Inscription throws new light to Hindu(afghan hindu) rule in Afghanistan

[Emal_khan]

Inscription throws new light to Hindu rule in Afghanistan


Kolkata, Jan 4: A stone inscription in Sanskrit, recovered from the city of Mazar-i-Sharif of northern Afghanistan a few years ago, has thrown new light on the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in that country.

The recovery and significance of the inscription, telling a story of the Hindu ruler Veka and his devotion to lord `Siva', was told by leading epigraphist and archaeologist Prof Ahmad Hasan Dani of the Quaid-E-Azam University of Islamabad at the ongoing Indian History Congress here.
If historians, preferred to revise the date of the first Hindu Shahi ruler Kallar from 843-850 AD to 821-828 AD, the date of 138 of present inscription, if it refers to the same era, should be equal to 959 AD which falls during the reign of Bhimapala'', Dani said in a paper `Mazar-i Sharif inscription of the time of the Shahi ruler Veka, dated the year 138'', submitted to the Congress.
The inscription, with eleven lines written in `western Sarada' style of Sanskrit of 10th century AD, had several spelling mistakes. ``As the stone is slightly broken at the top left corner, the first letter `OM' is missing'', he said.
According to the inscription, ``the ruler Veka occupied by eight-fold forces, the earth, the markets and the forts. It is during his reign that a temple of Siva in the embrace with Uma was built at Maityasya by Parimaha (great) Maitya for the benefit of himself and his son''.
The inscription was brought from Mazar-i-Sharif, where the tomb of Hazrat Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Mohammed is located, to Pakistan and is currently housed at the Islamabad Museum, Dani said.
Dani said ``the inscription gives the name of the king as Shahi Veka Raja and bestows on him the qualification of `Iryatumatu Ksanginanka'.... and (he) appears to be the same king who bears the name of Khingila or Khinkhila who should be accepted as a Shahi ruler''.


Dani further said ``he may be an ancestor of Veka deva. As his coins are found in Afghanistan and he is mentioned by the Arab ruler Yaqubi, he may be an immediate predecessor of Veka deva...... Both the evidences of inscription and coins suggest that Veka or Vaka should be accepted as an independent ruler of northern Afghanistan.
``Thus we find another branch of the Shahi ruler in northern part of Afghanistan beyond the Hindukush. Veka is said to have conquered the earth, the markets and the forts by his eight-fold forces, suggesting that he must have himself gained success against the Arab rulers of southern Afghanistan''.
Dani observed that going by the findings it seemed that during the rule of the Hindu Shahi ruler Bhimapala there was a break in the dynasty -- one branch, headed by Jayapala, ruled in Lamaghan and Punjab, and another branch, headed by Veka, ruled in northern part of Afghanistan.
``The northern branch must have come to an end by the conquest of Alptigin in the second half of tenth century AD'', he said.
Copyright © 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

Inscription throws new light to Hindu rule in Afghanistan

[KhalsaWarrior]

Interesting. I always wondered if some Afghans had once been Hindus. Buddhism was prevalent in parts of Afghanistan was a pretty well known fact, but I am yet to see a study on Hindu kingdoms in the region. The above study might be the first one.

[drona]

KW,

Kalahana's Rajatarangani describes these Hindu/Kabul Shahi kings in detail. The famous scholar and traveler Ibn Battuta also mentions them in his travelogues.

The very fact that ancient Afghan cities have Sansktrit names [Purushpura=Peshawar, Kandhar=Gandhara] , hints at such a possibility.

[roadrunner]

Inscription throws new light to Hindu rule in Afghanistan

Kolkata, Jan 4: A stone inscription in Sanskrit, recovered from the city of Mazar-i-Sharif of northern Afghanistan a few years ago, has thrown new light on the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in that country.

The recovery and significance of the inscription, telling a story of the Hindu ruler Veka and his devotion to lord `Siva', was told by leading epigraphist and archaeologist Prof Ahmad Hasan Dani of the Quaid-E-Azam University of Islamabad at the ongoing Indian History Congress here.
If historians, preferred to revise the date of the first Hindu Shahi ruler Kallar from 843-850 AD to 821-828 AD, the date of 138 of present inscription, if it refers to the same era, should be equal to 959 AD which falls during the reign of Bhimapala'', Dani said in a paper `Mazar-i Sharif inscription of the time of the Shahi ruler Veka, dated the year 138'', submitted to the Congress.
The inscription, with eleven lines written in `western Sarada' style of Sanskrit of 10th century AD, had several spelling mistakes. ``As the stone is slightly broken at the top left corner, the first letter `OM' is missing'', he said.
According to the inscription, ``the ruler Veka occupied by eight-fold forces, the earth, the markets and the forts. It is during his reign that a temple of Siva in the embrace with Uma was built at Maityasya by Parimaha (great) Maitya for the benefit of himself and his son''.
The inscription was brought from Mazar-i-Sharif, where the tomb of Hazrat Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Mohammed is located, to Pakistan and is currently housed at the Islamabad Museum, Dani said.
Dani said ``the inscription gives the name of the king as Shahi Veka Raja and bestows on him the qualification of `Iryatumatu Ksanginanka'.... and (he) appears to be the same king who bears the name of Khingila or Khinkhila who should be accepted as a Shahi ruler''.


