HISTORY
PART - 1
Presented
by : Lalsuprasad S. Rajbhar.
15/05/2018.
Tuesday
Hin is a Hindu who renounces emotions. Sanatan Dharm is Hindu religion.
Hinduism is the largest religion. Many efforts have been made to
eradicate it by the Mughal emperor and the British. But till date
no Hindu religion could be erased. Bharat's are the children of
Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and sage Muni. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh
had many sons and daughters. All these have sons and daughters from
Dev (Sur), Daitya (Asur), Danav, Rakshash, Gandharv, Yaksh, Kinnar,
Vanar, Nag, Charan, Nishad, Mathang, Bear, Bhall, Kirat, Apsara,
Vidyadhar, Siddh, Nishachar, Veer, Guhyak, Kuldev, Sthandev, Village
God, Pitar, Bhoot, Pret, Pishach, Kushmanda, Brahmarakshas, Vaital,
Kshetrapal, Manav, etc. originated.
A attempt was made by dynasty writers, pilgrimage priests, pandas
and signifying operators of the dynasty to keep the residents of
the entire Aryavart unquestionable can certainly be considered the
latest model example of the Vedic sage tradition itself. According
to the Puran’s, the Dravidians consider the contribution of
King Nahusha in the origin of the Chola and Pandya castes, who was
the Chandravanshi king of Ilavarta. The Puran’s carry Bharatn
history to the deluge. It is from here that Vaivasvat Manuvantar
starts. Panchanad is mentioned in the Vedas. That is, the clans
of Bharatns expanded from the five major clans.
Divided dynasty: The entire Hindu dynasty is presently gotra, pravara,
shakha, ved, sharm, gan, shikha, paad, tilak, chhatra, mala, deity
(Shiva, Vinayak, Kuladevi, Kuladevata, Ishdevata, Rashtra Devta,
Gotra Devta, Bhoomi Devta, The village deity has been divided into
Bhairav and Yaksh, etc. As society grew, there were many distinctions
between gan and gotra. Many societies or people have given up all
this in the time of slavery, and then their identity is considered
as Kashyap gotra.
Kulhanta :
Today,
all the humans residing in the entire monolithic Bharat ie Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma etc. all belong to the following
major Hindu lineages. Over time, their caste, religion and province
changed, but they all belong to the same clan (kul and vansh). In
the Gita, Shri Krishna tells Arjun that Kul is destroyed when a
person leaves his Kuldharma. In this way, they forget their origin
and ancestors forever. Kulhanta is that person which, leaves its
Kuladharma and tradition and adopts the Kuldharma and tradition
of others. A tree that hates its roots should not have the misconception
to grow.
Expansion of Bharat :
In
Mahabharat Pragjyotish (Assam), Kimpurush (Nepal), Trivishtap (Tibet),
Harivarsh (China), Kashmir, Abhisar (Rajouri), Dard, Hun Hunja,
Ambist Aamb, Pakhtu, Kaikeya, Gandhar along with Kamboj Valhik Balakh,
Shiv Shivasthan-Seastan-Sara Baloch region, Sindh, Sauvir Saurashtra,
including the lower area of Sindh, Dandak Maharashtra, Surabhipatna,
Mysore, Chola, Andhra, Kalinga and Sinhal, nearly 200 districts
have been described who were completely Aryans or influenced by
Aryan culture and language. Among these, Abhir Ahir, Tanwar, Kamboj,
Yavan, Shina, Kak, Pani, Chuluk Chalukya, Sarost Sarote, Kakkad,
Khokhar, Chindha Chindhar, Samara, Kokan, Jangal, Shak, Pundra,
Odar, Malav, Shudrak, Yodheya Johiya, Shur, Takshak and Lohad etc.
Arya khap are particularly notable.
Today all these names have changed to Jat, Gurjar, Patel, Rajput,
Maratha, Dhakad, Saini, Parmar, Pathania, Afzal, Ghosi, Bohra, Ashraf,
Kasai, Kula, Kunjra, Nait, Mendal, Mochi, Meghwal etc. of Bharat
Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist Many castes all stem from the
same lineage. Well, now we know about the major lineages of Hindus
(basically Bharatns), of which you are also connected with the descendants
of one of them. This information may be important to you.
Those who consider themselves natives should also know that initially
humans lived around the Himalayas. Only after the end of the ice
age did the forest area and plains expand on the earth, then humans
started living there. It is mentioned in every religion that a human
originated near a river originating from the Himalayas. There was
a sacred garden where a group of early humans lived. Apart from
the history of religions, it is also necessary to know the geography
of the earth and the scientific side of human history.
1. First Ancient Dynasty :
Brahma clan: Brahma had predominantly three wives. Savitri, Gayatri
and Saraswati. They got sons and daughters from the three. Apart
from this, there were also Manas sons of Brahma out of which the
names of the chief are as follows - 1. Atri, 2. Angiras, 3. Bhrigu,
4. Kandarbh, 5. Vashisth, 6. Daksh, 7. Svayambhuv Manu, 8. Kritu,
9. Pulah, 10. Pulastya, 11. Narad, 12. Chitragupt, 13. Marichi,
14. Sanak, 15. Sundanand, 16. Sanatan and 17. Sanatakumar, etc.
Swayambhuv Manu Kul :
Swayambhuv Manu Kul has many branches. One of them talks of a major
branch. Swayambhuv Manu is the first messenger of all mankind. There
were a total of 5 children of Swayambhuv Manu and Shatrupa, out
of which 2 sons were Priyavrat and Uttanpad and 3 girls were Aakuti,
Devahuti and Prasuti. Akuti was married to Ruchi Prajapati and Prasuti
was married to Daksh Prajapati. Devahuti was married to Prajapati
Kardam. Ruchi gets a son from Akuti named Yagya. His wife's name
was Dakshina.
