VARSHGIR
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Ravi
River and 5 Rivers
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River
Sindhu (Indus)
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River
Yamuna and Ganga
The
first use of iron weapons in the world and the world's first war
described in books.
In
3400 BC, on the northern part of India, the site of the five rivers
which were spoken was the kingdom of a king named "Sudas"
- it was called Tritsu kingdom. Rich in fertile land, rivers, mountains
and milch animals, this area was called India's most prosperous
area - this region is today's Punjab. All kingdoms were jealous
of Tritsue kingdom. King Anu, the half-brother of King Sudas's wife,
got together with other kings of India and abroad to form an army
a very furious war took place on the banks of the Ravi river A detailed
description of this great battle fought is available in the book
7, Verse 18 - 33, Chapters 83.4 - 8 of the Rigved. This war is called
"Dasarajna Mahayudha" (war of 10 kings).
In
this great war, King "Sudas" defeated 66000 infantry,
20 chariots, 2000 cavalry and 50 elephants led by King Anu of 10
kings with just 6500 soldiers in just one day. The whole army of
6 kings was killed along with King Anu in the battle. After giving
the remaining 4 pardon, King Somak gave them permission to settle
200 Kos (640 kms) away from Sindhu (Indus). In this war, King Sudas's
Guru gave him use arrows, spears and swords made of Iron instead
of traditional wood and stones weapons, so that the enemy army could
not understand what this weapon was, which was so small but yet
so deadly and many soldiers were killed in one war. The army was
horrifically killed. In this war, King Anu was also helped from
abroad (today's Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, Greece and Unan).
In this war, King Somak with the help of his skill in just one day
had finished the war. A mere purpose of this war was mass murder
of Tritsu Kingdom, rob the wealth and kill citizens and family of
King Sudas. After looting the wealth, King Anu would rule this area
and it was decided to give equal share to everyone on annual wealth
every year. But in this war, King Sudas defeated this mass huge
army and laid the foundation of Akhand Bharatvarsh and Sudas Became
the first emperor. Those who survived the war were displaced abroad
and citizens admired kind Sudas for his strategy of war, politics
and got respect of his citizens.
After
this war, King Sudas laid the foundation of the world's first "Smart
City - Harappa" and ruled this prosperous state for many years.
To
win this war, Vashisth Muni had prepared a strategy for King Sudas.
King Sudas was a descendant of Ikshvaku and these Muni Vashisth
was a descendant of Maharshi Vashishth.
King
Sudas defeated a combined army of ten kings in the Dashraj war on
the banks of river Ravi and shortly thereafter, Sudas had to battle
with three kings along the banks of the Yamuna. Sudas was victorious
again in this war. Sudas had the fighting skills that he would let
his enemy do every attack first. Sudas had learned from his Guru
to let the enemy attack first and then run in different directions
in different groups. If the enemy attacks, run according to the
need and run away, splitting them into different troops. The enemy
will also run backwards, bring the enemy to such a place that he
will be surrounded by your troops. When the enemy has done all his
tricks, then move on and kill the enemy.
After
a battle with three kings on the banks of the Yamuna, Sudas also
occupied the territory of the Doab of the Panchal, the banks of
the Ganges and the Saraswati River in the north of the border of
his kingdom. Instead of going further, Sudas was told by his Guru
to go back and establish himself towards the West. As Sudas initially
moved Eastward from the Five Rivers State (now Punjab) and then
went back to West, the supporters of Macaulay called crossing of
Sudus's Sindhu (Indus) river and moving Eastward to the Aryan Invasion
Theory. On the contrary, those known as Arya crossed the Sindhu
(Indus) from the region of Punjab and went from East to West. Those
who lost or King Sudas's journey back to West from Saraswati river
was in fact the first crossing of Sapta-Sindhu from India and the
clan (kabele) was formed in Central Asia. Now crossing the Sindhu
(Indus) from the West to the East was linked to the principle of
Aryan Invasion. Whereas if the principle of Aryan Invasion was to
be believed, the attack was to cross from West to East i.e. Sapta-Sindhu
from West to East - while exactly the opposite happened i.e. crossing
from East to West.
