Yadus of Siberia&Central Asia ?

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[world-vedic] Yadus of Siberia&Central Asia

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The following is excerpted from research on the writings of Colonel

Tod.

Col. Tod was a British military man who did extensive research into India

's

history. He spent much time in India during the 1800s and claimed to

have

found many ancient recorded evi dences and writings in Rajasthan, India.

These

findings convinced him that India's people and civilization were the

Genesis

of much of the World's Civilization. In his book, "Rajasthan" he traced

a

multitude of links to India, below I will share some of his findings

on

India's connection to Turkistan and Northern Asia.

 

VEDIC CONNECTIONS TO NORTHERN and CENTRAL ASIA

The Turanians who extended over the whole of Turkistan and Central

Asia

were originally an Indian people. Colonel Tod writes,"Abdul Gazi says

that

Tamak, the son of Ture is the the Turishka of the Puranas. His

descendants

gave their name to Tocharistan o r Turkistan." Professor Max Muller

says,

"Turvas and his descendants who represent the Turanians, are described in

the

later poems of India as cursed and deprived of their inheritance," and

hence

their migration.

Colonel Tod says, "The Jaisalmer annals assert that the Yadu

(Lord

Krishna's Dynasty) and the Balika branches of the Indu race ruled

Korassan

after the Great War of Kurukshetra(approx.5130 years ago.) These

Indian

peoples are the Indo-Scythic races menti oned in the ancient Greek

writings."

Besides the Balika and the numerous branches of the Indo-Medes, many

of

the sons of Kuru dispersed over these regions. among these we place the

Uttara

Kurus, or Northern Kurus of the Puranas. They were known as the Ottorocurae

to

the Ancient Greeks. Both the Indus and the Surya peoples of Vedic India

were

sending their excess population to these distant regions."

A Mohammedan historian writes that emigrants from India first

inhabited

the country of Khata. It is also known that Hindu settlers left India

for

Siberia, where they founded a Kingdom, with Bajrapur as its capital. It

is

related that upon the death in ba ttle, of the king of that country, three

of

Lord Krishna's sons, Pradyumna, Gada, and Samba made a journey to

Bajrapur.

They were accompanied by a large number of Brahmanas (Priests) and

Ksatriyas

(Warriors). The eldest brother, Pradyumna, ascended the t hrone. When

Lord

Krishna left this world, it is said that the inhabitants of Bajrapur came

to

Dwaraka, Krishna's City, to console His family members. (This is recorded

in

the Hari Vamsha, Vishnu Parva, Adhyaya 97.)

Colonel Tod continues, "The annals of the Yadus of Jaisalmer state

long

before King Vikrama, that they held dominion from Ghazni to Samarkahand.

They

established themselves in those regions after the Great War of the

Mahabharata

and were not pushed back to the Indus until the rise of Islam. The Yadus

of

Jaisalmer ruled Zabulistan and founded Ghazni. They also claim Chagatai

(a

descendant of Genghis Khan) as being of their own bloodline. This is a claim

I

now deem worthy of credit."

The Afghans are the descendants of the Aphgana, the Serpent tribe of

the

Apivansa region of ancient India. According to Abu Haukal, the city of

Herat

is also called Heri. This adjoins Maru or Murve. The country called

Seestan,

was also a settlement of t he Hindus. Seestan (the region of cold or

see-stan)

and all sides of the valley were occupied since very ancient times by

another

branch of the Yadus.

In fact the very name of the continent Asia, comes from the Indian

clan

who were known as the Ashwa. Also the name Europa comes from the

Sanskrit

words Surupa which means "Beautiful Form." In both languages the term Eu

and

Su mean good or auspicious.

It has been shown that the Bactrians were an Indian people and that

the

Indian migrations extended to Siberia and the Northern most parts of

Asia.

This is evident from the fact that the descendants of these Vedic Aryans

are

still to be found there.

The Samoyedes and Tchoudes of Siberia and Finland were originally

known

as the Shyamayadus and the Joudes of India. The languages of the two

former

races have a strong affinity and are classed as Indo-Germanic by Klaproth,

the

author of the Book, "Asia Polyglotta." Mr. Remusat traces these tribes

to

Central Asia, the exact place where the Yadus dynasty long held sway. The

name

of the Siberian peoples known as the Samoyedes can be traced to

the

Shyama-Yadus. Shyama is a name of Krishna and Krishna is kn own as the Lord

of

the Yadus and this branch of His family were known as the Shyama Yadus.

The race of Joude is described by Baber as occupying the

mountainous

range at the very spot mentioned in the annals of the Yadus as the

point

marking the furthest extension of their migrations. The most prominent hill

in

this range is called Yadu-ki-dang or Hill of Yadu. According to these

records,

they left India approx. 4000 years ago.

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