It is noteworthy that Devahuti gave birth to 9 girls who were married
to Prajapati. Devahuti also gave birth to a son, who is known as
the great sage Kapil. He was born in Kapilavastu in Bharat and was
the originator of Sankhya philosophy. He was the one who burnt 100
sons of Sagara with his curse.
Two sons - Priyavrat and Uttanpad. Uttanpad had 2 wives named Suniti
and Suruchi. From the Suniti of King Uttanpad had 2 sons Dhruv and
Suruchi. Dhruva had gained a lot of fame.
Priyavrat, the second son of Swayambhuv Manu, married Bahishtmati,
the daughter of Vishwakarma from whom 10 sons were born, Agnidhra,
Yajnabahu, Medhatithi etc. From 2nd wife Priyavrat had 3 sons Uttam,
Tamas and Raivat, after whom the Manvantaras are named. Out of the
10 sons of King Priyavrat, the Kavi, Mahavir and Savan were the
three Brahmacharis (celibate) and took up Sannyas Dharma.
King Manune ruled this Saptadvipavati Earth for many days. People
were very happy in his kingdom. It was he who created 'Manu Smriti',
which is not found in original form today. Its meaning has been
in vain. In that period varna meant color and today caste.
When King Manu aspired to salvation while taking care of his people
(praja), he handed over the entire kingdom to his elder son Uttanpad
and went to the Naimisharanya shrine with his wife Shatrupa in solitude,
but his second son King Priyavrat was more famous than Uttanpad.
Manu and Shatrupa performed penance for 100 years on the banks of
the Sunanda River. Both husband and wife also did penance for a
long time on the banks of Gomti in a holy shrine called Naimisharanya.
The tomb (Samadhi) of both remains at that place.
Priyavrat's Clan :
Agnidhra, the eldest son of King Priyavrat, became the ruler of
Jambudweep. The 9 sons of Agnighra are considered to be the masters
of the 9 blocks of Jambudweep, whose names are according to their
own names which are Elavrut Varsh, Bhadrashav Varsh, Ketumaal Varsh,
Kuru Varsh, Hiranyamy Varsh, Ramyak Varsh, Hari Varsh, Kimpurush
Varsh and Himalayan to sea land. - Part is called Nabhi Kandh. Both
Nabhi and Kuru are said to be in the shape of a bow. Nabhi had a
son Rishabh and from Rishabh 'Bharat' and Bahubali were born. Later
in the name of Bharat, this Nabhi Khand came to be called 'Bharatvarsh'.
When Bahubali attained renunciation (varagya), Rishabh made Bharat
the Chakravarti emperor. When Bharata became disinterested (varagya),
he handed over his Kingdom to his elder son and went to the forest.
The sages of the era of Swayambhu Manu were Marichi, Atri, Angiras,
Pulah, Kritu, Pulastya and Vashishth. The said sages, including
King Manu, did the work of making humans civilized, amenable, laborious
and cultured.
2. Second Ancient Dynasty :
Kashyap Kul :
Kashyap Kul has many branches. Pippal, Neem, Kadamb, Kardam, Kem,
Kane, Bad, Suryavanshi, Chandravanshi, Nag, etc. surnames or gotras
are found in Hindu cobbler society. These are come under clan of
Marachi. Here, we talk of major branches. Sage Kashyap was the learned
son of Marichi and Marichi was son of Brahmaji. Marichi's second
son was the sage Atri from whom Atrivansh started. Sage Marichi
is the first sage of the list of the first saptarishis of the first
manuvantar. He was Daksha's son-in-law and Shankar's brother-in-law.
His wife was Dakshakanya (daughter of Daksh) Sambhuti. Marichi had
2 more wives - Kala and Urna. Probably Urna is also called Dharmavrata.
In Daksha's yajna, Marichi also insulted Shankar. On this, Shankar
had burnt him and turned him into ashes. Marichi taught Dandniti
(how to punish) to Bhrigu. Marichi resides on a top (shikhar) of
mountain Sumeru and is called Chitrashikhandi in the Mahabharat.
Marichi’s son was Kashyap Rishi.
Marichi married a woman named Kala and from him he got a son named
Kashyap. Kashyap's mother 'Kala' who was the daughter of Kardam
Rishi and sister of Rishi Kapil Dev. According to belief, Kashyap
is also known as Arishtanemi. The ashram of the sage Kashyap which
was the original root of Sur and Asurs, was on the summit of Mount
Meru. Even today, the caste of Sur and Asur exists in Bharat.
Brahma's grandson Rishi Kashyap married 13 daughters of Brahma's
Son Daksha. According to Srimad Bhagwat, Daksh Prajapati married
10 of his 60 daughters with religious rituals, 13 girls married
with Rishi Kashyap, 27 girls married with the Moon, 2 girls married
with Bhoot, 2 girls married to Angira. Also, 2 girls were married
to Kushashva. The remaining 4 girls (Vinita, Kadru, Patangi and
Yamini) were married to Tarkshrya Kashyap.
* Kashyap's wives : Thus Rishi Kashyap's wives became Aditi, Diti,
Danu, Kashta, Arishta, Sursa, ila, Muni, Krodhavasha, Tamra, Surabhi,
Sursa, Timi, Vinita, Kadru, Patangi and Yamini.
1. Aditi :
According to the Puran’s, Kashyap gave birth to 12 Adityas
from the womb of his wife Aditi. It is believed that in the Chakshush
Manvantara period 12 superiorities (shreshth gan) called Tushit
were born as 12 Adityas, which were as follows - Vivasvan, Aryama,
Pusha, Tvashta, Savita, Bhag, Dhata, Vidhata, Varuna, Mitra, Indra
and Trivikram (Lord Vaman). From the son of Rishi Kashyap called
Vivan Vaivasvat Manu was born. Only sons of Aditi were called Dev
and Sur. Their king was Indra.
