More Vedic America

12-16-2000, 07:51 AM

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