| BHARAT AND PERSIA WOMEN WARRIORS
Women of Lorestan This page is dedicated to all the women warriors.
Women warriors are present in matriarchal cult of Chaldeans who were Moon worshippers and the Aryans of Sun worshippers. In vedic times some branches of Aryans formed a matrimonial alliance with Moon worshippers.
During Vedic times (approx. 5000 years) women used to take part in war. To know about mention of woman warrior in Rig ved click the Rig Ved section in menu given above.
In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek: Amazónes) were a tribe of warrior women believed to live in Asia Minor. Apollonius Rhodius, in his Argonautica, mentions that the Amazons were the daughters of Ares and Harmonia (a nymph of the Akmonian Wood), that they were brutal and aggressive, and their main concern in life was war. Lysias, Isocrates, Philostratus the Elder also said that their father was Ares.
It is said that the Amazons were the daughters of Ares (Marutt / Mars) in ancient times who lived beside the river Thermodon (terme river).
This
Ares / Aries is none other than Anak / Marduk / Mars / Morite /
Amorite / Muru also known as Dionysos and Daksh in Veds and Purans.
Down to these days snakes are among the most treasured fetishes of the natives of this part of the country, and another sun animal, the crocodile, was associated with the modern royal Amazons of Dahomey. Symbols such as Swan of Sun worshippers and Crocodile of Moon worshippers is still worshipped in India.
Rig Ved :
Rig
Ved, Mandala 1, Sukt - 164, Mantra 3, Rishi : Dirghtama - Aauchathya.
These Seven Sisters were none other than Aryan Priestess and warriors.
In the book "The Amazons in antiquity and modern times" written by Guy Cadogan Rothery, Illustrated by Allan Barr London : Francis Griffiths 1910.
Guy Cadogan Rothery States that :
In a battle of Amazons against Greeks and the Greek warriors such as Achilles and Aja.
Amazonian queen Penthesilea called her daughter of Mars. Achilles,
on his part, chiding the queen for her vainglorious speech and her
unpardonble temerity, told her not to imagine herself invincible,
for if she was the daughter of Mars, the Greeks were sons of Jupiter,
the lawgiver to gods and men. Hector had fallen to his lance, and
she could only hope for a like fate, as the sons of Jupiter were
more powerful than the daughters of Mars.
All these were part of one family starting from Angiras and they were all Aryans.
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Note :
Here, It is important to note that Amazonians attacked many countries and Kings, but they never attacked Mesopotamia (Iraq) and the Kings situated there. The reason for this is that many women warriors were present in Mesopotamia (Iraq) who might have joined Amazonians also the Mesopotamian Kings were closely related to them.
Another reason for Amazonians not attacking Kings of Mesopotamia (Iraq) is that Adam / Indra / Zeus / Shiv was married to Eve / Inanna / Parvati. Apart from this he was also married to Acchuraseni / Keshini / Europa.
From Greek sources Adam / Indra / Zeus / Shiv was also married to Aegina, Electra and Danea. This makes him having total 5 wives.
Since Eve was an Aryan but raise by Moon worshipper Chaldeans, Amazonians did not have any problem with brothers of Adam namely Gautam / Gaudumu and Kakshivan.
Amazonians never attacked Kings of Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Indus Valley because the descendants of Gautam / Gaudumu and Kakshivan ruled there, not only this the Amazonians did not even attack Gadhi / Gudea dynasty because of the matrimonial alliance of Gautam / Gaudumu with Gadhi / Gudea dynasty.
Eve / Inanna was also worshipped as goddess in Mesopotamia (Iraq) which can also be another reason.
Amazonians only had problem with Acchuraseni, Aegina, Electra and Danea and their descendants as it would make them their step mother or part of non-alliance.
Maximo and Aryan Brahmins :
One of the Amazon woman known as Maximo was raised by Aryan Brahmins (priests) in India and later given to Alexander.
Aryan Brahmins used to only raise or give knowledge to Aryan warriors known as Kshatriyas. It is only possible that since Maximo was descendant of Angiras, Aryan Brahmins raised her and gave her their knowledge.
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Pandya Kings of South India and Amazon Queen :
The four grandsons of Dushyant are Kalanjar, Keral, Pand (Pandya), and Chaul (Chola) who gave their names to countries.
Folklores attributes Alli Rani (meaning "the queen Alli") as one of the early historic rulers of the Pandyas. She is attributed as an "amazonian queen" whose servants were men and administrative officials and army were women. She is thought of ruling the whole western and northern coast of Sri Lanka from her capital Kudiramalai, where remains of what is thought of as her fort are found. She is sometimes seen as an incarnation of the Pandya associated gods, Meenakshi and Kannagi.
The medieval Pandya kings were claimed to have belonged to the Chandra-vansh or the Lunar Race. They claimed Pururavs and Nahush as ancestors. Pururavs is listed as one of the ancestors in the Velvikudi Inscription of Nedunjadaiyan Varagun-varman I (Jatil Parantak Nedunjadaiyan).
The Greek ambassador to Chandragupt Maurya, Megasthenes mentions Queens of Pandyas as 'Pandai' and locates them in the south of India extending into ocean. It consisted of 365 villages which met the needs of the royal palace each day of the year. He described the queen as daughter of Heracles (by some author as Shiv or Krishna). Madurai, capital of Pandyas is mentioned in Kautilya's Arthashastra (4th century BCE) as 'Mathura of the south'.
Maurya emperor Ashok (3rd century BCE) seems to have been on friendly terms with the people of south India and Sri Lanka (the Cholas, the Pandyas, the Satiya Putras, the Kerala Putras and the Tamraparnis). There are no indications that Ashok tried to conquer the extreme south India (the Tamilakam – the Abode of the Tamils).
