KING VIKRAMADITYA INSCRIPTION ON A GOLD DISH HUNG INSIDE THE
KAABA
In pure scientific study about the Historical Muhammad raises basic questions
concerning the prophet's role as a moral paragon; the sources of Islamic law;
and the God-given nature of the Koran. The scientists even doubt the existence
of Muhammad. Scientists say that the Koran is a not a product of Muhammad or
even of Arabia, but a collection of materials stitched together to meet the
needs of a later age. There was no Islam until two or three hundred years after
the traditional version at around 830CE. The Arab tribesmen who conquered in
the seventh century vast territory were not Moslems, but were persons who
worshiped idols and are scientists call them pagans.
Even though Prophet Muhammad was born in the full light of history the earliest
document date about a century and a half after his death. Not only does this
long lapse of time cast doubt on their accuracy, but internal evidence strongly
suggests the Arabic sources were composed in the context of intense partisan
quarrels over the prophet's life. The earliest sources like papyri,
inscriptions, and coins on the prophet's life, contradict the standard
biography. An inscription and a Greek account fix Muhammad's birth in 552, not
570. Muhammad's career took place not in Mecca but hundreds of kilometers to
the north. Yehuda Nevo. The classical Arabic language was developed not in
today's Saudi Arabia but in the Levant.
Long before Islam came in to existence, Kaaba, in Mecca in Saudi Arabia was a
pilgrimage site. The word Kaaba might have come from the Tamil Language which
originated around 1700BC. In Tamil Nadu Kabaalishwaran temple is Lord Shiva’s
temple and Kabaali refers to Lord Shiva. The black stone at Kaaba is held
sacred and holy in Islam and is called "Hajre Aswad" from the
Sanskrit word Sanghey Ashweta or Non-white stone. The Shiva Lingam is also
called Sanghey Ashweta. So what is in Kaaba could be the same what Hindus
worship. The pedestal Maqam-E-Ibrahim at the centre of the Kaaba is octagonal
in shape. In Hinduism, the pedestal of Brahma the creator is also octagonal in
shape. Muslim pilgrims visiting the Kaaba temple go around it seven times. In
no other mosque does the circumambulation prevail. Hindus invariably
circumambulate or Pradakshina, around their deities. This is yet another proof
that the Kaaba shrine is a pre-Islamic. In Shiva temples Hindus always practice
circumambulation or Pradakshina. Just as in Hinduism, the custom of
circumambulation by muslim pilgrims around the entire Kaaba building seven
times shows that the claim that in Islam they don’t worship stones is not true.
Allah was one of the deities in Kaaba long before Islam was founded. It might
come as a stunning revelation to many that the word ‘ALLAH’ itself is Sanskrit.
In Sanskrit language Allah, Akka and Amba are synonyms. They signify a goddess
or mother. The term ‘ALLAH’ forms part of Sanskrit chants invoking goddess
Durga, also known as Bhavani, Chandi and Mahishasurmardini. The Islamic word
for God is., therefore, not an innovation but the ancient Sanskrit appellation retained
and continued by Islam. Allah means mother or goddess and mother goddess.
The King Vikramaditya inscription was found on a gold dish hung inside the
Kaaba shrine in Mecca, proving beyond doubt that the Arabian Peninsula formed a
part of his Indian Empire. (Ref: page 315 of a volume known as ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’
treasured in the Makhtab-e-Sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey). King
Vikrama’s preachers had succeeded in spreading the Vedic Hindu sacred
scriptures in Arabia and Arabs were once followers of the Indian Vedic way of
life. The annual fair known as OKAJ which used to be held every year around the
Kaaba temple in Mecca and the present annual hajj of the Muslims to the Kaaba
is of earlier pre-Islamic congregation. . Even to this day ancient Siva emblems
can be seen. It is the Shankara (Siva) stone that Muslim pilgrims reverently
touch and kiss in the Kaaba.
