Indian history seen through the prism of western writers,Moghuls and our own brand of self styled liberal, Secularists,consists of only myths and legends.
This mental attitude helped the rulers to ignore and ridicule our History.
Distortions in Indian history
Indian history is just misinformation.
Most of us are not aware of the fact that our kings and poets have documented history. The king’s have documented their reign,wars won,Extent of their kingdom,Taxes levied ,Grants given to people and administration details. These documents are in the form of Epigraphs in temples,Copperplates. The poets have sung in praise of kings where they had listed details about the land,flora and fauna, genealogy of the king and his achievements. Brushing aside the hyperbole about the king ,one can find wealth of contemporary information.
This information is available in Sanskrit, Sanskrit Brahmi,Pali from Buddist and Jain texts and from Regions languages like Tamil, Kannada, Telugu.Tamil has a hoary past and Tamil culture runs parallel to Vedic culture and there is a close intimacy between these two cultures. Each quotes the other and this is a mine of information.
Kalhana had listed the kings of India from just before Mahabharata war. The list can be cross checked with the records one finds in Epigraphs, Copper plates ,Puranas and Ithihasas.
Serial NumberName of the KingYears reignedBefore Loukikabda (3076 B.C.)Before Christ.1-5Names not known212374-1623450-32381Gonanda I50162-1123238-3188
2Damodara I48112-643188-3140
3Yasovati ( wife of 2 and mother of 4)½64-63½3140-3139½
4Gonanada II56½63½-73139½-3083
No.4 king Gonanda II ruled for 56½ years, 1½ years before Mahabharata War and 55 years after the war.
Kings 5 to 39 : According to Kalhana names are not known. But Mulla Ahmed’s history of Kashmir written in the Persian language gives the list of the lost 35 kings of Kashmir from No.5-39 of the list given in Kalhana’s Rajntharangini. Gonanda II (the 4th king in the list of the Kings of Kalhana’s Rajatarangini) was Killed in a battle by Parikshit, king of Hastinapura in 3083 B.C. As Gonanda II left no heir, Parikshit incorporated Kashmir into his empire. He ruled it from Hastinapura for 42 years. At the time of his death, in 3041 B.C., Parikshit gave Kashmir to his second son “Harnadeva”. 23 kings of the Pandava dynasty and twelve other kings ruled for 1331 years from 3083-1752 B.C.
. Parikshit ruled for 42 year from 7 B.L. to 35 A.L. or 3083-3041 B.C. 6. Hernadeva 7. Rama deva 8. Vyasadeva 9. Drunadeva 10. Simhadeva 11. Gopaladeva 12. Vijayananda 13. Sukhadeva 14. Ramananda 15. Sandhiman 16. Marahandeva & Kamandeva. 17. Chandradeva 18. Anandadeva 19. Drupadadeva 20. Harnamdeva 21. Sulkandeva 22. Sinaditya 23. Mangaladitya 24. Khimendra 25. Bhimasena 26. Indrasena 27. Sundarasena 28. Galgendra 29. Baladeva 30. Nalasena 31. Gokarna 32. Prahlada 33. Bambru 34. Pratapaseela 35. Sangrama chandra 36. Larik chandra 37. Biramchamdra 33. Babighana 39. Bhagavanta The above 34 kings from no.6 to no.39 ruled for 1289 years , A.L. 35 to 1324, or B.C 3041 to 1752.
52. Gonanda III Crowned in 1894 After Laukikabda Kala or 1182 B.C. Gonanda I was a poet. Dharma-Asoka was the 48th king of Kashmir, counting from Gonanda I. He belonged to the Gonanda dynasty. Kalhana says that this king freed himself from sins by embracing Buddha’s religion and built the city of Srinagar, with ninety-six lakhs of houses, resplendent with wealth. He appears to have been a poet.( R.T. 1-101 )
One of the Myths about India is that Indians do not record history.And whatever that passes for history is A Myth and Legend. This view by the invaders ,right from Moghuls through the British to the present secularists has no basis.