On
the other hand, after the Dasharajna war, the people of the defeated
kings went towards the west and there is evidence that these people
laid the foundation of the five major kingdoms Parthi, Persians,
Baloch, Pakhtun and Pishk (Kurd). Apart from these, the people who
lost in this war and other people divided into 16 groups and went
to different places. These people found evidence of 16 other areas
which they have found in Sogdiana, Margiana, Bactra, Kabulistan,
Ghazni, Nanta, Archosia, Drangiana, Zamin - These clans (kabele)
were established in the area between Dawar and Kalat-e-Giljay, the
Lugar valley, the area between Kabul and Kurram, at Aryanya, Vaizeh,
Iran, etc.
After
King Sudas, his grandson King Somak also had to fight a war with
those people because those people settled in the clan (kabele) after
crossing the Indus wanted to come back and establish their dominion
to the prosperous region by crossing Sapta-Sindhu. Some tribes together
again attacked the area of Sapta Sindhu, which was defeated by Sudas's
grandson King Somak in their own area. This battle was fought in
the area which is today's Afghanistan. It is called "War of
the Varshagir" - "The Varshagira Battle".
After Dasharajna war : War of the Varshagir - The Varshgir Battle
:
The
foundation of Bharatvarsh was laid after the victory of Sudas. Probably
after the Sapta Sindhu and Aryavart conquests, Sudas again moved
towards East, so that the territory of Saryu was also included in
his kingdom or the kings here accepted the sovereignty of Sudas.
Sudas often faced challenges along the West border. The losers who
laid the foundations of the five states and sixteen tribes often
tried to re-establish and settle on areas beyond the Sindhu (Indus).
Their efforts were war rather than compromise or peace and they
could not stand before the power and battle skills of Sudas, due
to which Sudas's whole life was spent fighting. Due to the war,
the Western powers were ending, while the collective area of Sapta-Sindhu
and Aryavart became stronger due to rivers, mountains, fertile land,
milch animals, etc.
Since
there was a shortage of water, crops and milch animals in the western
regions, for many years these displaced groups spent more time establishing
themselves in proper place. These people more and more settled in
today's Iran, Kurds of Iraq, Afghanistan, Greece and some other
places. It took them years to organize everything in these places.
Meanwhile, there is no description of any major war. The third generation
of King Sudas was "Raja Somak".
Raja Somak received a message from Gandhar that the tribes of the
West had gathered together to form a military force and wanted to
capture Sapta-Sindhu by trampling Gandhar. Unlike Sudas, Somak adopted
a method of not allowing these tribal attackers to enter his territory.
Had Sudas fought this war, perhaps Sudas would have allowed them
to cross the Sapta-Sindhu comfortably and would have surrounded
and destroyed them.
Raja
Sahadev and Raja Rajashvar supported King Somak. The combined soldiers
of these three crossed the Sindhu (Indus) and marched towards Afghanistan.
As Rajan of Gandhar clan (today's Peshawar) called Raja Somak for
help, Somak's military force found a way to move forward comfortably.
At that time Swat Ghati, Patohar Pathar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Jalalabad used to come under Gandhar.
The advancing military force of King Somak intercepted the army
of the Kabila coalition (which was made up of union led by Iranians
and Kurds) at the Bolan Pass. This battle in the Bolan Pass area
is called the Varshgir War. The war lasted two days - Iranian and
Kurdish alliances collapsed in front of King Somak's military force
and battle skills. The Varshgir Battle is the first and last battle
in which the army of India invaded outside its territory and defeated
the enemy. After this war, Somak could have established his sovereignty
over the Iran - Kurdish region, but Somak had let the losers go
and returned to their kingdom.
This
informative historical material is of Mr. Ranjay Tripathi.