More Vedic America

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Shri Arun Chinchmalatpure

Near Primary School,

Kelibag Road, Mahal

Nagpur - 440 002

India

 

 

Swami Vivekananda once said about the God Shiva that he had traveled

from India, on the one side, to Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Australia,

as far as the shores of America, and on the other side, this old

Shiva battened his bull in Tibet, Japan and as far as Siberia …

Right from the peroid of first Spanish historist Mr. Fray Shahaun

(1515AD) till today, a number of scholars have worked over the life

of native Americans and some of them almost came to the conclusion

that in ancient times people from India and the Indiana archipelago

migrated to America and developed a great civilization there. In his

book 'A Compact History of Mexico', Mr. Ignacio Bernall states that

people from Asia entered America some thirty-five thousand years

before, whereas Mr. Arcio Nuns, a Brazilian nuclear scientist,

mentions about the Dravidians of Asia with America as old as eleven

thousand years.

An article published in the 'Hindu' of 27th Sept. 1985 writes about

the discovery made by Dr. Harry Fell, renowned epigraphist of USA

goes to suggest that the early merchant settlers of South-East Asia

had sailed to far off lands in pursuit of their profession, whose

presence in Mexico is available in the form of inscriptions. Dr. Fell

has deciphered the Indic inscription from Tihosuco which reads that

merchant Vusaluna, the captain of the ship, sailing along the coast

line, had got the inscription engraved on the stone slab in the month

of July of the year 845. It is assumed that year mentioned is of Saka

era.

Cultural Links:

Worship - The archaeologists found many Hindu deities like Shiva,

Shiv-Linga, Ganesh, Kali, Sun, Buddha etc. (in similar or slightly

different forms) which were worshipped in ancient America.

The Hindu God of luck, the Ganesh, was worshipped in Central-South

America. Idols of Ganesh have been excavated in plenty in Mexico.

This God of the Elephant's trunk is frequently depicted in Mexican

manuscripts and in the temple ruins in Central America as the God

with a proboscis-like horn, whence water is squirting, and his head

is most frequently portrayed on the corners of temple walls, which

are always built with reference to the original points. And idol

of 'Ekdant Ganesh' was noticed in the temple at Kopan by great

Indonologist lateDr. W.S. Wakankar.

An idol of Hanuman called by the name 'Wilka Huemana' and measuring

50 feet in height and 12 feet in breadth was found in Guatemala.

Similar idol was found during an excavation of an Aztec temple in

Mexico city and was known as 'Euhectal', a wind God, a monkey God.

Buddhism also had a vast influence on pre-Colombian America.

Professor F.W. Putnam found in the jungles of Honduras a sculpture

which greatly resembles Buddha. According to the July, 1901 issue of

American Harper's magazine, it has been proved with evidence that

five Buddhist monks had reached Mexico in ancient times, via Alaska.

 

Ceremonies, Beliefs and Customs :

Hindu culture, civilization, custom and belief also dominated ancient

America to some extent. Ancient Americans believed in legendary

cataclysm, rebirth, four yugas and the concept of two planets like

Rahu and Ketu causing solar eclipse. The Hindu doctrine of the ages

is preserved in a stone monolith popularly known as the Aztec

calendar. This remarkable piece of stone carving is in the form of an

immense disc 12 feet in diameter and weights over 20 tons. A festival

called Sita-Ram (Situa-Raimi) was celebrated in Mexico during Nav-

Ratri or Desserah's period which has been described on page 5867 in

the book 'Hamsworth History of the World'. Both in Central and South

America, there are found Sati-Cremation, priesthood, Gurukul system,

Yagnya, birth, marriage and death ceremonies to some extent similar

to the Hindus.

 

Social life :

The ancient American's dresses (male and female) were simple and

similar to those of Hindu dresses. Mexican face types were found to

be similar to those of Asam, Naga, Nepal and Haryana people. Even

their reddish brown skin complexion bear distinct similarity with

those of Nepalies and Nagas. If an Indian is shown a Maya lady of

Yucatan province from Mexico, he will recognize her as a Jat Lady of

Haryana. Ayar Inoa King used to wear a turban, earring and a trishul

type trident in his hand.

Today there live native red Indians of America in the states of

California, Arizona, New Mexico who are now left only few lacs in

number. These tribes are still vegetarians. Similarly, only two lacs

natives are survived in Canada who are still called as 'Indians'.

Their lifestyle, customs, and beliefs are identical to those of red

Indians, so similar to Bhartiya.

Trade :

Goldsmiths from Peru and Mexico prevailed working style similar to

Indian traditional goldsmiths. Mr. Michael Long of the National

Geographic Society was surprised to see the back strap weaving method

in Handloom at Santa Rosa of Peru. This is used to separate thread.

It is very well known that cotton is a gift given by Indians to the

whole world.

 

Language:

Professor Raman Mena, curator of the National Museum of Mexico, said

that the general appearance of Maya's writing is considered of

oriental origin. According to scholar Orozco V. Berra, Maya and other

languages are of Sanskrit origin. A few Sanskrit and Quichua words

are given here to show their similarity and origin.

Quichua Sanskrit

A hina (also) ena (also)

Killa (moon) Kil (shining)

Illapi (chant) lap (to speak)

Paksa (fortnight) Paksha (Fortnight)

 

The word 'Wara', a unit of measurement, was also used by Maya people.

They used to call Antyas as Antis. Professor Hug Fox of Michigan

State University found a strange mix of Tamil and local American

languages in use some millennia ago. For example, shasta, Indiana,

Arevada, Utah, Guyana etc. Mr. Arcio Nuns, from the Federal

University of Brazil, found evidence of our Gorani language in the

form of Bruhi language during his long research work conducted in

South America. 'Gorani' language was practiced thousands of years

before in Tamilnandu as per Arcio Nuns. This language is still used

in the Adi-Chandlur tribal area of Tamilnanadu and shows similarity

to the Bruhi language being practiced in South America.

It is also believed that Quichua's (language of Peruvians)

characteristic of mouth transmission is derived from Indians. Writing

mathematical figures by using vertical and horizontal straight lines

was a system commonly practiced by Indians and Mayas

Shilpa :

Southern and Central American excavations revealed ancient cities,

forts, bridges, tanks, canals, houses, and pyramids which indicated

the high state of civilization and what is found that some sculptures

of those archaeological remnants are similar in form and design to

that found in Indian sculptural monuments. 'Supporting the buildings

over the arms of Yaksha' is an Indian art. Similar types of

construction was found in ancient Mexico. Similarly, sculptures of

human figures with headgear similar to Tamilians, sculptures of

Indian style ornamentation of elephants were found in Copan

(Honduras) and Palenque. Thousands of ancient baked-clay bricks were

found in Comalcalco in Mexico over which Pali scripts were engraved

and these were used in the construction of pyramid temples which were

similar to the pyramid temple in the Chidambaram village situated on

the Coromondal coast in Southern India. In an article written by

scholar Ronald Shiller named 'Unsolved Mysteries of the Incas'

appeared in Reader's Digest of August 1982, he claims to have seen

the imprints of South-East Asian culture over the sculptures found in

Peru dating to the second century BC.

I hope my findings will help the scholars to study the influence of

Indian Culture over the Meso-American culture, so as to bring before

the world the universality of great Vedic culture in the past.

 

(Arun Chinchmalatpure)

 

Shri Arun Chinchmalatpure

Near Primary School,

Kelibag Road, Mahal

Nagpur - 440 002

India