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  • Rama First Nation Ontario Canada

    Rama First Nation Ontario Canada

    Tribes from India spread throughout the world.Almost all cultures speak of World floods,between three and Five in number. Early Indian texts speak of the same. Indian Puranas speak of Tsunami ,Great flood as one of the causes for destruction of the world.

    Tamil classics speak of Three Great Tsunamis.

    All these triggered migration and the tribes of India spread everywhere because of Tsunamis and Mahabharata war.

    Sage Agastya moved families out of Dwaraka.Parashurama moved Families to Kerala from the North of Vindhyas.

    Sage Viswamitra banished his sons to Dravida Desa ,Lemuria.

    The tribes of Yadu left and settled in Middle-east ,Israel.

    Because of such migration ,one finds the remains, influence of Sanatan Dharm throughout the world.

    One finds Rama Sita festival in Mexico, Hanuman in Honduras, Asthabuja Devi Worshipped Mexico Siva temple in Mexico,Rama people in Nicaragua,Rama Religion,Rama Language in Nicaragua and Honduras,Siva temple in Colorado,Vishnu temple in Grand Canyon…..

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/08/08/mexico-aztecs-followed-hinduism-caste-system-upanayana/

    I have provided Links to some of my articles in this post.

    You may find others by Googling the detach term + ramanan50 to know more.

    Now we find Rama Nation in Ontario,Canada!

    Chippewas of Rama First Nation, also known as Chippewas of Mnjikaning and Chippewas of Rama Mnjikaning First Nation, is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation located in the province of Ontario in Canada. The name Mnjikaning, or fully vocalized as Minjikaning, refers to the fishing weirs at Atherley Narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching and it means “in/on/at or near the fence”.

    Rama is one of the Williams Treaties First Nations which consists of Rama, Beausoleil, Georgina Island, Scugog Island, Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Alderville, Together these Nations have a large Treaty area comprising Treaty 18, 16, 5, 20, 27, 27 1/4, Crawford Purchase and the Gunshot Treaty.

    Rama sits on approximately 2,350 acres (951 ha) of land on eight separate parcels. It was once known as Mnjikaning and Rama Mnjikaning but after a community referendum has since re-assumed the name of Chippewas of Rama First Nation. There are 1600 members with approximately 700 living on the reserve and about 900 living off the reserve.

    The First Nation is adjacent to a 4,500-year-old wooden stake fishing weir system which at one time sustained many Native peoples but, it is not clear who actually built this structure. The First Nation’s main reserve, the 908.4 hectares (2,245 acres)  Indian Reserve, is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) northeast of Orillia, Ontario. Rama First Nation is geographically located within the Township of Ramara, but functions separately. Rama First Nation is also home to 195,000-square-foot (18,100 m2) Casino Rama and Entertainment Complex.

    Casino Rama

    The people are descendants of the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe (1800’s) and were part of the Coldwater (1836) experiment before settling on the eastern shores of Lake Couchiching. While the ancestors used clan markings/drawings for signatures, original family names were replaced with English names. Many of the families currently living on and off the reserve include these original family names such as Benson, Ingersoll, Williams, Douglas, Shilling, Simcoe, Snache, St. Germain, Stinson, Yellowhead, Sandy, Sawyer, Anderson and York. Some later name additions (mainly due to marriage) include Comego, Cottrell, Cote, Desormeaux, Genno, Noganosh, Muir, Stiles, Watson, Graham, McPhee, McRae and others’

    Reference and citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewas_of_Rama_First_Nation

  • Kanchipuram Tribe In Vasishta Viswamitra War

    Many tribes are mentioned in the Ancient texts of India, The Vedas,Puranas,Ramayana, Mahabharata and later works of Poets like Kalidasa.

    The Rig Veda describes the tribes in detail.

    And these mention that some these tribes scattered around the world, thus sowing the seeds of Sanatana Dharma around the world.

    Also there was another civilization flourishing in the south of Vindhya mountains.

    It was the Dravida, now being identified as Lemurianas and MU civilizations.

    Apart from this there were two more civilizations in place.

    Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu India.jpg
    Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu India.

    They were,

    The Uighurs and

    The Atlanis People.

    For more details please read my article Rama dropped Atom Bomb.

    The Vedic texts refer to the Dravidians and the Chera,Chola and Pandya Kings.

    They were present during the Swayamvara of Damayanti, which predates Ramayana, of Draupadi and the Rajasuya Yaga of Yudhishtra.

    And the Kings from the South participated in the MahabharataWar.

    Now to the tribes mentioned in the Ancient texts of India.

