took control of
large parts of what is now England. During this period several rulers attempted
to unite the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, an effort that led to the emergence
of the Kingdom of England by the 10th century.
History
of India: From 327 BC
to 2012 AD for 2340 years of history, around 800 years were free, 800 years we
were at war with various invaders and around 800 years we were under the rule
of foreign invaders. At the same time South India was almost free, stable and
progressing for 1400 years. There are many countries who have same pattern,
England France were at war for over 1000 years! Some countries like Egypt and Middle
East gave up and lost their identity. Some countries like Spain fought and when
they won, finished the Muslim invaders and all their signs of victory were
demolished. Therefore Spain is still free and without any sign of being ruled
left in that country.
History
of Russia: The history of Russia begins with that of the Eastern
Slavs and the Finno-Ugric peoples. The first united East Slavic state, was
founded by Rurik's successor Oleg of Novgorod in 882. The state adopted
Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988,beginning the synthesis of Byzantine
and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan
Rus' ultimately disintegrated as a state because of the Mongol invasion of Rus'
in 1237–1240. During that time a number of regional magnates, in particular
Novgorod and Pskov, fought to inherit the cultural and political legacy of
Kievan Rus'. After the 13th century, Moscow came to dominate the former
cultural center. By the 18th century, the Tsardom of Russia had become the huge
Russian Empire, stretching from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth eastward to
the Pacific Ocean.
History of America: The history of the United States as
covered in American schools and universities typically begins with either
Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas or with the prehistory of
the Native peoples, with the latter approach having become increasingly common
in recent decades. Indigenous populations lived in what is now the United
States before European colonists began to arrive, mostly from England, after
1600. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained two and a half million
people. They were prosperous and growing rapidly, and had developed their own
autonomous political and legal systems. The British Parliament asserted its
authority over these colonies by imposing new taxes, which the Americans
insisted were unconstitutional because they were not represented in Parliament.
Growing conflicts turned into full-fledged war beginning in April 1775. On July
4, 1776, the colonies declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain
and became the United States of America. The identity of original
inhabitants were lost.
South
India
free for
1400 years
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Some
Interesting Names…
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Present Name
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Names during Bharatvarsh
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Afghanisthan
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Ahigansthan
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Kabul river
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kubha nadi
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Yavan
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Yayati son anu (Yavan from corrupt form of..)
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Alexander
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Sikander in Persian
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Jhelam River
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Vitasta nadi
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Jeuz
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Diu (corrupt form)
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Port
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Pattanprasth
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Atom Bomb
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Kaal Dhwam (This is new suggested word in Hindi)
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Swat region
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Suvastu
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Gumal
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Gomati
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Peshavar
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Purushpur
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Punjab / Sindh
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Panchnad (five rivers). Earlier in Puranas Saptasindhu (seven
rivers amongst it one was Saraswati) got corrupted to HaptaHindu and people
living this side of Sindu got the name of Hindu, because we were one of the
strongest and modern civilization so people used to talk about us!
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Gibralter
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Jabel E Tarik
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Bay of Bengal
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Gangasagar
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Arabian sea
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Sindhusagar
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Great Trunk Road (GT Road)
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Uttarpath
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Writing
of Magasthenes: Such was the kingdom of
Chandragupta that Megasthenes was permanent Ambassador to him (from Greece). He
writes - At the beginning of his Indica, he refers to the older Indians who know
about the prehistoric arrival of Dionysus and Hercules in India, which was a
story very popular amongst the Greeks during the Alexandrian period.
Particularly important are his comments on the religions of the Indians. He
mentions the devotees of Heracles (Lord Krishna) and Dionysus (Lord Shiva or
King Lord Indra), but he does not mention Buddhists, something that gives
support to the theory that the latter religion was not widely known before the
reign of Ashoka. His Indica served as an important source for many later
writers such as Strabo and Arrian. He describes such features as the Himalayas
and the island of Sri Lanka. He also describes a caste system different from
the one that exists today, which shows that the caste system may to some extent
be fluid and evolves.
Shak,
Hoon, Kushan Tribes: When they came, even Europe, China
also went through cycles of invasions, not only Bharatvarsh. China went through
Hoon invasions and therefore to protect themselves erected The Great Wall of
China. Hoon invaded Europeon Russia, Poland and Gaath, Roman empire.
Alexander
during his Pursuit: Conquered Syria, Egypt, most of
that time Europe, Bactria, Greece, Persia (Iran), Babylon etc.
From
Here Where We GO? Now we know who we are. We know
our strengths. We know our weakness. We are an independent nation. We must
secure what we have. We must protect what is left with us. We must progress. We
must develop our nation. For this to happen, we have to study our history and
be vigilant. In the frame work of secularism, we must strive to achieve next
level. We must have one thought. A thought that is above religion, a
thought which will make our nation strong and progressive, a thread which will
bind all of us, a fabric which has threads of the religion well woven binding
us all. Each and every one of us should subjugate ourselves to our nation’s
interests and goals. We cannot change certain things, so make peace with our
history, accept and move ahead, without forgetting our victories, our failures,
our mistakes and our history. Our task is cut. The first step is to secure our
boundaries (which is not done till now) as these are the weak links in our
Armour, or we can say chinks in the armour. Arrest infiltration and be firm
with our neighbours. Remember we exist because our Nation exists. Otherwise our
identity would be lost like other countries that have lost their identity years
back. Our ideal should be one religion of humanity and one nation that is
earth, but this is a distant dream. Till such time the concept of religions and
nations are there we must preserve our identity. May be, after few centuries
our civilization will be ready to accept earth as our nation and humanity as our
religion.
Authors Referred:
Plutarch, Jayaswal (Hindu Polity), Vincent Smith (Early History of India),
Justin, Megasthenes account, Gibbon, Riyasatkar Sardesai and from net.
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WE ARE NOT A NATION OF DEFEAT, SUBJUGATION OR AT THE RECEIVING END OF
OUR INVADERS. GREAT NATIONS ALWAYS GO THROUGH THIS CYCLE OF INVASIONS, IT IS
NOT HOW MANY TIMES WE WERE INVADED BUT IT IS HOW WE CAME OUT OF IT. THERE ARE
MANY COUNTRIES WHICH WERE ERASED FROM THE MAP OF THE WORLD BY INVASIONS OR IF
THEY STILL EXISTS ON THE MAP, THEIR CULTURE, THEIR RELIGION WAS CHANGED
PERMANENTLY THAT MEANS THEIR IDENTITY WAS CHANGED…… NOT OURS, OUR IDENTITY
IS INTACT……. BUT, AS USUAL … CONDITIONS APPLY……………..