Muslims shave their head and beard and don special sacred attire that consists
of two seamless sheets of white cloth. One is to be worn round the waist and
the other over the shoulders. Both these rites are remnants of the old Vedic
practice of entering Hindu temples clean and with holy seamless white sheets.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Kaaba has 360 idols. Traditional
accounts mention that one of the deities among the 360 destroyed when the place
was stormed was that of Saturn; another was of the Moon and yet another was one
called Allah. That shows that in the Kaaba the Arabs worshipped the nine
planets in pre-Islamic days. In India the practice of ‘Navagraha’ puja, that is
worship of the nine planets, is still in vogue. Two of these nine are Saturn
and Moon. In India the crescent moon is always painted across the forehead of
the Siva symbol. Since that symbol was associated with the Siva emblem in Kaaba
it came to be grafted on the flag of Islam.
The Hindu Vedic letter in Sanskrit "OM" if seen in a mirror one can
see the Arabic numbers 786 and this is the most sacred number for Muslims and
copies of the Arabic Koran have the mysterious figure 786 imprinted on them. In
their ignorance simply they do not realize that this special number is nothing
more than the holiest of Vedic symbols misread and none of the Arabic scholar
has been able to determine how they chose 786 as the sacred for them. In short
muslims are also going around Siva Lingam at Kaaba, seven times as Hindus go
around it seven times.
A few miles away from Mecca are a big signboard which bars the entry of any
non-Muslim into the area. This is a reminder of the days when the Kaaba was
stormed and captured solely for the newly established faith of Islam. The
object in barring entry of non-Muslims was obviously to prevent its recapture.
Kaaba is clothed in a black shroud. This custom also originated from the days
when it was thought necessary to discourage its recapture by camouflaging
it.
Another Hindu tradition associated with the Kaaba is that of the sacred stream
Ganga (sacred waters of the Ganges river). According to the Hindu tradition
Ganga is also inseparable from the Shiva emblem as the crescent moon. Wherever
there is a Siva emblem, Ganga must co-exist. True to that association a sacred
fount exists near the Kaaba. Its water is held sacred because it has been
traditionally regarded as Ganga since pre-Islamic times (Zam-Zam water).
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Kaaba a Hindu Temple?
[Note: A recent archeological find in Kuwait unearthed a
gold-plated statue of the Hindu deity Ganesh. A Muslim resident of Kuwait
requested historical research material that can help explain the connection
between Hindu civilisation and Arabia.]
Was the Kaaba Originally a Hindu Temple?
By P.N. Oak (Historian)
Glancing through some research material recently, I was
pleasantly surprised to come across a reference to a king Vikramaditya inscription
found in the Kaaba in Mecca proving beyond doubt that the Arabian Peninsula
formed a part of his Indian Empire.
The text of the crucial Vikramaditya inscription, found
inscribed on a gold dish hung inside the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, is found
recorded on page 315 of a volume known as ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ treasured in the
Makhtab-e-Sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey. Rendered in free English the
inscription says:
"Fortunate are those who were born (and lived) during
king Vikram’s reign. He was a noble, generous dutiful ruler, devoted to the
welfare of his subjects. But at that time we Arabs, oblivious of God, were lost
in sensual pleasures. Plotting and torture were rampant. The darkness of
ignorance had enveloped our country. Like the lamb struggling for her life in
the cruel paws of a wolf we Arabs were caught up in ignorance. The entire
country was enveloped in a darkness so intense as on a new moon night. But the
present dawn and pleasant sunshine of education is the result of the favour of
the noble king Vikramaditya whose benevolent supervision did not lose sight of
us- foreigners as we were. He spread his sacred religion amongst us and sent
scholars whose brilliance shone like that of the sun from his country to ours.
These scholars and preceptors through whose benevolence we were once again made
cognisant of the presence of God, introduced to His sacred existence and put on
the road of Truth, had come to our country to preach their religion and impart
education at king Vikramaditya’s behest."
