Astrology in historical records of punjab

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I found some material interesting for astrology students while

studying History of Punjab.

The Books BLOODBATH AFTER MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH and MAHARAJA AND THE

KOHINOOR by Shri Avtar Singh Gill refer to a book UMDAT UT TWARIKH

by Lala Sohan Lal Suri who was the Vakil And Waqai Nawis (recorder

of day to day events) of the Lahore Durbar.

1. Sohan Lal studied the book JAMAI-I-BEHIQI and found the

influence of the planet corresponding to the horoscope of Maharaja

that " whoever falls in the 5th column of utraid, paralysis of tounge

afflicts him.

2. on june 1839 Sohan lal told Bhai Gobind Ram that entry into

Lahore on the 8th point under Venus in the estimate about the

ascendant star was very bad and ominous on which he produced a

wrinkle on his forehead, expressing his worry, but Sohan Lal

informed him that all other moments were very good for entering, but

the presence of ASVADULLAUN (black colour) must precede it, adding

that it did not guarantee physical health of the Maharaja. The

maharaja had however entered the city.

Now onwards Maharaja refers to Kharak Singh successor of Maharaja

Ranjit Singh.

…Accordingly, Lala Sohan lal was sent for from Lahore to Amritsar……

he inspected the condition of the disposition and examined the

influence of the planets, and discovered that the influence of the

disease was strong and the temperament was weak. He was deputed to

treat the maharaja earnestly and the latter awarded him a village

near Lahore against the payment of one thousand per year. The

physician astrologer however, apologized that he would do so after

the passing of the month of kartik i.e middle of nov 1840. he

instructed that only a paltry sum of Rs 40 or 50 should be spent

daily on sweatmeats etc. in connection with the worship of the

planets and must be distributed among the really poor and needy. In

the book written by Kaul Nain son of sohan lal astronomer, it was

recorded that when the horoscope of one's birth and the horoscope

of the beginning of any year of anyone corresponds to eclipse, the

cup of the life of that person begins to overflow.As an eclipse

took place on February 17, 1840 (phagan 8) and the beginning of the

new year of the life of the maharaja fell on February 21 (phagan 12)

when the day was to have advanced about 7 hours, and the ascendant

star was going to enter Sagittarius, therefore, its various

positions were recorded. The ascendant star in Combust pointed out

that the cup of life of one born under its influence was to

overflow………………because the first column pointed to the corpus and

corpus meant body and so it pointed out that the body of the

maharaja would be destroyed because at that time he was under the

ascendant star in combust. They further remarked that it would be an

ominous year for the kunwar as well , on account of 2 reasons.

1. the ascendant star of the kanwar was also at that time in

combust

2. the horoscope of the year had also been extracted at that

time.

the sketch prepared at that time was recorded by lala sohan lal suri

in the Persian work of umdat-ut-tawarikh.

Maharaja expired on nov 5, 1840, and thee kanwar naunihal singh was

murdered soon after cremation of maharaja.

To be followed………