Vaivaswat Manu had 10 sons - 1. Eil, 2. Ikshvaku, 3. Kushnam, 4.
Arisht, 5. Dhrisht, 6. Narishyant, 7. Karush, 8. Mahabali, 9. Sharyati
and 10. Pushadh. In the Clan of Ikshvaku the great Tirthankara of
Hinduism, God, King, Sage-Mahatma and Creators are born.
Suryavansh was established from Vaivasvat Manu. The ten sons of
Manu lived separately and all have interesting life stories. Manu
anointed his eldest son Eil on the kingdom and he himself went to
the forest for penance. Ikshvaku established his separate kingdom.
Lord Ram was born in this family.
Ikshvaku's Dynasty :
Manu's second son Ikshvaku had 3 sons - 1. Kushi, 2. Nimi and 3.
Dandak. Ikshvaku's first son Kushi had a son named Vikukshi. Vikukshi
had son Baan and Baan's son was Anranya. Anranya had son Prithu
and Prithu had son named Trishanku. Trishanku's had son Dhumdhumar.
Dhumdhumar's son was Yuvnashv. Yuvnashv son was Mandhat and Manndhat
had son called Susandhi. Susandhi had 2 sons - Dhruvsandhi and Prasenjit.
Dhruvsandhi's son was Bharat.
In the clan of Kukshi from Bharat there were Sagar, Bhagirath, Raghu,
Ambarish, Yayati, Nabhag, Dasharath and Lord Ram. All of the above
ruled Ayodhya. Ayodhya was formerly the capital of Bharat, which
later became Hastinapur. Ikshvaku's second son Nimi was the king
of Mithila. In this Ikshvaku dynasty, after a long time period King
Janak was born. King Nimi's guru was Rishi Vashishth. Nimi became
the 21st Tirthankara of Jainism.
2. Diti :
Rishi Kashyap gand Diti had two sons named Hiranyakashyap and Hiranyaksh
and 1 daughter named Simhaika. According to Srimad Bhagavat, besides
these 3 children, 49 other sons of Kashyap were also born from Diti's
womb, which is called Marundan. These sons of Kashyap were childless
while Hiranyakashyap had 4 sons - Anuhallad, Hallad, Prahlad and
Sanhallad. The sons of Diti were called Datya and Asur. During this
time great Virochan and Bali was born. At present, most of the Dalits
consider themselves to come from the clan of Diti, which is not
correct. Everyone is different.
3. Danu :
From Rishi Kashyap’s wife Danu, Dwimurdha, Shambar, Arisht,
Haygreev, Vibhavasu, Arun, Anutapan, Dhumrakesh, Virupaksh, Durjay,
Ayomukh, Shamkushira, Kapil, Shankar, Ekachakra, Mahabahu, Tarak,
Mahabal, Swabharnu. , Vrushparva, Mahabali Pulom and Viprichiti
etc. 61 great sons were born.
4. Other wives :
Rani Kashtha produced a hoofed animal like horses. Gandharv’s
were born from wife Arishta. Yatudhan (Rakshash) originated from
a queen called Sursa. From Ela trees, creepers, etc. vanaspati were
born. Apsaras were born from Muni's womb. From Kashyap’s wife
Krodhvasha poisonous animals like snakes, scorpions, poisonous creatures
and insects (jantu), etc were born.
Tamra gave birth to predatory birds such as eagles, vultures, etc.
Surabhi gave birth to buffalo, cow and two hoofed animals. Queen
Sarsa gave birth to violent creatures like tigers etc. Timi produced
aquatic animals as her offspring.
The serpents originated from Kadru's womb, the chief of which were
8 nagas (serpents) were- Anant (remaining), Vasuki, Takshak, Karkotak,
Padmah, Mahapadmah, Shankh and Kulik. Nagvansh was established from
them.
Garud (vehicle of Vishnu) and Varun (charioteer of the Sun) were
born from the womb of Tarshaya's wife Vinita. Birds were born from
queen Patangi. Shalbho (patango) were born from Yamini's womb. By
Brahma's command, Prajapati Kashyap also got married to Puloma and
Kalka, two daughters of Vishwanar. From them Povlom and kalkey named
60 thousand Ranveer Danavas were born who were later became known
as Nivatakavach.
It is believed that Kashyap Sagar (Caspian Sea) and Kashmir were
named after the sage Kashyap. The entire Kashmir was ruled by Rishi
Kashyap and his sons. The history of Kashyap Rishi is believed to
be ancient. Lord Shiva's gan’s were ruling around Mount Kailash.
There was also an empire of Daksh kings in the said area. There
is a need to research the life of Kashyap Rishi.
3. Third Ancient Dynasty :
Atri Dynasty :
Chandra Dynasty (chandravash) started from Atri, the psyche son
of Brahma. This is the information of Atrivanshi Yayati clan.
Yayati Kul :
The
Atreya dynasty ran from sage Atri. The Atreya clan has several branches.
Kindly read the Matsya Puran to know about it in detail. Apart from
the branches named Atreya, there is talk of other clans here. From
Atri the moon, from the moon came Mercury, from Mercury Pururava
(Purvas) was born. According to the Satapath Brahmin, Purvas were
also called Ail. Puruvas were married to Urvashi. He got sons named
Ayu, Vanayu, Shatayu, Siddhayu, Dadhayu, Ghimant and Amavasu. Amavasu
and Vasu were special. Amavasu laid the foundation of a city called
Kanyakubj and became the king there. Ayu was married to Prabha,
the daughter of Swarbhanu with whom he had 5 sons - Nahush, Kshatravrut
(Vridasharma), Rajabha (Gai), Raji, Anena. The first Nahush was
married to Virja who had many sons, in which Yayati, Samayati, Ayaati,
Ayati and Dhruv were prominent. Yeti and Yayati were beloved among
these sons. We will talk about Yeti afterwards. Just now know about
Yayati.