For those who would like to read the Arabic wording I
reproduce it hereunder in Roman script:
"Itrashaphai Santu Ibikramatul Phahalameen Karimun
Yartapheeha Wayosassaru Bihillahaya Samaini Ela Motakabberen Sihillaha Yuhee
Quid min howa Yapakhara phajjal asari nahone osirom bayjayhalem. Yundan blabin
Kajan blnaya khtoryaha sadunya kanateph netephi bejehalin Atadari bilamasa-
rateen phakef tasabuhu kaunnieja majekaralhada walador. As hmiman burukankad
toluho watastaru hihila Yakajibaymana balay kulk amarena phaneya jaunabilamary
Bikramatum".
(Page 315 Sayar-ul-okul).
[Note: The title ‘Saya-ul-okul’ signifies memorable words.]
A careful analysis of the above inscription enables us to
draw the following conclusions:
That the ancient Indian empires may have extended up to the
eastern boundaries of Arabia until Vikramaditya and that it was he who for the first
time conquered Arabia. Because the inscription says that king Vikram who
dispelled the darkness of ignorance from Arabia.
That, whatever their earlier faith, King Vikrama’s preachers
had succeeded in spreading the Vedic (based on the Vedas, the Hindu sacred
scriptures)) way of life in Arabia.
That the knowledge of Indian arts and sciences was imparted
by Indians to the Arabs directly by founding schools, academies and cultural
centres. The belief, therefore, that visiting Arabs conveyed that knowledge to
their own lands through their own indefatigable efforts and scholarship is
unfounded.
An ancillary conclusion could be that the so-called Kutub
Minar (in Delhi, India) could well be king Vikramadiya’s tower commemorating
his conquest of Arabia. This conclusion is strengthened by two pointers.
Firstly, the inscription on the iron pillar near the so-called Kutub Minar
refers to the marriage of the victorious king Vikramaditya to the princess of
Balhika. This Balhika is none other than the Balkh region in West Asia. It
could be that Arabia was wrestled by king Vikramaditya from the ruler of Balkh
who concluded a treaty by giving his daughter in marriage to the victor.
Secondly, the township adjoining the so called Kutub Minar is named Mehrauli
after Mihira who was the renowned astronomer-mathematician of king Vikram’s
court. Mehrauli is the corrupt form of Sanskrit ‘Mihira-Awali’ signifying a row
of houses raised for Mihira and his helpers and assistants working on
astronomical observations made from the tower.
Having seen the far reaching and history shaking
implications of the Arabic inscription concerning king Vikrama, we shall now
piece together the story of its find. How it came to be recorded and hung in
the Kaaba in Mecca. What are the other proofs reinforcing the belief that Arabs
were once followers of the Indian Vedic way of life and that tranquillity and
education were ushered into Arabia by king Vikramaditya’s scholars,
educationists from an uneasy period of "ignorance and turmoil"
mentioned in the inscription.
In Istanbul, Turkey, there is a famous library called
Makhatab-e-Sultania, which is reputed to have the largest collection of ancient
West Asian literature. In the Arabic section of that library is an anthology of
ancient Arabic poetry. That anthology was compiled from an earlier work in A.D.
1742 under the orders of the Turkish ruler Sultan Salim.
The pages of that volume are of Hareer – a kind of silk used
for writing on. Each page has a decorative gilded border. That anthology is
known as Sayar-ul-Okul. It is divided into three parts. The first part contains
biographic details and the poetic compositions of pre-Islamic Arabian poets.
The second part embodies accounts and verses of poets of the period beginning
just after prophet Mohammad’s times, up to the end of the Banee-Um-Mayya
dynasty. The third part deals with later poets up to the end of Khalif
Harun-al-Rashid’s times.
Abu Amir Asamai, an Arabian bard who was the poet Laureate
of Harun-al-Rashid’s court, has compiled and edited the anthology.
The first modern edition of ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ was printed and
published in Berlin in 1864. A subsequent edition is the one published in
Beirut in 1932.
The collection is regarded as the most important and
authoritative anthology of ancient Arabic poetry. It throws considerable light
on the social life, customs, manners and entertainment modes of ancient Arabia.