    The earliest reference is to the Battle of Ten Kings.

    We find references to many tribes.

    There was a war between the Kings mostly from the North of Vindhyas.

    Now there is yet another reference of the  Tribes of India , involving Sage Vasishta and Viswamitra.

    Sage Vasishta, though the Family Priest of the Ikshvaku Dynasty, not much of is heard of him after Ramayana.

    It seems that he left with Shiva and Ganesha towards the west of India during a Tsunami,while Vaiwasvatha Manu left for Ayodhya to found the Ikshvaku Dynasty.

    There is a reference that Sage Viswamitra banished his 51 sons to Dravida Desa( History of the Tamils by PT. Srinivasa Iyeangar).

    Now let us look at these two facts together to find out more about the tribes of Dravida Desa.

    One of the Tribes who took the side of Vasishta against Viswamitra when the latter tried to take away Vasishta’s Cow,Nandini , is the Kanchi .

    Kanchi, Kanchipuram finds a reference in all the Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Harivamsa of Kalidasa and Bhrthuhari’s works.

    Kanchi was called the learning center of the south like Nalanda in the North.

    Tamil Classics also speak of Kanchi,and the Sangam Literature calls it as Kanchi Mudur,Ancient Kanchi.( The Term Mudur is used only for two cities (Mudur),Madurai and Kanchi).

    These two cities are quite ancient if one goes through these references.

    A Brahmin from Kanchi founded Cambodia Vietnam Thailand

    Kanchi tribe is mentioned in the Mahabharata Thus,

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    When the sage Vasistha was attacked by king Viswamitra’s army, Vasistha’s cow, Kamadehnu, brought forth from her tail, an army of Palhavas, and from her udders, an army of Dravidas and Sakas; and from her womb, an army of Yavanas, and from her dung, an army of Savaras; and from her urine, an army of Kanchis; and from her sides, an army of Savaras. And from the froth of her mouth came out hosts of Paundras and Kiratas, Yavanas and Sinhalas, and the barbarous tribes of Khasas and Chivukas and Pulindas and Chinas and Hunas with Keralas, and numerous other Mlechchhas.

    In the ancient Indian literature, cow is a symbol of earth or land. Thus the myth mentioned above simply means that, these tribes gathered for the protection of sage Vasistha’s land against the army of king Viswamitra.(

    • Mahabharata, Book 1, Chapter 177)

    References and Citations.

    http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/mbh:kanchis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchi_Kingdom#The_myth_of_origin_of_Kanchis

    ‘

    And some moments after, from her tail she brought forth an army of Palhavas, and from her udders, an army of Dravidas and Sakas; and from her womb, an army of Yavanas, and from her dung, an army of Savaras; and from her urine, an army of Kanchis; and from her sides, an army of Savaras.
    Mbh.5.161.7227 Like a frog having its abode in a well, why art thou not able to realise the might of this vast army of the assembled monarchs, invincible, looking like the very celestial host, and protected by these lords of men, as the heavenly host by the gods themselves, protected that is, by the kings of the East, the West, the South and the North, by the Kamvojas, the Sakas, the Khasas, the Salwas, the Matsyas, the Kurusof the middle country, the Mlechchhas, the Pulindas, the Dravidas, the Andhras, and the Kanchis, this host of many nations, ready for battle, and resembling the uncrossable current of the Ganga.

  • Vasishtas Fourteen Dravidian Tribes Greeks Chinese Huns

    As one researches Indian history , one finds innumerable references to Yavanas(Greeks),Sakas, Nagas,Hunas….

    While we dig deep we find these groups listed as tribes of Bharatavarsha.

    The Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley Civilization.image,jpg
    The Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley Civilization. 2600–1900 BCE

    These references are found from the Rig Veda , the earliest  text of the world and these are repeatedly mentioned in the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Eighteen Puranas, Tamil Sangam Classics, Kalidasa’s Harivamsa and in Kalhana’s Raja Tharangini, among other texts belonging to other Regional languages of India.

    I am providing a sample list and a link to my article on the Vedic Tribes of India.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/06/19/tamils-vedic-tribes-yadus-turvasas-rig-veda/

    I have found some curious facts.

    1. Sage Vasshista though listed as the Royal Priest of the Ikshvaku, the Solar Dynasty to which Lord Rama belongs to i mentioned prominently during the period of Dasaratha and Rama and briefly during the period of Ikshvaku when he founded the Dynasty’ Vashista does not find a detailed mention from the period of Ikshvaku and Dasaratha.