The Amavasu ran a separate dynasty consisting of 15 prominent people
respectively. Among them were Kushik (Kushcha), Gadhi, Rishi Vishwamitra,
Madhuchandas, etc. There is no mention of this dynasty after Nay.
In this dynasty, there is mention of an Ajmigadh king, which later
expanded this dynasty.
Yayati Prajapati was born in the generation of Brahma. Yayati had
relationships with many women so he had many sons, but his 2 wives
were Devyani and Sharmistha. Devyani was the daughter of Guru Shukracharya
while Sharmishtha was the daughter of the demon king (datyaraj)
Vrishparva. The first wife Devayani had 2 sons named Yadu and Turvasu
and the second Sharmishtha had Druhu, Puru and Anu. Yayati also
had a few daughters, one of whom was named Madhavi.
Yayati had 5 sons - 1. Puru, 2. Yadu, 3. Turvas, 4. Anu and 5. Druhu
and are called Panchanand in the Vedas. There was a time when these
five sons of Yayati ruled over the entire earth in 7,200 BC, ie
9,200 years ago. The five sons established dynasties in their own
names. From Yadu - Yadav, from Turvasu - Yavan, from Druhu - Bhoj,
From Anu - Malechh and from Puru - Paurav dynasty were established.
Very Importat Points :
Yayati appointed Turvasu in the southeast direction (from Punjab
to Uttar Pradesh in the west), Druhmu in the west, Yadu in the south
(present-day Sindh-Gujarat province) and Anu in the north as Mandalik
and Puru was given entire earth (bhu mandal) and then Yayati went
to the forest. The territory of Yayati's ranged from Hindukush in
Afghanistan to Assam and from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
According to the Mahabharata Adiparv 95, Yadu and Turvashu took
place in the 7th generation of Manu (Manu – ila – pururava
– ayu – nahush – yayati – yadu - turuvshu).
It is also written in Mahabharat Adiparv 75.15-16 that Nabhanedisth
was the son of Manu and brother of Ila. Nabhanedisth's father Manu
asked him to preach Sukta 61 and 62 of the Rigved Dasam Mandal.
1. Dynasty of Puru :
There were many majestic kings in Puru Dynasty. Bharat and Sudas
were among them. In this dynasty, Shantanu had sons out of which
one was who were Bhishm. Arjun's son Abhimanyu was born in Puru's
lineage. Later in this dynasty, Parikshit was born, whose son was
Janmejay.
2. Dynasty of Yadu :
Lord Krishna was in the family of Yadu. Yadu had 4 sons - Sahasrajit,
Kroshta, Nal and Ripun. Shatjit was born to Sahasrajit. Shatajit
had 3 sons - Mahahay, Venuhay and Haihay. Haihay son was Dharma,
Dharman Dharma’s son was Netra, Netra had a child Kundti,
Kunti had child called Sohanji, Sohanji had child Mahishman and
Mahishman’s son was Bhadrasen.
3. Dynasty of Turvasu :
Bhoj (Yavanas) occurred in the dynasty of Turvasu. Yayati's son
was Turvasu's and Turvasu's son was, Vahni, Vahini son was bharg,
bharg’s son was bhnuman, Bhanuman’s son was tribhanu,
Tribanu son was udarbuddhi karamdha,, Udarbuddhi Karamdham’s
son was Marut. Marut was childless, so he had kept Purvanshi Dushyant
his son, but Dushyant returned to his own dynasty, wishing for the
kingdom.
According to the Mahabharat, Yayati’s son was Turvasu’s
and his decedents were Yavas. He was a Kshatriya before, but after
leaving the Kshatriya karma he was counted among the Shudras. He
was with the Kauravas in the Mahabharat war. Earlier, he was defeated
by Nakul and Sahadev at the time of Digvijay.
4. Ancestry of Anu :
Anu is also sometimes called Anava in the Rigved. According to some
historians, this clan was located in the Parushini River (Ravi River)
area. Later on, the Sauvir, Kaikeya and Madra clan were born from
these Anva’s.
Anu's son was Sabhanar, Sambhanar son was Kalanal, Kalanal’s
son was to Sunjay, Sunjay son was Puranjay, Puranjay son was Janmejay,
Janmejay to Mahashal, Mahashal to Mahamana. Mahamana had 2 sons
Ushinar and Titikshu. Ushinar had 5 sons - Nrug, Kumi, Nav, Suvata,
Shivi (Aushinar). Out of this, 4 sons of Shivi were Kekay, Madrak,
Suvir and Vrusardak. In the Mahabharat period there were 4 districts
(4 janpad) named after these four.
5. Druhayu Dynasty :
Druhayu's dynasty included King Gandhar. He lived in the middle
of Aryavart. Later the Druhayu’s were driven by Mandhatari,
the king of Ikshvaku clan, towards Central Asia. In Puran’s,
there is no mention of found after Druhyu’s King Prachatus.
It is written about Prachatus that 100 of his sons settled north
from Afghanistan and were called 'Malech'.
From Yayati's son Druhyu, Babhru was born. Babhru son was setu,
Setu had son called the Arbhad Arbadh had son called Gandhar. Gandhar’s
so was Dharm, Dharm had son Dhut, Shut son was Durman and the son
of Durman was Pracheta. Pracheta had 100 sons, They became the king
of Malech in the north.
* Yadu and Turvus were called slaves. In the case of Yadu and Turvas
it was believed that Indra brought them later. The people of the
Bharat clan resided on the banks of the river Saraswati Drishdwati
and Aapya. The most important clan was that of Bharata. Its ruling
class was named Tritsu. Probably the Srujan and the Kreevi clan
were also associated with him. The dynasty of Yavan and Malech came
from Turvus and Druhyu. In this way, this history is proven that
the descendants of Atri, one of the sons of Brahma, established
the Judism, Yavani and Parsi religions. Out of these, Christian
and Islam religions were born. It is believed that the 12 clan of
Yehudis belonged to Druhmu. Although it is a matter of research.