The book also contains an elaborate description of the ancient shrine of Mecca,
the town and the annual fair known as OKAJ which used to be held every year
around the Kaaba temple in Mecca. This should convince readers that the annual
haj of the Muslims to the Kaaba is of earlier pre-Islamic congregation.
But the OKAJ fair was far from a carnival. It provided a
forum for the elite and the learned to discuss the social, religious,
political, literary and other aspects of the Vedic culture then pervading
Arabia. ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ asserts that the conclusion reached at those
discussions were widely respected throughout Arabia. Mecca, therefore, followed
the Varanasi tradition (of India) of providing a venue for important
discussions among the learned while the masses congregated there for spiritual
bliss. The principal shrines at both Varanasi in India and at Mecca in
Arvasthan (Arabia) were Siva temples. Even to this day ancient Mahadev (Siva)
emblems can be seen. It is the Shankara (Siva) stone that Muslim pilgrims
reverently touch and kiss in the Kaaba.
Arabic tradition has lost trace of the founding of the Kaaba
temple. The discovery of the Vikramaditya inscription affords a clue. King
Vikramaditya is known for his great devotion to Lord Mahadev (Siva). At Ujjain
(India), the capital of Vikramaditya, exists the famous shrine of Mahankal,
i.e., of Lord Shankara (Siva) associated with Vikramaditya. Since according to
the Vikramaditya inscription he spread the Vedic religion, who else but he
could have founded the Kaaba temple in Mecca?
A few miles away from Mecca is a big signboard which bars
the entry of any non-Muslim into the area. This is a reminder of the days when
the Kaaba was stormed and captured solely for the newly established faith of
Islam. The object in barring entry of non-Muslims was obviously to prevent its
recapture.
As the pilgrim proceeds towards Mecca he is asked to shave
his head and beard and to don special sacred attire that consists of two
seamless sheets of white cloth. One is to be worn round the waist and the other
over the shoulders. Both these rites are remnants of the old Vedic practice of
entering Hindu temples clean- and with holy seamless white sheets.
The main shrine in Mecca, which houses the Siva emblem, is
known as the Kaaba. It is clothed in a black shroud. That custom also
originates from the days when it was thought necessary to discourage its
recapture by camouflaging it.
According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Kaaba has 360
images. Traditional accounts mention that one of the deities among the 360
destroyed when the place was stormed, was that of Saturn; another was of the
Moon and yet another was one called Allah. That shows that in the Kaaba the
Arabs worshipped the nine planets in pre-Islamic days. In India the practice of
‘Navagraha’ puja, that is worship of the nine planets, is still in vogue. Two
of these nine are Saturn and Moon.
In India the crescent moon is always painted across the
forehead of the Siva symbol. Since that symbol was associated with the Siva
emblem in Kaaba it came to be grafted on the flag of Islam.
Another Hindu tradition associated with the Kaaba is that of
the sacred stream Ganga (sacred waters of the Ganges river). According to the
Hindu tradition Ganga is also inseparable from the Shiva emblem as the crescent
moon. Wherever there is a Siva emblem, Ganga must co-exist. True to that
association a sacred fount exists near the Kaaba. Its water is held sacred
because it has been traditionally regarded as Ganga since pre-Islamic times
(Zam-Zam water).
[Note: Even today, Muslim pilgrims who go to the Kaaba for
Haj regard this Zam-Zam water with reverence and take some bottled water with
them as sacred water.]
Muslim pilgrims visiting the Kaaba temple go around it seven
times. In no other mosque does the circumambulation prevail. Hindus invariably
circumambulate around their deities. This is yet another proof that the Kaaba
shrine is a pre-Islamic Indian Shiva temple where the Hindu practice of
circumambulation is still meticulously observed.
The practice of taking seven steps- known as Saptapadi in
Sanskrit- is associated with Hindu marriage ceremony and fire worship. The
culminating rite in a Hindu marriage enjoins upon the bride and groom to go
round the sacred fire four times (but misunderstood by many as seven times).
Since "Makha" means fire, the seven circumambulations also prove that
Mecca was the seat of Indian fire-worship in the West Asia.