No other country has such detailed description of the Land,flora and fauna,names of Kings,the period of Reign,the laws passed by them,the grants given away by them…….. Such details are found in the Puranas,Ithihasas,Epigraphs,copper plates in Sanskrit, Brahmi,Regional languages, for example,Tamil,Kannada, Telugu.These are found in Temples as well.In addition Sanskrit literary works, Regional languages like Tamil recorded Indian history.Despite these records,the canard of India not recording history has been promoted so that doctored History can be pushed.
One such is about Ashoka.
Rajatarangini by Harsha is an excellent source for Indian history. It was written by Harsha , Kashmir King.
We find that there were two Ashokas.
The earliest Asoka was the Great grandson of Shakuni ( brother of Gandhari,Dhritharashtra’s wife) of Mahabharata.
His period 1488 – 1400 BC.
Shakuni
‘Great-grandson of Shakuni and son of Shachinara’s first cousin. Built a great city called Srinagara (near but not same as the modern-day Srinagar). In his days, the mlechchhas (foreigners) overran the country, and he took sannyasa. According to Kalhana’s account, this Ashoka would have ruled in the 2nd millennium BCE, and was a member of the dynasty founded by Godhara. Kalhana also states that this king had adopted the doctrine of Jina, constructed stupas and Shiva temples, and appeased Bhutesha (Shiva) to obtain his son Jalauka. Despite the discrepancies, multiple scholars identify Kalhana’s Ashoka with the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who adopted Buddhism.[6] Although “Jina” is a term generally associated with Jainism, some ancient sources use it to refer to the Buddha.[7] ‘ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajatarangini
There was another Ashoka of Gonanda Vamsa ,( 1488 -1400 BC).He became a Bauddha and because of this,Bauddhas from Central Asia destroyed his Kingdom.
One of the best sources for Indian History is Rajatarangini by Kalhana ( 12th Century ) , Kashmir.
He has listed the Kings of India from Mahabharata period,starting from Gonanda,who was a contemporary of Yudhishtra.
One finds the name of Lava as a king of Kashmir .He is shown as having ruled in Kali Yuga,after the Mahabharata War.
Lava’was a renowned prince of Kashmir. He had a vast and powerful army under him, and probably carried on many wars with his neighbours. It is said of him that the noise of his army made his people sleepless, but lulled his enemies to long sleep (death). He built the town of Lolora which, it is said, contained no less than eighty-four lacs of stone-built houses. Nothing more is said of him than that he bestowed the village of Lovara in Ledari on Brahmanas before his death. He was succeeded by his son Kusheshaya, who was a powerful prince. He bestowed the village of Kuruhara on Brahmanas. (Book I,p.7) (Lava→Lav)’ https://www.jatland.com/home/Rajatarangini_of_Kalhana:Kings_of_Kashmira/Wiki_Editor_Notes#L
Lava was the son of Lord Rama and Lava founded the present day Lahore in Pakistan and there is a Temple for Lava.
To me this seems to an erroneous interpretation.
Or it is a deliberate attempt to discredit Kalhana’s Rajatarangini so that it loses its credibility.This would help secular,liberal historians) to manipulate Indian History. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajatarangini
Ramayana preceded Mahabharata by one Aeon.Ramayana took place in Tretha Yuga while Mahabharata took place in Dwapara Yuga,which followed Treta Yuga.Dwapara Yuga lasted for 8,64,000 years.Our present Kali Yuga began in the year 3102 BC.
It is probable that the descendants of Lava ruled Kashmir and they could have used their Gotra as Lava and this might have been misinterpreted.
‘Lava and Kushama gotra are descendants of Rama’s son Lava and Kusha. Both these Jat gotras are found in Nagla Magola (नागला मगोला), Soniga Kheda (सोनिगा खेड़ाdistrictBadaun
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