    The reference to Vashista along with Ikshvaku is found in the Bhagavatha Purana where it is mentioned that Ikshvaku left the Dravida Desa, South of Vindhya mountains for Ayodhya from where he founded his dynasty.

    He left for Ayodhya because of a Tsunami referred to in detail by the Puranas and Tamil classics.

    The great Flood is mentioned in all ancient texts both religious and non religious.

    Other than these  references  Vashista is missing in the texts.

    Next we hear of him as having accompanied Shiva  to compose the Rig Veda in the Arctic.

    2.We find Sage Agastya moving over to South on two occasions, one at the time of Shiva Uma wedding and again to lead 71 Families out of Dwaraka when Tsunami struck after the Mahabharata War to the south of Vindhyas,

    Please check my articles on this and Agastya’s date has been validated by Star Canopus.

    3.Parashurama settled families in the south from the north.

    Manu left for the north from the South, which means that there has been a civilization before he left.

    There are references  in the Sumerian Kings List to Dasaratha, Rama and Bharatha s Kings of Sumeria.

    Sumerian texts also mention that Rama aligned with  Horus, son of Osiris.

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    Rama Atlantis War Kavatam periplus Port Window of Lemuria

    As explained in these articles, there seems to have been Four major civilizations then.

    Rama’s Empire,

    Atlantis Empire,

    Uighur Empire and

    Lemurian Empire.

    Of these Uighur was not very advanced and Lemuria which had been on the wane was trying to recoup.

    They were suppressed by the Atlantis people.

    In the Atlantis, Osiris’ son Horus entered into an alliance with Rama to defeat Seth who was trying to become independent in the Sumerian valley.’

    Ramas war against Atlantis

    So there was a civilization in south before Manu left for Ayodhya from the Dravida Desa.

    Then Viswamitra reference is found in the Ramayana and other Indian texts and also the life of Nala and Damayanti and these three ante date Rama.

    Rama’s ancestor Sibi fought against the Dravida tribes and built a temple for Vishnu  at Thiruvellarai, near SriRangam in Tamil Nadu and this temple is older than Srirangam.

    Then there is a detailed  description of the battle between Viswamitra and Vasishta when the former tried to take away the Cow Nandini from Vashista.

    The concept of taking away the Cattle is a common to both the Tamil  and Vedic Culture.

    In Virata parva of Mahabharata, Duryodhana tries to take away the cattle from Virata and the Pandavas fought against him along with Virata.

    The tribes that aligned with Vashista against Viswamitra are,

    ‘Mahabharata links the origin of Dravidas with sage Vasistha. Viswamitra, a king in the Ikshwaku clan, attacked the cow of Vasistha. Then many armies emerged for the protection of that cow and they attacked the armies of Viswamitra. Cow symbolizes land, in ancient Indian scriptures. Thus this war was fought with the tribes allied with Vasista for their own land. Other tribes that were mentioned along with the Dravidas in this incident were Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Kanchis, Paundras and Kiratas, Yavanas and Sinhalas, and the barbarous tribes of Khasas, Chivukas, Pulindas, Chinas and Hunas with Keralas, and numerous other Mlechchhas. (1,177)…

    ‘

    The Indus Valley civilisation (2,600-1,900 BCE) located both in Pakistan and India is often identified as having been Dravidian. Cultural and linguistic similarities have been cited by researchers Henry Heras, Kamil Zvelebil, Asko Parpola and Iravatham Mahadevan as being strong evidence for a proto-Dravidian origin of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation.[The discovery in Tamil Nadu of a late Neolithic (early 2nd millennium BCE, i.e. post-dating Harappan decline) stone celt allegedly marked with Indus signs has been considered by some to be significant for the Dravidian identification.

    Yuri Knorozov surmised that the symbols represent a logosyllabic script and suggested, based on computer analysis, an underlying agglutinative Dravidian language as the most likely candidate for the underlying language. Knorozov’s suggestion was preceded by the work of Henry Heras, who suggested several readings of signs based on a proto-Dravidian assumption.

    Linguist Asko Parpola writes that the Indus script and Harappan language are “most likely to have belonged to the Dravidian family”.Parpola led a Finnish team in investigating the inscriptions using computer analysis. Based on a proto-Dravidian assumption, they proposed readings of many signs, some agreeing with the suggested readings of Heras and Knorozov (such as equating the “fish” sign with the Dravidian word for fish, “min”) but disagreeing on several other readings. A comprehensive description of Parpola’s work until 1994 is given in his book Deciphering the Indus Script’

    I Postulate that,

    There was a Dravida Civilization in the South before or started with Manu in the south of Vindhyas,

    The tribes of Dravidas were left behind by Manu when he left for Ayodhya,

    Sage Vasista stayed in the South,

    Later when Viswamitra banished his sons to the south, Dravida civilization was in existence during the Ramayana period,

    Dravidians were called as Dasyus because of their way of Life was different from Sanatana Dharam though they followed the Sanatana Dharma.