4. Fourth Ancient Dynasty :
Bhrigu Kul :
From the Bhrigu gotra clan's like Bhargav, Chyavan, Aurva, Apanuvan,
Jamadagni, Dadhichi etc. started. If we talk about Brahma's psyche
son Bhrigu, he was around 9,400 years ago. His elder brother's name
was Angira. Atri, Marichi, Daksh, Vasisth, Pulastya, Narad, Kardam,
Swayambhuv Manu, Kritu, Pulah, Sanakadi Rishi are his brothers.
He was Vishnu's father-in-law (shvasur) and Shiv's brother-in-law
(sadhu). Maharishi Bhrigu has also got a place in the Saptarshi
Mandal. People of Parsi religion are considered to belong to the
clan of Atri, Bhrigu and Angira. Zarathushtra, the founder of the
Zoroastrianism, is considered to be a contemporary of the sages
like Angira, Bhruspati, etc. of the Rigved. The Zoroastrian scripture
is 'Jend Avesta', written in the Avesta language, an archaic (very
old) branch of the Rigvedic Sanskrit.
(The son born of Brahma and Saraswati was the sage Saraswat. According
to one belief, the son born of Pururava and Saraswati was Saraswan.
The origin (root) of all Saraswat Brahmins is the sage Saraswat.
According to some, Saraswat Rishi was the son of Dadhichi. Dadhichi's
father was a sage (rishi) Bhrigu and Bhrigu's father was Lord Brahma
. According to another belief, Indra sent an Apsara named 'Alambusha'
to dissolve the penance of Dadhichi. Dadhichi was doing tarpan of
Devtas. Seeing the beautiful Apsara there, his semen got angry (ruskhalit).
Saraswati river held that semen in her Kukshi and gave birth as
a son, which was known as 'Saraswat').
It is believed that Atri people had crossed the Indus and gone to
Paras (today's Iran), where they preached Yajna. It was due to Atri's
that fire worship started the Parsi religion. When Zarathustra gave
this religion a system, the name of this religion became 'Zarathustra'
or 'Zorabian religion'.
Maharishi Bhrigu's first wife's name was Khyati, who was daughter
of his brother Daksh. This meant Khyati was his niece. Lord Shankar
married Daksh's second daughter Sati. From Khyati, Bhrigu got 2
sons, data and vidhata and 1 daughter Lakshmi was born. He married
Lakshmi to Lord Vishnu.
Bhrigu's Son Dhata was married to Aayati and had a son called Pran.
Pran's son was dhotiman and Dhotiman had son called Vartaman. Vidhata
was married to Niti and had Mukand, Mukand had son called Markandey
and Markendey had son's called Shri Ved. It is said in the Puran's
that from this the Bhrigu dynasty grew. Bhrigu created the Bhrigu
Samhita. In the same period his brother Swayambhuv Manu composed
Manu Smriti. Bhrigu had other sons like Ushana, Chavan, etc. In
the Rig Ved, there are descriptions of many mantras composed by
the Bhriguvanshi sages, in which the names of Ven, Somahuti, Sumarshmi,
Bhargav, Arvi, etc. are mentioned. Bhargav's have been considered
as fire worshipers. Bhrigu was present at the time of Dasharajna
war.
The three principal sons of Bhrigu Rishi were Theushana, Shukra
(shukracharya) and Chavan. Shukra and his family was destroyed due
to their involvement in the side of the demons. Thus Chavan Rishi
grew the Bhargav dynasty. The descent of Chavan Rishi in Mahabharat
is as follows. Chavan (wife Manukanya Aarushi), Aurva, Aurva to
Ruchik, Ruchik to Jamdagni, Jamdagni to Parshuram. Among the sons
of Bhrigu Rishi, Chavan Rishi and his family belonged to Anarta
country in West Hindustan. Ushanas Shukra belonged to the central
part of North Bharat. In this dynasty following people are considered
prominent - Ruchik Aurva, Jamdagni, Parshuram, Indrot Shounak, Prachetus
and Valmiki. Many people of Valmiki dynasty are also Brahmins and
Shudra? It is said that during the Mughal period, the Brahmins who
forced were dissolve Janeu and accepted scavenging work of Mughals
were called Shudras. The Kshatriyas who were appointed over the
Shudras were called Mahattars and later Mahattar name was distorted
to Mehatar,
There were also many Brahmins in the Bhargav dynasty, who were Suryavanshi
and not Bhargav vanshi. These Brahmins are called 'Kshatriya Brahmins'.
It includes the following people, in whose name the dynasty went
on. 1. Matsya, 2. Moudgallayan, 3. Sankritya, 4. Gagyavan, 5. Gargaya,
6. Kapi, 7. Maitreya, 8. Vradshcha, 9. Divodas. - (Matsya Purana
149.98.100). The Kshatriya who joined the Bhargav dynasty was Mitrayu,
son of Bharatvanshi king Divodas. The descendants of Mitrayu were
called Maitreya and they introduced Maitreya Gan. The third Kshatriya
origin of the Bhargav's was called Vaitahavya or Yask. The Bhargav
dynasty was embellished (gorgeous) only by Yask.
In
the Devasur war with the demons (datya), Maharishi Bhrigu's wife,
Khyati, who was a stunning (tejasvi) woman with great power (yog
shakti), brought alive the dead soldiers of the army of demons (datya),
angry with that Lord Vishnu cut her head with his Sudarshan Chakra.
Khyati was Shukracharya's mother and Bhrigu's wife. On knowing about
the murder of his wife, Maharishi Bhrigu curses Lord Vishnu that
you will have to be born again and again from the stomach of a woman.
After that Maharishi resurrects (restore a dead person to life)
his wife Khyati with his yogic power and comes to the banks of the
Ganges and builds the Tamsa River.