It might come as a stunning revelation to many that the word
‘ALLAH’ itself is Sanskrit. In Sanskrit language Allah, Akka and Amba are
synonyms. They signify a goddess or mother. The term ‘ALLAH’ forms part of
Sanskrit chants invoking goddess Durga, also known as Bhavani, Chandi and
Mahishasurmardini. The Islamic word for God is., therefore, not an innovation
but the ancient Sanskrit appellation retained and continued by Islam. Allah
means mother or goddess and mother goddess.
One Koranic verse is an exact translation of a stanza in the
Yajurveda. This was pointed out by the great research scholar Pandit Satavlekar
of Pardi in one of his articles.
[Note: Another scholar points out that the following
teaching from the Koran is exactly similar to the teaching of the Kena
Upanishad (1.7).
The Koran:
"Sight perceives Him not. But He perceives men's
sights; for He is the knower of secrets, the Aware."
Kena Upanishad:
"That which cannot be seen by the eye but through which
the eye itself sees, know That to be Brahman (God) and not what people worship
here (in the manifested world)."
A simplified meaning of both the above verses reads:
God is one and that He is beyond man's sensory experience.
The identity of Unani and Ayurvedic systems shows that Unani
is just the Arabic term for the Ayurvedic system of healing taught to them and
administered in Arabia when Arabia formed part of the Indian empire.
It will now be easy to comprehend the various Hindu customs
still prevailing in West Asian countries even after the existence of Islam
during the last 1300 years. Let us review some Hindu traditions which exist as
the core of Islamic practice.
The Hindus have a pantheon of 33 gods. People in Asia Minor
too worshipped 33 gods before the spread of Islam. The lunar calendar was
introduced in West Asia during the Indian rule. The Muslim month ‘Safar’
signifying the ‘extra’ month (Adhik Maas) in the Hindu calendar. The Muslim
month Rabi is the corrupt form of Ravi meaning the sun because Sanskrit ‘V’
changes into Prakrit ‘B’ (Prakrit being the popular version of Sanskrit
language). The Muslim sanctity for Gyrahwi Sharif is nothing but the Hindu
Ekadashi (Gyrah = elevan or Gyaarah). Both are identical in meaning.
The Islamic practice of Bakari Eed derives from the Go-Medh
and Ashva-Medh Yagnas or sacrifices of Vedic times. Eed in Sanskrit means
worship. The Islamic word Eed for festive days, signifying days of worship, is
therefore a pure Sanskrit word. The word MESH in the Hindu zodiac signifies a
lamb. Since in ancient times the year used to begin with the entry of the sun
in Aries, the occasion was celebrated with mutton feasting. That is the origin
of the Bakari Eed festival.
[Note: The word Bakari is an Indian language word for a
goat.]
Since Eed means worship and Griha means ‘house’, the Islamic
word Idgah signifies a ‘House of worship’ which is the exact Sanskrit
connotation of the term. Similarly the word ‘Namaz’ derives from two Sanskrit
roots ‘Nama’ and ‘Yajna’ (NAMa yAJna) meaning bowing and worshipping.
Vedic descriptions about the moon, the different stellar
constellations and the creation of the universe have been incorporated from the
Vedas in Koran part 1 chapter 2, stanza 113, 114, 115, and 158, 189, chapter 9,
stanza 37 and chapter 10, stanzas 4 to 7.
Recital of the Namaz five times a day owes its origin to the
Vedic injunction of Panchmahayagna (five daily worship- Panch-Maha-Yagna) which
is part of the daily Vedic ritual prescribed for all individuals.
Muslims are enjoined cleanliness of five parts of the body
before commencing prayers. This derives from the Vedic injuction ‘Shareer
Shydhyartham Panchanga Nyasah’.
Four months of the year are regarded as very sacred in
Islamic custom. The devout are enjoined to abstain from plunder and other evil
deeds during that period. This originates in the Chaturmasa i.e., the
four-month period of special vows and austerities in Hindu tradition.
