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  • Volunteer

    Hare Krsna Prabhu Utsav,

    What you say about Lord Krsna, Lord shiva, Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma is true, except without offence that Lord Krsna and his expansion Lord Vishnu are the Supreme Personality of Godhead whereas most of others are demigods associated with material universes.

    The truth is that from Srimad-Bhagavatam, a great scripture, it is clearly mentioned that 5000 years ago and even less, India was called Bhārata-varsa. Please read the extract below.

    "So here it is said... Vyāsadeva, he writes... This Bhagavad-gītā is one of the chapter of Mahābhārata. Mahābhārata means the history of greater India. Formerly Bhārata... "India" is given name by the Westerners, but real name is Bhārata, Bhārata-varsa. This planet was formerly known as Ilāvrta-varsa, and later on, after the Emperor Bharata, this planet was known as Bhārata-varsa. So Bhārata-varṣa means not only India, but the whole planet. At least five thousand years ago it was known as Bhārata-varsa."

    Then, in the Srimad Bhgavatam, it is explained how with the progress of Kali Yuga, the human beings descendants of Kings like Maharaj Yudhisthir and Maharaj Pariksit started following less and less God consciousness over generations and created different tribes, nations until we get the countries and nationalities that we know nowadays.

    Kirata: A province of old Bharata-varsa mentioned in the Bhisma-parva
    of Mahabharata. Generally the Kiratas are known as the aboriginal tribes
    of India, and in modern days the Santal Parganas in Bihar and Chota
    Nagpur might comprise the old province named Kirata.
    Huna: The area of East Germany and part of Russia is known as the
    province of the Hunas. Accordingly, sometimes a kind of hill tribe is
    known as the Hunas.

    Andhra: A province in southern India mentioned in the Bhisma-parva of
    Mahabharata. It is still extant under the same name.

    Pulinda: It is mentioned in the Mahabharata (Adi-parva 174.38), viz.,
    the inhabitants of the province of the name Pulinda. This country was
    conquered by Bhimasena and Sahadeva. The Greeks are known as Pulindas,
    and it is mentioned in the Vana-parva of Mahabharata that the non-Vedic
    race of this part of the world would rule over the world. This Pulinda
    province was also one of the provinces of Bharata, and the inhabitants
    were classified amongst the ksatriya kings. But later on, due to their
    giving up the brahminical culture, they were mentioned as mlecchas (just
    as those who are not followers of the Islamic culture are called kafirs
    and those who are not followers of the Christian culture are called
    heathens).

    Abhira: This name also appears in the Mahabharata, both in the Sabhaparva
    and Bhisma-parva. It is mentioned that this province was situated
    on the River Sarasvati in Sind. The modern Sind province formerly
    extended on the other side of the Arabian Sea, and all the inhabitants of
    that province were known as the Abhiras. They were under the domination
    of Maharaja Yudhisthira, and according to the statements of Markandeya
    the mlecchas of this part of the world would also rule over Bharata.
    Later on this proved to be true, as in the case of the Pulindas. On
    behalf of the Pulindas, Alexander the Great conquered India, and on
    behalf of the Abhiras, Muhammad Ghori conquered India. These Abhiras were
    also formerly ksatriyas within the brahminical culture, but they gave up
    the connection. The ksatriyas who were afraid of Parasurama and had
    hidden themselves in the Caucasian hilly regions later on became known as
    the Abhiras, and the place they inhabited was known as Abhiradesa.

    If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask. It is natural and I will try my best to answer them.

    Haribol,

  • Hello mam,
    U mean Greek mythology is same as Indian...if it is then zeus is none other than indra? But thats not true na because Greek mythology was so much lust driven
  • E-Counselor

    Hare Krsna Prabhuji,

    PAMHO.

    India is called a holy land. The samudra manthan leela is there in Greek mythology also, visible in Thailand and Malaysia, Cambodia, Matsya avatar is known as Noah's ark. In earlier times, the whole world was one big land, it got bifurcated later. That reference is also there in the Srimad Bhagawatam.

    I hope this clarifies.

    Haribol,

    Your servant,

    Rashmi

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