A Puranic reference about an ancient queen DRAVIDA missed the attention of many research scholars. It is because we still read the ancient history written by the British 150 years ago. Indian history begins from the days of Buddhists, according to them. But Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek and Mayan histories have been vastly revised and newer and newer information is added every year. But our text books remain the same.
Dravida was a princess mentioned in the Hindu Puranas. Trnabindu’s daughter was Dravida, who was the mother of Visravas. His son was Visala. Dravida was read as Idavida by some. The confusion arose because there was another girl Idavida mentioned elsewhere. It is easy to suggest that princess Dravida married an Aikshvaka.
Dravida—Visravas—Visala—Hemachandra—Sucandra—Dhumrasva—Srnjaya—Sahadeva—Krsasva—Somadatta—Janamejaya—Pramati is the line of kings and queens.
Pramati is contemporary with Dasaratha Aja and Lomapada. This synchronism is important, as it places Trnabindu 12 generations up at 1320 BC says R .Morton Smith in his book “Dates and Dynasty in Earliest India” ( Motilal Banarsidas, 1973, pages 70-72).
Lines quoted by him from the Puranas (in Sanskrit):
Atha Dhuntumatah putro dharmatma Vegavan nrpah
Budho Vegavatah putras Trunabindur Bhudatmajah
Treat yugamukhe raja tritye sa babhuva ha
Kanya tu tasya Dravida mata visravas tu sa
Dasaratha’s daughter in Egypt
We have several references to Indian queens marrying even foreigners. Mittanni king Tushratta 1354 BC (Of Indian origin, but ruled Syria and Turkey) gave his sister Ghilukhipa and his daughter Tadukhipa in marriage to the Egyptian king Amenhotep III. He wrote ten letters to the Egyptian king and all are preserved in clay tablets in Cuneiform script. Anyone who needs the interesting letters can google and find them in websites like Wikipedia.(There were four or five Dasarathas who ruled various parts of India).
Early in the fifth century BC in South India, Pandyan girls were “exported” to Sri Lanka in hundreds. When the banished Indian king Vijayan landed in Sri Lanka, he or his ministers could not find girls of royal blood for marriage. They sent an SOS to the Pandyan king. He tomtomed and assembled all the girls and sent them in bulk to Sri Lanka. Mahavamsa which gives the history of Sri Lanka narrated it with all the minute details.
The Pandava prince Arjuna also travelled widely and married women of different races according to Mahabharat. There are even folk dances in Tamil Nadu about his wedding to Alli Rani. Dridharashtra married Gandhari from Kandahar of Afganistan. Dasaratha’s wife Kaikeyi was from Iran –Afgan border. Rama’s wife Mythili was from Mithila on the border of India-Nepal.
Ravana was called a Southerner (Thennavan) in Maduraikanchi written 2000 years ago. He married lot of women and wanted to marry Sita as well. It was the custom of Indian kings to marry from different countries or regions for political gains.
Chandra Gupta Maurya married daughter of Selucas Nicator, the Greek general. Agastya travelled to South East Asia and married a Cambodian girl and founded a Hindu empire which lasted for 1300 years.(Agastya of Rig Veda is different seer who married another princess Lopamudra).
The most famous Indian poet Kalidasa says that kings from various regions of India including the Pandyan King came for the swayamvaram of Indumati. Swayamvaram is the ceremony where a royal princess selects her future husband.
Gujarati-Pandya Contacts
The first king of modern Madurai , Malayadwaja Pandyan married the daughter of a Surasena king, probably from Gujarat. His consort’s name was Kanchanamala. She was the mother of great queen Meenakshi in whose name the world famous Meenakshi temple was built. (Please read my article The Wonder That was Meenakshi Temple). Lord Sundareswara married Meenakshi.
The Jain literature gives very realistic accounts of sea voyages. The “Avasya Churni” informs us that there were regular sailings from Madurai to Sourashtra (Gujarat). It is mentioned in the story that the ruler of Madurai PANDUSENA, had two daughters, who while sailing to Sourashtra, met with a shipwreck in a storm. They prayed to Lord Shiva and Lord Skanda for their protection (Ref. Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra). It is interesting to note that Shiva and Skanda are believed to have sat at Tamil Sangam 2000 years ago. Commentators on Sangam Tamil literature gave us more details in their commentaries. More over 2300 year old inscriptions in and around Madurai confirms the historicity of Madurai.
Boat City and Matsyavatar
Tamil and Sanskrit literature confirm that the first Avatar of Lord Vishnu happened at the southern part of India in the remotest period of history. The Pandyan king who ruled at that time was Sathyvrata. The most famous seventh century Saivaite saint Gnana Sambhandhar also sang about the great floods happened in the past and his town Sirkazi survived this catastrophe giving the name Boat City (Thoni Puram/ Noah’s Ark) to his native place (Ref. Matsyapurana in Sanskrit and Thevaram In Tamil).