    These Dravidian tribes included the ancestors of Greeks, other European tribes, Chinese and Huns.

    I have written on the presence of  lord Shiva in the south much earlier to vedic period.

    I shall explore further and write on the location and dispersal and seeming acrimony with the vedic people, the reasons and Shiva’s Travels throughout the world,

    References and citations.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravida_Kingdom#Dravida_listed_in_the_ancient_Indian_.28Bharata_Varsha.29_Kingdoms

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_people#Ancestral_components

    Manu Dravida

    Pasupathy Seal Image credit.

    By unknown Indus Valley Civilization sealmaker from Mohenjodaro archaeological site – http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_500back/indusvalley/protoshiva/protoshiva.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9325528

  • Lombardy Lambadi Indian Origin Of ItalianTribes Genetic Proof

    One of the curious features of World History written by the West is the observation, whenever  there is a reference to Human Races, Immigration, Cultural  practices, inscriptions, a simple statement is made to the effect  if the issue related to is Race,Immigration or Cultural practices, that they are from Asia, or to be specific(for the West of course), is central Asia.

    Migration Of Gypsies from India.Image.jpg Migration Of Gypsies from India.

    They normally use this term to denote Iran,Kazakhstan  or the Central Asian Region.

    But they do not probe further.

    Where did these people or customs, languages come from?

    Though there is enough evidence is available in terms of archaeological findings, references in the local legends they are not verified.

    In such cases, the trail is picked up, it normally ends up with Etruscan,Mayan,Sumerian Civilizations.

    If only they could pursue the issue further ,they would find the roots in Bharatavarsha,as India was called then.

    I am not sure whether this is a genuine apathy or a deliberate ploy to undermine Hinduism.

    Considering the services of people like max Mueller, I tend to believe it is the latter.

    I was struck by the terms Roma, Lombardy regions in Italy.

    References in Vedic and Tamil Literature abound about Italy and Greece.

    Sometimes the term Yavana is used to denote Greeks as well as Romans.

    Trade and communications were quite strong even during the period of Julius Caesar.

    In India we have the term Lambadi for the nomads, who go about throughout the country, a sort of Gypsies

    The language they speak , sometimes, sounds Italian.

    They are found in Andhra Pradesh in large numbers, which they use as their base.

    They are also found in Vidarba and Madhya Pradesh.

    Lambadis of India.

    Banjaras are traditionally known as suppliers and pack bullock carriers and Banjara word is derived from Sanskrit word vana chara(wanderers in jungle). The word Lambani or Lamani is derived from Sanskrit word lavana (salt) which was the principal goods they transported across the country.’

    I may be noted that the eary tamil Sangam Literature mentions that the Romans imported Salt from India in exchange for Horses.

    Banjara people follow Hinduism, and worship Hindu gods like Krishna, Balaji, Jagadamba Devi and Hanuman. They also pray tl Sati Aayi, Seva Bhayya or Sevalal, Mithu Bhukhiya which are gods of their community. They also worship peer and Banjara Devi by praying in the forest, represented by a heap of stones. Of these, Mithu Bhukhiya was an “expert decoit” of the tribe and is worshipped in a hut built in front of Tanda or village with a white flag on top. This practice is gradually losing its importance, mainly because the people are more engaged in agriculture, government employment and other labour.[15] No member of the community is allowed to sleep in the special hut built for Mithu Bhukhiya (also spelled Mitthu Bhukhiya). Seva Bhaya or Seva Lal was a saint and is highly respected by the Banjara people. He protected the women of his community and his story is quoted by British administrators who tagged his period around 1857 A.D. with his original name as Siva Rathode.

    The most numerous Banjara or Lambadi community is in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states at 2.2 million where they speak their own dialect along with Telugu. In Karnataka, they are spread in northern parts of the state[ and Karnataka has second largest population (1.1 million, as of 2012) in India.

    The word Lombardy comes from Lombard, which in turn is derived from Late Latin Longobardus, Langobardus (“a Lombard”), derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”).

    Lombardy originally referred to the entire territory of Italy (known as Longobardia Major and Langobardia Minor) ruled by theLombards, a Germanic tribe who conquered much of the Italian peninsula beginning in the 6th century.