For the first time on earth, Maharishi Bhrigu taught how to produce
fire. Although some people attribute this to Angira. It was Bhrigu
who told that how Fire (Agni) can be ignited and how we can use
fire (Agni), hence he is considered a sage born of Agni. Bhrigu
also discovered Sanjeevani Vidya. He had discovered the Sanjeevani
herb, that is, he had found a way to bring the dead creature alive.
Traditionally, this learning was received by his son Shukracharya.
Due to being the child of Bhrigu, all the people of his clan are
called Bhargav. The Hindu Emperor Hemachandra Vikramaditya was also
Bhriguvanshi.
5. Fifth ancient dynasty :
Angira Dynasty :
Angira his wife was Daksh Prajapati's daughter Smriti (according
to some she was Shraddha). Angira had 3 prominent sons. Utthya,
Samvart and Brahaspati. Their descent is mentioned in the Rigved.
There are references to his other sons- Havishyat, Utthya, Brihatkirti,
Brihajyoti, Brihadbrahman Brihatmantra; Brihavas and Markandeya.
Bhanumati, Raga (Raka), Sini Wali, Archishmati (Havishmati), Mahishmati,
Mahamati and Ekaneka (Kuhu) are also mentioned in their 7 girls.
People named Jangid Brahmins also belong to this clan.
Rishis Marachi's daughter Surupa, Rishi Kardam's daughter Swarat
and daughter of Rishi Manu named Pathya all three were married to
Angira Rishi, There were 5 sons born from Surupa's womb named Brahaspati,
Gautam, Prabandh, Utthya and Ushir. From the womb of Pathya, these
7 sons were born named Vishnu, Samvart, Vichit, Aayasya, Asij, Dhrigtama
and Sudhanwa. From Rishi Utthya Rishi Sharadwan was born, Brihadukathya
was son of Vamdev. Maharishi Sudhanwa had 3 sons named Rishi Vibhma,
Baj etc. These sages were skilled in putrarathkarma. It is noteworthy
that in the Mahabharat period, charioteers were considered as Shudras.
Karna's father was a charioteer. In this way, the rise and fall
of castes in every era has been on the basis of karma.
Sage Bhraspati :
Angira's sons were called Angiras. The Guru of Devtas is Brahaspati
who was son of Angira. Bhrispati is called as Angiravanshi (from
clan of Angira / angiras). Brahaspati had 3 brothers Utthya and
Samvart Rishi and Atharva who are the doers of Atharva Ved are also
Angiras. The Rishi Brihaspati was the most learned son of Maharishi
Angira. According to the Adiparv of Mahabharata, Brihaspati is the
son of Maharishi Angira and priest of the gods. Brihaspati had a
son Kach who learned Sanjivani Vidya from Shukracharya. Devguru
(god of Devtas) had wife named Shubha and the other is Tara. 7 girls
were born from Shubha - Bhanumati, Raka, Archishmati, Mahamati,
Mahishmati, Siniwali and Havishmati. 7 sons and 1 daughter were
born to Tara. The third wife of Rishi Brihaspati called Mamta gave
birth to two sons named Bhardwaj and Kach. Brihaspati's Adhidevta
(ishtdevta / kuldevta/ family god) is Indra and Prayadhidevta (ruling
deity) is Brahma.
Bharadwaj was born from Brihaspati (father) and Mamta (mother).
The names of the principal sons of Rishi Bhardwaj are - Rujishva,
Garg, Nar, Payu, Vasu, Shas, Shirambisht, Shunhotr, Saprath and
Suhotra. Rishi Bharadwaj had 2 daughters Ritra and Kashipa. Thus
Rishi Bharadwaj had 12 children. Many Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas
and people of the Dalit community apply Bhardwaj gotra. They all
belong to the Bhardwaj clan.
Other Angiras :
There was also a sage named Angiras who is called Ghor Angiras and
who is also known as Krishna's Guru. It is said that a branch of
Bhrigu dynasty took the form of an independent dynasty called Angiras,
so the remaining Bhargav's stopped calling themselves Angiras.
The information about this dynasty established by the sage Angiras
is found in the Brahmand, Vayu and Matsya Puran. According to this
information, this dynasty was founded by Atharvan Angiras. This
lineage was mainly increased by 7 sages, which are respectively
:
1. Avasya Angiras (contemporary of Harishchandra), 2. Ushij Angiras
and his 3 sons Uchathya, Brihaspati and Samvarth, who were priests
of Vaishali of the Karandham, Avikkisht and Marutat Aavikshit kings.
3. Dhirtamas and Bhardwaj, who were sons of Uchthya and Brihaspati
respectively. Of these, Bharadwaj Rishi was the regent (rajpurohit)