All the above facts demolish the fake Aryan-Dravidian divisions. Indians were free to move to any part of the country to marry and maintain unity of the country. There was no mention of Aryan, Dravidian conflicts in the Tamil and Sanskrit literature.
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Dravida was a princess mentioned in the Hindu Puranas. Trnabindu’s daughter was Dravida, who was the mother of Visravas. His son was Visala. Dravida was read as Idavida by some. The confusion arose because there was another girl Idavida mentioned elsewhere. It is easy to suggest that princess Dravida married an Aikshvaka.
Dravida—Visravas—Visala—Hemachandra—Sucandra—Dhumrasva—Srnjaya—Sahadeva—Krsasva—Somadatta—Janamejaya—Pramati is the line of kings and queens.
Pramati is contemporary with Dasaratha Aja and Lomapada. This synchronism is important, as it places Trnabindu 12 generations up at 1320 BC says R .Morton Smith in his book “Dates and Dynasty in Earliest India” ( Motilal Banarsidas, 1973, pages 70-72).
Lines quoted by him from the Puranas (in Sanskrit):
Atha Dhuntumatah putro dharmatma Vegavan nrpah
Budho Vegavatah putras Trunabindur Bhudatmajah
Treat yugamukhe raja tritye sa babhuva ha
Kanya tu tasya Dravida mata visravas tu sa
Dasaratha’s daughter in Egypt
We have several references to Indian queens marrying even foreigners. Mittanni king Tushratta 1354 BC (Of Indian origin, but ruled Syria and Turkey) gave his sister Ghilukhipa and his daughter Tadukhipa in marriage to the Egyptian king Amenhotep III. He wrote ten letters to the Egyptian king and all are preserved in clay tablets in Cuneiform script. Anyone who needs the interesting letters can google and find them in websites like Wikipedia.(There were four or five Dasarathas who ruled various parts of India).
Early in the fifth century BC in South India, Pandyan girls were “exported” to Sri Lanka in hundreds. When the banished Indian king Vijayan landed in Sri Lanka, he or his ministers could not find girls of royal blood for marriage. They sent an SOS to the Pandyan king. He tomtomed and assembled all the girls and sent them in bulk to Sri Lanka. Mahavamsa which gives the history of Sri Lanka narrated it with all the minute details.
The Pandava prince Arjuna also travelled widely and married women of different races according to Mahabharat. There are even folk dances in Tamil Nadu about his wedding to Alli Rani. Dridharashtra married Gandhari from Kandahar of Afganistan. Dasaratha’s wife Kaikeyi was from Iran –Afgan border. Rama’s wife Mythili was from Mithila on the border of India-Nepal.
Ravana was called a Southerner (Thennavan) in Maduraikanchi written 2000 years ago. He married lot of women and wanted to marry Sita as well. It was the custom of Indian kings to marry from different countries or regions for political gains.
Chandra Gupta Maurya married daughter of Selucas Nicator, the Greek general. Agastya travelled to South East Asia and married a Cambodian girl and founded a Hindu empire which lasted for 1300 years.(Agastya of Rig Veda is different seer who married another princess Lopamudra).
The most famous Indian poet Kalidasa says that kings from various regions of India including the Pandyan King came for the swayamvaram of Indumati. Swayamvaram is the ceremony where a royal princess selects her future husband.
Gujarati-Pandya Contacts
The first king of modern Madurai , Malayadwaja Pandyan married the daughter of a Surasena king, probably from Gujarat. His consort’s name was Kanchanamala. She was the mother of great queen Meenakshi in whose name the world famous Meenakshi temple was built. (Please read my article The Wonder That was Meenakshi Temple). Lord Sundareswara married Meenakshi.
The Jain literature gives very realistic accounts of sea voyages. The “Avasya Churni” informs us that there were regular sailings from Madurai to Sourashtra (Gujarat). It is mentioned in the story that the ruler of Madurai PANDUSENA, had two daughters, who while sailing to Sourashtra, met with a shipwreck in a storm. They prayed to Lord Shiva and Lord Skanda for their protection (Ref. Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra). It is interesting to note that Shiva and Skanda are believed to have sat at Tamil Sangam 2000 years ago. Commentators on Sangam Tamil literature gave us more details in their commentaries. More over 2300 year old inscriptions in and around Madurai confirms the historicity of Madurai.
Boat City and Matsyavatar
Tamil and Sanskrit literature confirm that the first Avatar of Lord Vishnu happened at the southern part of India in the remotest period of history. The Pandyan king who ruled at that time was Sathyvrata. The most famous seventh century Saivaite saint Gnana Sambhandhar also sang about the great floods happened in the past and his town Sirkazi survived this catastrophe giving the name Boat City (Thoni Puram/ Noah’s Ark) to his native place (Ref. Matsyapurana in Sanskrit and Thevaram In Tamil).
All the above facts demolish the fake Aryan-Dravidian divisions. Indians were free to move to any part of the country to marry and maintain unity of the country. There was no mention of Aryan, Dravidian conflicts in the Tamil and Sanskrit literature.
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