    1.The Rishis are known t have long beards.

    2.The German tribes, especially the Huns were settlers from India.

    They moved from South India, at the of a Tsunami when Rama’s ancestor Satyavrata Manu mover to Ayodhya.

    The area of current Lombardy was settled at least since the 2nd millennium BC, as shown by the archaeological findings of ceramics, arrows, axes and carved stones. Well-preserved rock drawings left by ancient Camuni in the Valcamonica depicting animals, people and symbols were made over a time period of eight thousand years preceding the Iron Age.[8] and 300,000.[9]

    The many artifacts (pottery, personal items and weapons) found in necropolis near the Lake Maggiore, and Lake Ticino demonstrate the presence of the Golasecca Bronze Age culture that prospered in Western Lombardy between the 9th and the 4th century BC.

    In the following centuries it was inhabited by different peoples among whom the Etruscans, who founded the city of Mantua and spread the use of writing; later, starting from the 5th century BC, the area was invaded by Celtic – Gallic tribes. These people settled in several cities (includingMilan) and extended their rule to the Adriatic Sea.

    Their development was halted by the Roman expansion in the Po Valley from the 3rd century BC onwards. After centuries of struggle, in 194 BC the entire area of what is now Lombardy became a Roman province with the name of Gallia Cisalpina (“Gaul on the inner side (with respect to Rome) of the Alps”).

    The Etruscan may be traced to India.

    Please read my Post.

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    Legend states that at the beginning of the Etruscan Age, the city of Rome was founded by the twin sons of the war God Mars. Their names were Romulus and Remus. The boys had been abandoned by their divine father and Etruscan mother and were reared in the forest by a she-wolf. This is a slightly different version of the story of the Hindu epic Ramayana where the divine king Sri Rama abandons Sita and his twin sons, Luva and Kusha. The two boy were reared by their mother and Rishi Valmiki in his forestashram.

    In the Etruscan legend, the twins are raised by a she-wolf in the forest, but that probably emerges from a confusion between the Sanskrit terms ‘rishi’ (ऋषि) which means a ‘sage’ and the Sanskrit ‘vriki’ (वृकी) which means a ‘she-wolf’ – considering that the fame of Sri Rama had traversed west from India by the time of the Etruscans. And a treasure trove of Etrsucan paintings bears out this argument…

    Details Here .

    And.

    The early upbringing of Rishyasringa is linked to the highland location in the central mid hill of Nepal now popular as Resunga in the Gulmi District of the Lumbini Zone. Stories about the unique setting of the special mountain that has attracted and made it the home to many famous mystic Yogis. The Saha Kings of Nepal have dedicated special respect and attention to its maintenance and arrangement and the religious circuit of Ridi-Rudrabeni-Resunga in the Gulmi district is a huge attraction for national and international tourists. The all-weather road that connects the Indian border of Sunauli (Uttar Pradesh) and passes through the Nepal’s Sidharthanagar-Butwal-Palpa cities leading to the Ridi Sangam with Kali Gandaki and upward towards the district headquarters Tamghas.

    The return of these people who left South India is being mistakenly quoted as the Invasion of Aryans .

    It is only the return of a group of the Vedic people , who left because of a Tsunami from South India,

    This group was led by Shiva and His son Ganesha who proceeded to Arctic before coming back to India to settle in Sarasvati Valley.

    Please read my posts on this,

    The Genetic Proof.

     

    “Our genetic lineage study demolishes this theory and proves that gypsies known as Romanis actually are descendants of Domas who have inhabited the Gangetic plain for centuries now,” said Dr Gyaneshwer Chaubey of Tartu University, Estonia, and a member of the research team that included scientists from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology(CCMB) and University of Bern, Switzerland.

    The Y chromosome is inherited from father to son, son to grandson, and so on. This means that all males of a family or a population evolved from a single founder male possess the same Y chromosome.

    Based on genetic signatures that exist on Y chromosome, every male could be assigned to a specific group. This helps in tracing paternal lineage.

    Researchers screened about 10,000 males from around the world including 7,000 belonging to 205 ethnic populations of India, to discern a more precise ancestral source of Gypsies.

    “The result of this genetic analysis showed that aboriginal scheduled tribes and scheduled caste populations of northwestern India, traditionally called Doma, are the most likely ancestral populations of modern European Roma,” Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj of CCMB said.

    (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/twin-researches-indian-dalits-european-gypsies-common-ancestory-india-today/1/237137.html)

    Citations.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishyasringa

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjara

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/285248/India