Shabibarat is the corrupt form of Shiva Vrat and Shiva Ratra. Since the Kaaba
has been an important centre of Shiva (Siva) worship from times immemorial, the
Shivaratri festival used to be celebrated there with great gusto. It is that
festival which is signified by the Islamic word Shabibarat.
Encyclopaedias tell us that there are inscriptions on the
side of the Kaaba walls. What they are, no body has been allowed to study,
according to the correspondence I had with an American scholar of Arabic. But
according to hearsay at least some of those inscriptions are in Sanskrit, and
some of them are stanzas from the Bhagavad Gita.
According to extant Islamic records, Indian merchants had
settled in Arabia, particularly in Yemen, and their life and manners deeply
influenced those who came in touch with them. At Ubla there was a large number
of Indian settlements. This shows that Indians were in Arabia and Yemen in
sufficient strength and commanding position to be able to influence the local
people. This could not be possible unless they belonged to the ruling class.
It is mentioned in the Abadis i.e., the authentic traditions
of Prophet Mohammad compiled by Imam Bukhari that the Indian tribe of Jats had
settled in Arabia before Prophet Mohammad’s times. Once when Hazrat Ayesha,
wife of the Prophet, was taken ill, her nephew sent for a Jat physician for her
treatment. This proves that Indians enjoyed a high and esteemed status in
Arabia. Such a status could not be theirs unless they were the rulers. Bukhari
also tells us that an Indian Raja (king) sent a jar of ginger pickles to the
Prophet. This shows that the Indian Jat Raja ruled an adjacent area so as to be
in a position to send such an insignificant present as ginger pickles. The
Prophet is said to have so highly relished it as to have told his colleagues
also to partake of it. These references show that even during Prophet
Mohammad’s times Indians retained their influential role in Arabia, which was a
dwindling legacy from Vikramaditya’s times.
The Islamic term ‘Eed-ul-Fitr’ derives from the ‘Eed of
Piters’ that is worship of forefathers in Sanskrit tradition. In India, Hindus
commemorate their ancestors during the Pitr-Paksha that is the fortnight
reserved for their remembrance. The very same is the significance of
‘Eed-ul-Fitr’ (worship of forefathers).
The Islamic practice of observing the moon rise before
deciding on celebrating the occasion derives from the Hindu custom of breaking
fast on Sankranti and Vinayaki Chaturthi only after sighting the moon.
Barah Vafat, the Muslim festival for commemorating those
dead in battle or by weapons, derives from a similar Sanskrit tradition because
in Sanskrit ‘Phiphaut’ is ‘death’. Hindus observe Chayal Chaturdashi in memory
of those who have died in battle.
The word Arabia is itself the abbreviation of a Sanskrit
word. The original word is ‘Arabasthan’. Since Prakrit ‘B’ is Sanskrit ‘V’ the
original Sanskrit name of the land is ‘Arvasthan’. ‘Arva’ in Sanskrit means a
horse. Arvasthan signifies a land of horses., and as well all know, Arabia is
famous for its horses.
This discovery changes the entire complexion of the history
of ancient India. Firstly we may have to revise our concepts about the king who
had the largest empire in history. It could be that the expanse of king
Vikramaditya’s empire was greater than that of all others. Secondly, the idea
that the Indian empire spread only to the east and not in the west beyond say,
Afghanisthan may have to be abandoned. Thirdly the effeminate and pathetic
belief that India, unlike any other country in the world could by some age
spread her benign and beatific cultural influence, language, customs, manners
and education over distant lands without militarily conquering them is
baseless. India did conquer all those countries physically wherever traces of
its culture and language are still extant and the region extended from Bali
island in the south Pacific to the Baltic in Northern Europe and from Korea to
Kaaba. The only difference was that while Indian rulers identified themselves
with the local population and established welfare states, Moghuls and others
who ruled conquered lands perpetuated untold atrocities over the vanquished.
‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ tells us that a pan-Arabic poetic symposium
used to be held in Mecca at the annual Okaj fair in pre-Islamic times. All
leading poets used to participate in it.
