The story of Hindu culture

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The story of Hindu culture

By Manju Gupta

 

Narayan Ramchandra Bhave: Jai Hai! Jagati ke Pratham Rashtra

Bharat, Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Mahakaushal, 122 pp, Rs 50.00

 

This book aims at familiarising the young generation of today with not

only the story of how the Hindu nation came into being but also its

ancient history, growth and culture.

 

The Vedas are the most ancient literature in the world as has been

corroborated by F. Max Mueller, who had extensively studied the Vedic

literature. He said, "There is nothing more ancient than the hymns of the

Rigveda." The Vedas contain knowledge on all branches of science. The

ancient sages discovered the concept of eras and divided an era into

four periods—Kali, Dwapar, Treta and Sat—and said that the earth

came into existence 115 crore years ago while the sea arose 104 crore

years ago. The first plant was found 3 crore years ago and the first

human being was born on Mount Meru in the Mansarovar area. What is

most interesting is that modern science is gradually drawing closer to

accepting India's concepts.

 

A very unusual conclusion drawn by Dr B.G. Matapurkar of Maulana

Azad Medical College has been cited in the book when he says that the

birth of 100 sons to Gandhari was through today's technique of

reproduction through in-vitro fertilisation. The author Shri Narayan

Ramchandra Bhave also discusses the Aryan invasion theory; the

inception of the first family system, society and nation; the origin of the

name `Hindu' from Indu; the meeting of River Saraswati with Rivers

Yamuna and Ganga, its origin and subsequent shift to the west of River

Yamuna to pass through Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat before

meeting the Indian Ocean; and spread of Yayati's empire from the coast

of River Saraswati to the confluence of the three oceans in the south.

 

The Aryans spread far and wide from India, as sages like Agastya,

Kondinya and others travelled far over the land mass which was at that

time a huge land mass that drifted apart. This view has also been proved

by A.Wegener through his continental drift theory. He has said that the

world land mass drifted apart to give rise to different continents, sub-

continents, islands, etc. and that is why it became possible for the

Aryans to travel over the land surface from India to distant America.

Historian Hiralal Gupta in his presidential address at Calcutta had even

said that the Indian reached till America and "95 per cent of the

Americans including the Incas and Mayans are descendants of a small

band of pioneers who reached there from Asia. According to an Indian

anthropologist, they migrated from Tanjore to Peru some 15,000-30,000

years ago." It is stated that nearly 100 Aiyar kings from Tanjore reached

South America but most of them were killed by the local Christian

priests.

 

The Middle East comprising of Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey were

part of Arvasthan where the best Arab horses were found. The name

Arvasthan is purely Sanskrit in nature. In Brahmanda Purana mention

has been made of many African nations of today like Namibia. Even the

Muslim historian Firishta has said that before the emergence of Islam,

the Kaaba in Mecca was a popular pilgrimage site for its Sivalinga for

the Hindus and practices like tonsuring of the head, wearing unstitched

clothes to cover the body and fasting are purely Indian in origin.

 

India has been the birthplace of Vivekananda, Aurobindo and it even

adopted Margaret Nobel who became a Hindu to don the name of Sister

Nivedita before becoming a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

 

The author has expounded on India's advancement in sea-faring and

navigation activities along its long coastline surrounded by ocean water,

so much so that huge ships built in Kerala were famous in England.

These were built out of Sagwan wood found in India. Their paint was so

permanent that it remained intact for 100 years or so. Chinese traveller

Fa-Hien had described that boats nearly 50 metres long were built in

India and these were capable of carrying loads up to 1,000 tonnes.

 

This is a book which enlightens one on India's state of advancement in

an era when the rest of the world was underdeveloped in comparison to

the developed India.

 

(Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Mahakaushal, Dr Hedgewar Medical Bhawan,

behind Mehta petrol pump, New Adarsh Colony, Gadha Marg, Jabalpur.)

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