of Kinng Divodas who was king of Kashi. Rishi Dhrigtamas established
Gautam Branch in the country of Ang (ang desh) 4. Vamdev - Gautam,
5. Shardwat Gautam, was the husband Ahalya, Ahilya was sister of
the Divodas king of Uttar Panchal. 6. Kashivat - Dirgtamas - Aushij,
7. Bharadwaj was a contemporary of the Pushat king of Uttar Panchal.
The family of Angiras's :
There were many sages and kings in the family of Angiras's who practiced
the Kulvansha tradition in their name or in whose name, such as
Devguru Brihaspati, Atharved Karta Atharvagiras, Mahamanyakuts,
Brahmavidya Guru Ghor Angiras Muni of Sri Krishna. Bhartagni named
Agnidev, Petheshvargan, Gautama, Vamdev, Gavishtar, Kaushalapati
Kaushalya (Nana of Lord Ram), Parthiyaka etc. Parthiv Raj, Vaishal
King of Vaishali, Ashvalayan (Branch Promoter), Agnivesh (Vaidya)
Pal Muni Pillhoure Mathur (He was provided by Rigved by Ved Vyas),
Gaadhiraj, Gargya muni, Madhuravah (Mathurawasi Muni), Shyamayani
who taught music (sangeet guru) to Radha, Karirath (Viman Shilpi)
Kusidki (byaj khane wale), Dashi (father of Panini Vyakarankarta
(grammer)), Patanjali (Panini Ashtadhyaye's Bhashkar), Bindu (creator
of Swaymbhu Manu's sarovar (lake)), Bhuysi (promoter (pravartak)
of Brahmin tradition of sharing Bhuyasi Dakshina), Maharishi Galv
(establisher of Jajpur Glta pilgrimage) Gauraviti (Adipurush of
Gaurahe Thakurs), Tandi (Tandav dancer Rudragan who performed tandav
in front of Lord Shiv), Tailak (Adipurush of Telang Desh and Tailang
Brahmins), Narayani (establisher of Narnaul block (khand)), Swayambhu
Manu (Establisher of social composition rules of laws of Manusmriti
of primitive (ancient / adimanav) society of Brahmarshi Desh's Emperor
Bhramvrat, Pingalnag (Vedic Chand Shashtra originator / promoter),
Madri (Madradesh Madanivana's Savitri's (Javyavan) and Pandu Pali
Madri's father Ashvagoshrama Vatsayayan (Syajani Auraad of South
Country's (Desh) Kamasutra Karta (originator), Handidas (just like
Kuber collector of interest and ancestor of Hundiyya Yaksh Huno),
Brihaduktha (the philological philosopher of the utterance of the
Vedic language), Vadev (Rajpurohit of Janaka) Kartan (yarn spinner),
Jattan (weaver), Vishnu Siddh (Khadyatra) (security officer of Kati
Kothars), Mudgal (mudgar big gada (weapon)) carrier, Agni jivah
(keeping agni mantras on tongue meaning mastery in Agni mantras),
Dev Jivah (Jivahagra Dhar (mastery of mantras of indra), Hans Jivah
(Jivahagra (mastery) holder of mantras of Prajapita Brahma), Matsya
Dagdha (fish roaster), Mukandu Markandeye, Tittiri (Brahmins of
Taitareya Branch), Ruksh Jamwant, Shoung (Shungvanshitha Mathur
Saigwar Brahmin), Dhirgtama Rishi (those doing penance in Dirgpur
Digpir Brij's Badrivan (badri forest)), Havishnu (adipurush (first
originator) of the Havasi praja (tribes) of Havasan Africa country),
Aayasya Muni (inventor of ore (unclean) ferrous metal), Kittav (was
devdoot (messenger of god) who was messenger, letter writer, author
producing book), Kanva Rishi (person of Braj of Kanwarrau region
and Kanvi caste of Saurashtra), etc. Thousands were born in Angiras
clan.
6. Sixth ancient dynasty :
Vashisth Rishi Dynasty :
Many Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and people of the Dalit community
apply Vashishth gotra. They all belong to the Vashisth clan. There
were many sages in ancient by the name Vashishth. One Vashishth
is the son of Brahma, the other was in the period of Ikshvaku, the
third was in the reign of King Harishchandra and the fourth was
in the reign of King Dileep and the fifth was in the reign of King
Dashrath.
The first is called the son of Brahma, the second son of Mitravarun,
the third is the son of Agni.
Vashisth's wife's name was Arundhati Devi. Vashishth due to the
priesthood (purohatai) of Kamdhenu and Suryavansh he had a quarrel
with sage Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra was from the Yayati clan. Vashishth
had more than 100 sons.
Complete information about the sage Vashishth working on the post
of Rajpurohit of Ayodhya is found in the Vayu, Bhramand and Linga
Purana. The names of these sages and gotras are recorded in the
Matsya Purana. The principal people in this dynasty were respectively
- 1. Devraj, 2. Aapav, 3. Atharvnidhi, 4. Varuni, 5. Shresthbhaj,
6. Suvarchas, 7. Shakti and 8. Maitravaruni. There is also a minor
branch, which is named Jatukarna.
7. Seventh Dynasty :
Vishwakarma
Dynasty :
The Vishwakarma clan is sometimes related to the Bhrigu clan and
elsewhere to the Angira clan. The reason for this is that there
have been different Vishwakarma in each clan. There is also a Brahmin
society named Vishwakarma in our country, which exists in the name
of Vishwakarma society. Jangid Brahmin, Sutar, Suthar and all other
craftsmen are proficient in knowledge of construction art and scripture.
It is the best society among Brahmins because they are the creators.
The craftsman, Vishwakarma Brahmins were addressed in ancient times
with the words Rathkar Vardhaki, Aitab Kavi, Moyavi, Panchal, Rathpati,
Suhast Saur, Parasar, etc. At that time, there were no caste distinctions
like today's ironworkers, woodworkers, carpenters and goldsmiths.
In ancient times, craftsmanship was considered very high and all
castes used to do these tasks of society.
The son of the direct Adi Brahma Vishwakarma Tvashta Prajapati was
born first and he was proficient in all work.
Prabhas son Vishwakarma, Bhuvan son Vishwakarma and Tvashtaputra
Vishwakarma etc. There have been many Vishwakarma. Here we talk
of the first Vishwakarma who was the son of Vastudev and Angirasi.
The principal 5 sons of Vishwakarma were - Manu, Maay, Tvashta,
Shilpi and Daivagya.
8. Eighth ancient dynasty :
Agastya
Dynasty :
Sage Agasthya was the brother of Vashishth. The descendants of sage
Agastya have been called Agastya Vanshi. Like Rishi Vashishth, he
is also the son of Mitravaruni. Some people consider him the son
of Brahma. However, he was one of the best 7 disciples of Lord Shankar.
He is also counted among the Saptrishis. His wife's name was Lokamudra.
Agastya's wife Lokamudra was the daughter of Vidarbharaj Nimi. They
are mentioned in the Rig Ved.