Poems considered best were awarded prizes. The best-engraved
on gold plate were hung inside the temple. Others etched on camel or goatskin
were hung outside. Thus for thousands of years the Kaaba was the treasure house
of the best Arabian poetic thought inspired by the Indian Vedic tradition.
That tradition being of immemorial antiquity many poetic
compositions were engraved and hung inside and outside on the walls of the
Kaaba. But most of the poems got lost and destroyed during the storming of the
Kaaba by Prophet Mohammad’s troops. The Prophet’s court poet, Hassan-bin-Sawik,
who was among the invaders, captured some of the treasured poems and dumped the
gold plate on which they were inscribed in his own home. Sawik’s grandson,
hoping to earn a reward carried those gold plates to Khalif’s court where he
met the well-known Arab scholar Abu Amir Asamai. The latter received from the
bearer five gold plates and 16 leather sheets with the prize-winning poems engraved
on them. The bearer was sent away happy bestowed with a good reward.
On the five gold plates were inscribed verses by ancient
Arab poets like Labi Baynay, Akhatab-bin-Turfa and Jarrham Bintoi. That
discovery made Harun-al-Rashid order Abu Amir to compile a collection of all
earlier compositions. One of the compositions in the collection is a tribute in
verse paid by Jarrham Bintoi, a renowned Arab poet, to king Vikramaditya.
Bintoi who lived 165 years before Prophet Mohammad had received the highest
award for the best poetic compositions for three years in succession in the
pan-Arabic symposiums held in Mecca every year. All those three poems of Bintoi
adjudged best were hung inside the Kaaba temple, inscribed on gold plates. One
of these constituted an unreserved tribute to King Vikramaditya for his
paternal and filial rule over Arabia. That has already been quoted above.
Pre-Islamic Arabian poet Bintoi’s tribute to king
Vikramaditya is a decisive evidence that it was king Vikramaditya who first conquered
the Arabian Peninsula and made it a part of the Indian Empire. This explains
why starting from India towards the west we have all Sanskrit names like
Afghanisthan (now Afghanistan), Baluchisthan, Kurdisthan, Tajikiathan,
Uzbekisthan, Iran, Sivisthan, Iraq, Arvasthan, Turkesthan (Turkmenisthan)
etc.
Historians have blundered in not giving due weight to the
evidence provided by Sanskrit names pervading over the entire west Asian
region. Let us take a contemporary instance. Why did a part of India get named
Nagaland even after the end of British rule over India? After all historical
traces are wiped out of human memory, will a future age historian be wrong if
he concludes from the name Nagaland that the British or some English speaking
power must have ruled over India? Why is Portuguese spoken in Goa (part of
India), and French in Pondichery (part of India), and both French and English
in Canada? Is it not because those people ruled over the territories where
their languages are spoken? Can we not then justly conclude that wherever
traces of Sanskrit names and traditions exist Indians once held sway? It is
unfortunate that this important piece of decisive evidence has been ignored all
these centuries.
Another question which should have presented itself to
historians for consideration is how could it be that Indian empires could
extend in the east as far as Korea and Japan, while not being able to make
headway beyond Afghanisthan? In fact land campaigns are much easier to conduct
than by sea. It was the Indians who ruled the entire West Asian region from
Karachi to Hedjaz and who gave Sanskrit names to those lands and the towns
therein, introduce their pantheon of the fire-worship, imparted education and
established law and order.
It may be that Arabia itself was not part of the Indian
empire until king Vikrama , since Bintoi says that it was king Vikrama who for
the first time brought about a radical change in the social, cultural and
political life of Arabia. It may be that the whole of West Asia except Arabia
was under Indian rule before Vikrama. The latter added Arabia too to the Indian
Empire. Or as a remote possibility it could be that king Vikramaditya himself
conducted a series of brilliant campaigns annexing to his empire the vast
region between Afghanisthan and Hedjaz.