Megalithic relics such as menhirs, dolmens, urn burials, stone circles and rock-cut chambers/passages can be found in south India.
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Note :
Chandra-Vansh also known as Lunar Race might be mixture of Chaldeans and the Sun worshipper Aryans where as Surya-Vansh also known as Sun Race is purely Aryan race.
Women warriors of Bharat and Persia :
Alliance :
There has been ancient alliance between Bharat and Persia due to which we can find similarities between women of Bharat and Women of Persia. There was a time when Bharat and Persia was one land.
Following are the few causes of alliance :
1. Matrimonial alliances between Bharat and Persia :
A. Bahram Gor :
Hukum Singh Panwar writes :
Bahram V, also known as Bahram Gor was the fifteenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire, ruling from 420 to 438.
'Their presence in the Indus Valley is fully confirmed by external sources. Hamza of Isfahan (893-970 AD.) and halt a century later, Firdausi furnish us with unimpeachable evidence that "the Iranian Emperor, Behram Gour (420-448 AD.) secured from king Sankhal of North India his princess in marriage besides 12000 musicians of both sexes, known as Luri Jats, or participation in an Iranian national celebration, and in lieu of their excellent performances, settled them with ex gratia grants of land, oxen and grain in a province called as Luristan after them in Iran'. Discovery of a district known as Zutt and certain villages of similar name in Luristan by the Arab geographers and travellers, viz, Istakhari, Ibn-Hawkal, Mukaddasi, Yakut and Mustawfi reasonably compels us to conclude that those names must have been given by the Jats who were settled in Luristan by Behram Gour in the first half of the 5th century AD.
Fergusson (JRAS, 1870, p. 88) identifies King Sankhal with Maharaja Adhiraj Vasudev of Magadh and Kanoj who ceded to Behram Gour Sindh and Makran (may be in dowry). D.J. Paruck and H.H. Wilson do not disbelieve Behram Gour's adventures in India as mere fiction (Sassanian Coins, N. Delhi, 1976, p. 98) and the latter describes his visit to India incognito for the Iranian Emperor required the help of the Yueh-Chih (Jats) princes of Kabul and the Rajputs (Jats) of Central India against the Huns (Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan aod N. Ind., Delhi, p. 389). It is very probable that the 12000 Luris was the army of the Jats who were notorious as mercenary soldiers in the Indus Valley. Since their army was raised by Bahram Gour for Iran, a good number of their dependent entertainers must have accompanied the Jat force. It was with the help of this army that Behram Gour defeated the Huns, drove them across the Oxus, defeated them again and compelled them to sue for peace (Sykes, Brig. Gen. Sir Percy, His. of Persia, Vol. 1, London, 1958, pp. 433f). The love affairs of Bahram Gour with the Indian princess and her exceptional beauty became talk of the town in Iran. For further details cf. B.D. Mirchandani, "Bahram Gour's Marriage with an Indian Princess: Fact or Fiction?" in JIH, Vol. 56, Aug., 1978, Pt. 11, pp. 313-328.
Luristan :
Luristan or Lorestan (Persian: Ostan-e Lorestan) is a historic territory and province of western Iran, amidst the Zagros Mountains.
Lorestan includes 10 counties (Shahrestans): Aligudarz, Azna, Borujerd, Delfan, Dorud, Doureh, Khorramabad, Kuhdasht, Selseleh and Poldokhtar.
Rabindra Nath Tagore in his book Indo – Iran Relationship Historical Perspective Chapter 3 mentions :
It is believed that Behram Gur visited India in 5th century AD. Sassanian king Behram Gur requested Indian king Shangol to select 12,000 gypsies expert Indian musicians and introduced them into Persia from India. They propagated Indian music and dancing in Persia and travelled to all parts of the world. During the reign of Sassanian king Noshirvan scientists and other scholars were exchanged between Persia and India. During the same period, the game of chess is believed to have been introduced in Persia from India.
2. Kings which ruled Bharat and Persia :
A time was there when Bharat and Persia was one land. There were many Kings which ruled partially or completely Bharat and Persia. One of the example is Maurya Empire.
A. Maurya Empire :
Chandragupt Maurya was the founder of the Maurya Empire; he lived from 340-298 BCE.
The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India, ruled by the Maurya dynasty from 322-185 BCE. Originating from the kingdom of Magadh in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (modern Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh) in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent, the empire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modern Patna). The empire was the largest to have ever existed in the Indian subcontinent, spanning over 5 million square kilometres at its zenith under Ashok.
The Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupt Maurya, who had overthrown the Nand Dynasty, and rapidly expanded his power, with Chanakya’s help, westward across central and western India. His expansion took advantage of the disruptions of local powers in the wake of the withdrawal westward by Alexander the Great’s armies. By 316 BCE, the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India, defeating and conquering the satraps left by Alexander. Chandragupt then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Macedonian general from Alexander’s army, and gained additional territory west of the Indus River.
In its time, the Maurya Empire was one of the largest empires of the world. At its greatest extent, the empire stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas, to the east into Assam, to the west into Balochistan (southwest Pakistan and southeast Iran) and into the Hindu Kush mountains of what is now Afghanistan. The Empire was expanded into India’s central and southern regions by the emperors Chandragupt and Bindusar, but it excluded a small portion of unexplored tribal and forested regions near Kaling (modern Odisha), until it was conquered by Ashok. It declined for about 50 years after Ashok’s rule ended, and it dissolved in 185 BCE with the foundation of the Shung Dynasty in Magadh.
3. Other Reasons :
Rabindra
Nath Tagore in his book Indo – Iran Relationship Historical
Perspective Chapter 3 mentions : |