It was Sage Agastya who made the treaty between Indra and Maruts.
Agastya Rishi made his way to reach South Bharat from the hill of
Vidyanchal. Maharishi Agastya drank the whole sea to liberate the
gods from the tyranny of the demons. He also stopped the killeing
of sages by evil demons called Elval and Vatapi. Sage Agastya is
most revered in South Bharat. During his exile, Shri Ram stayed
in the ashram of sage Agastya.
The gotras of Agastya dynasty are Karambha (Karanbhav) Kaushalya,
Kratuvanshodbhava, Gandharkavan, Paulastya, Paulah, Mayobhuv, Shakat
(Karat), Sumedhas. These gotrakar Agastya, Mayobhuva and Mahendra
belong to these 3 pravar. Agastya, Pournimas these gotrakar are
Agastya, Paran, Pournimas of these 3 Pravars.
9. Ninth ancient dynasty :
Kaushik Dynasty :
Maharishi Vishwamitra is described in the 30th, 33rd and 53rd Suktas
in the third division of the Rig Ved. From there, it is known that
these Kushik gotrautpan were Kaushik. It is said that these Kaushik
people knew the secret of the whole world.
Though Vishwamitra himself was a Kashyap Vanshi, therefore Kaushik
or Kushik were also Kashyap Vanshis. We have given the details of
Kashyap dynasty above. Kushik was the grandfather of Vishwamitra.
Chavan's descendant Ruchik married the daughter of Kushik's son
Gaadhi from whom Jamadagni was born. He had son Parashuram.
Prajapati's sons were Kush, Kush's son Kushnabh and Kushnabh's son
Raja Gaadhi. Vishwamitra was the son of the same Gaandhi. It is
said that Kaushik Rishi was a resident of Kurukshetra.
10. Tenth ancient dynasty :
Bhardwaj Dynasty :
In Bhardwaj gotra will find you in all caste, varna and society.
In ancient times, there have been many sages by the name of Bhardwaj.
But we are talking about the sixth mandal of the Rig Ved, who has
written 765 mantras. Bharadwaj Rishi occupies very high position
among the Vedic sages.
Angiravanshi Bharadwaj's father was Bhrispati and mother Mamta.
This dynasty will also be called Angira's dynasty due to Brihaspati
being the son of Angira. Rishi Bharadwaj composed many texts, among
them the Yantra Sarvasva and Viman Shashtra are discussed even today.
Charak Rishi has called Bharadwaja having 'infinite' age. Rishi
Bharadwaj was the priest of Kashiraj Divodas. He was also the priest
of Pratardhan, son of Divodas. He also performed Yajna of Kshatra,
son of Pratardan. At the time of exile, Lord Ram went to his ashram,
which was historically a treaty of Treta - Dwapar. By the above
evidences, Bharadwaj Rishi has been called an infinite one.
Bharadwaja's father was Devguru Brahaspati and mother Mamata. The
names of the principal sons of Rishi Bharadwaj are Rujishva, Garg,
Nar, Payu, Vasu, Shas, Shirambith, Shunhotra, Saprath and Suhotra.
Bharadwaj had 2 daughters, Ratri and Kashipa. Thus Rishi Bharadwaj
had 12 children. Different dynasties went on in everyone's name.
Many Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and people of the Dalit community
belong partially to the Bharadwaj clan.
11. Eleventh ancient dynasty :
Garg Dynasty :
Many people have gotra as Garg and many people have surname Garg.
Everyone is related to Garg Rishi. The descendants of the Vedic
sages Garg Angiras and Bharadwaj were the best among the 33 mantras.
Gargvanshi people will merge with both Brahmins and Vaishyas (Baniyas).
A Garg sage also happened in the Mahabharat period, who was the
Acharya of the Yadus who wrote the 'Garg Samhita'.
Looking at the tradition of Brahmin ancestors, Shukla from Garga,
Mishra from Gautam, Tiwari or Tripathi dynasty from Shrimukh Shandilya
comes to light. There are said to be 13 boys of Garg Rishi who are
called Garg Gotriya, Panch Pravariya, Shukla descendants, who were
divided into 13 villages. It would be wrong to say that gotra and
sage (rishi) are only Brahmins. Dalit society has also been born
from all these sages. One of its branches is found in Dalits and
the other in Kshatriyas and Vaishyas.
12 Twelfth ancient dynasty :
Gautam
Dynasty :
Some people consider Lord Buddh as Gautam Vanshi. However, many
Dalit groups also developed in this dynasty, including groups of
Brahmins and Kshatriyas. Many Sakyavanshi consider Gautam Buddha
as Shakyavanshi which is not correct. Gautam Buddh had initiated
(given diksha) the Shakya the most, hence his reputation among the
Shakas is high. Vishwamitra and Vashishth contemporary Maharishi
Gautam was also the originator of Nyaya Darshan. He is also known
as Akshpad Gautam.
Gautam Rishi's wife's name was Ahilya. Everyone will know the story
of Shehlaharan of Ahalya, who was tricked by Indra. After this,
the sage cursed Ahilya to become a Shilla (rock). When Shri Ram
reached Janakpuri with Vishwamitra, taking an avatar in Tretayug,
he saw the ashram of Gautam Rishi. At the same time, Ahalya became
free from curse by the touch of Lord Ram and became human again.
Gautam Rishi is said to have 6 sons, who were residents of these
6 villages in Bihar - Chanchai, Madhubani, Champa, Champaran, Vidra
and Bhatiyari. Apart from this, there are also 6 villages that follow
the sub-Gautam i.e. Gautam, which are as follows - Kalidiha, Bahudih,
Waleediha, Bhabhayan, Patnade and Kapisa. The origin of Sub-Gautam
is believed to be from these villages. The descendants of the Gautam
sages had expanded their lineage out of Bihar.