Incidentally this also explains why king Vikramaditya is so
famous in history. Apart from the nobility and truthfulness of heart and his
impartial filial affection for all his subjects, whether Indian or Arab, as
testified by Bintoi, king Vikramaditya has been permanently enshrined in the
pages of history because he was the world’s greatest ruler having the largest
empire. It should be remembered that only a monarch with a vast empire gets
famous in world history. Vikram Samvat (calendar still widely in use in India
today) which he initiated over 2000 years ago may well mark his victory over
Arabia, and the so called Kutub Minar (Kutub Tower in Delhi), a pillar
commemorating that victory and the consequential marriage with the Vaihika (Balkh)
princess as testified by the nearby iron pillar inscription.
A great many puzzles of ancient world history get
automatically solved by a proper understanding of these great conquests of king
Vikramaditya. As recorded by the Arab poet Bintoi, Indian scholars, preachers
and social workers spread the fire-worship ceremony, preached the Vedic way of
life, manned schools, set up Ayurvedic (healing) centres, trained the local
people in irrigation and agriculture and established in those regions a
democratic, orderly, peaceful, enlightened and religious way of life. That was
of course, a Vedic Hindu way of life.
It is from such ancient times that Indian Kshtriya royal
families, like the Pahalvis and Barmaks, have held sway over Iran and Iraq. It
is those conquests, which made the Parsees Agnihotris i.e., fire-worshippers.
It is therefore that we find the Kurds of Kurdisthan speaking a Sanskritised
dialect, fire temples existing thousands of miles away from India, and scores
of sites of ancient Indian cultural centres like Navbahar in West Asia and the
numerous viharas in Soviet Russia spread throughout the world. Ever since so
many viharas are often dug up in Soviet Russia, ancient Indian sculptures are
also found in excavations in Central Asia. The same goes for West Asia.
[Note: Ancient Indian sculptures include metal statues of
the Hindu deity Ganesh (the elephant headed god); the most recent find being in
Kuwait].
Unfortunately these chapters of world history have been
almost obliterated from public memory. They need to be carefully deciphered and
rewritten. When these chapters are rewritten they might change the entire
concept and orientation of ancient history.
In view of the overwhelming evidence led above, historians,
scholars, students of history and lay men alike should take note that they had
better revise their text books of ancient world history. The existence of Hindu
customs, shrines, Sanskrit names of whole regions, countries and towns and the
Vikramaditya inscriptions reproduced at the beginning are a thumping proof that
Indian Kshatriyas once ruled over the vast region from Bali to Baltic and Korea
to Kaaba in Mecca, Arabia at the very least.
Sword of truth Aditi Chaturvedi
The following explanation is reproduced from the Sword of
Truth archives.
All Arabic copies of the Koran have the mysterious figure
786 imprinted on them . No Arabic scholar has been able to determine the choice
of this particular number as divine. It is an established fact that Muhammad
was illiterate therefore it is obvious that he would not be able to
differentiate numbers from letters. This "magical" number is none
other than the Vedic holy letter "OM" written in Sanskrit (Refer to
figure 2). Anyone who knows Sanskrit can try reading the symbol for
"OM" backwards in the Arabic way and magically the numbers 786 will
appear! Muslims in their ignorance simply do not realise that this special
number is nothing more than the holiest of Vedic symbols misread.
Figure 2.
Read from right to left this figure
of OM represents the numbers 786
Look at this symbol of Om in a mirror and
you can make out the Devnagari (Sanskrit-Hindi)
numerals 7-8-6
Kabaa-Kabaali-Lord Shiva*
Dear Sir,
First of all I heartly thank for hosting such a beautiful website. I read the
message " Is the Kabaa a Hindu temple ???". It was a very Intresting,
thought provoking and informative message. I would like to bring to your notice
regarding this, that the word Kabaa might have come from the TAMIL language -
Kabaalishwaran temple (TAMIL is considered as one of the oldest languages of
the world). Dravidian's worshiped Lord Shiva as their Primal Deity - Indus
valley civilization. Shiva Temple's in South India are called as Kabaalishwaran
temple's. Kabaali - refers to Lord Shiva.