Dani further said ``he may be an ancestor of Veka deva. As his coins are found in Afghanistan and he is mentioned by the Arab ruler Yaqubi, he may be an immediate predecessor of Veka deva...... Both the evidences of inscription and coins suggest that Veka or Vaka should be accepted as an independent ruler of northern Afghanistan.
``Thus we find another branch of the Shahi ruler in northern part of Afghanistan beyond the Hindukush. Veka is said to have conquered the earth, the markets and the forts by his eight-fold forces, suggesting that he must have himself gained success against the Arab rulers of southern Afghanistan''.
Dani observed that going by the findings it seemed that during the rule of the Hindu Shahi ruler Bhimapala there was a break in the dynasty -- one branch, headed by Jayapala, ruled in Lamaghan and Punjab, and another branch, headed by Veka, ruled in northern part of Afghanistan.
``The northern branch must have come to an end by the conquest of Alptigin in the second half of tenth century AD'', he said.
Copyright © 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

Inscription throws new light to Hindu rule in Afghanistan

LOL. © 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

Stop being so desperate to prove Hindu Rule. You clearly fail to see the significance of Shiva, as does the Indian writer.

[roadrunner]

Dont worry, Your civilisation is only half a mile away from the Hindu Kingdom at present, before the British drew the Lines, you was internationally known as a Indian Muslim. You did not come in the Arab caravans, I am sure you were also a Hindu once or a Sikh so dont self hate.

Proof you only follow Hindutva fantasism. Prior to the British arrival in India, the Muslims were known as Mughal Muslims and various other names internationally. India originally did not refer to modern India (your country), but was referred to as Bhoraath. India was actually the name of the region surrounding the Indus River.

I was once probably a Buddist or a Pagan. But I dont see Islam to hide my past as some Pakistanis do.

You were not a Buddhist. You weren't a Pagan either. In fact noone knows what pre-Hindu Indians were, because noone bothered to record it.

[drona]

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[Emal_khan]

KW,

Kalahana's Rajatarangani describes these Hindu/Kabul Shahi kings in detail.

salamona! could you please post some of his articles? mannana

MI6

Dont worry, Your civilisation is only half a mile away from the Hindu Kingdom at present, before the British drew the Lines, you was internationally known as a Indian Muslim. You did not come in the Arab caravans, I am sure you were also a Hindu once or a Sikh so dont self hate.

I was once probably a Buddist or a Pagan. But I dont see Islam to hide my past as some Pakistanis do.

Very true and very well said.

[roadrunner]

You're not a Pashtun or a Muslim. Now onto what you say

Roadrunner.

If you did not know that Pashtuns were not Mughals and neither did we consider ourselves as Mughal Muslims? we actually were the ones who finish off the Mughal empire.

Pashtuns lived under the Mughal Empire. The ethnic group of Pashtuns living under the Mughal Empire was Pashtun, the nationality was whatever the Mughals called their Empire.

Not every Pakistani is a descent of Mughals, I have been to Punjab, I have been to Pakistan and those areas which are not prodominately Pashtun, look absolutely no different to Indians.

Punjabis and Sindhis do not look Indian. The Muhajirs are a good representation of what Indians look like in Pakistan. If you compare a lot of Punjabis to them (not all), then they (Punjabis) are not Indian looking.

Stop trying to act like you're such an expert on this. Anthropological analysis of Indians and Punjabis is what you need to show, not what you think Indians and Punjabis look like. You will see Punjabis are anthropologically classed as a different group to the majority of Indians.

When the British were not there, they considered you as Indian Mohamamadans, you were not called Mughal Muslims.

When the British were not there (prior to the 1700s), modern India and modern Pakistan were never ruled as one area. Modern India was known as Bharat, modern Pakistan was known as India. Certainly sometime later the word India was used to describe Bharat by outsiders, but it was never a country. The only time in prior history when India referred to a country, was when it referred to some areas of what is now Pakistan. India just stole the name off Pakistan.

You know what Road Runner, Already the Westerners are featuring in Indian Movies, Westerners are investing huge money into India daily, there will be a time where you roadrunner will call yourself a Indian very proudly, I know it, you feel insecure of yourself own culture and heritage that you roam around PK defence forum and this Pashtun to prove to us over a Myth.

Yet more proof you are one of those Indian Hindus from PK defence forum. Westerners feature in Indian movies because you pay them. They feature in IPL because you will pay them extortionate sums of money since they would never come and work/live in India of their own accord. All this while half a billion Indians starve. That sounds very silly.

The Indian dude on your DP, looks very similar to many Pakistanis that I have seen. In pakistan every channel I clicked on WAS OF INDIAN ORIGIN, your weddings are all similar to Indians, your dress is similar to Indians, The Land you live on was always part of the so called Hindu Empire, You are the people of the Plains of Panjab, you guys are more related to Hindus/Indians/Sikhs than you think.

I have no relation to Punjabis, but I don't consider Punjabis related to Hindus/Indians. I do consider Punjabis related to Sikhs, however. The person in my avatar is from India and not a Punjabi. He bears some relation to the Muhajirs in Pakistan and a small segment of the Punjabi ethnic group, but has a greater relation to a much greater segment of the Indian population. Therefore he is Indian. Much like you. You need to get out of this denial.

You assume that we Pashtuns are confused as you guys are, but your wrong, Pashtuns were once buddist and Pagans, and history has proven this, and we are not ashamed of it.

Some of the things that come out of your mouth are hilerious.

Pashtuns certainly were Buddhist, but not Hindu. We agree on this.

[KhalsaWarrior]

Mughal Muslims. lol. Show me an article by a historian that called Jinnah, Bacha khan or any other pre-indpendence leader by that term. Dont just come with terms.

[roadrunner]

Mughal Muslims. lol. Show me an article by a historian that called Jinnah, Bacha khan or any other pre-indpendence leader by that term. Dont just come with terms.

Jinnah, Bacha Khan was not alive during the Mughal era, genius.

[KhalsaWarrior]

Jinnah, Bacha Khan was not alive during the Mughal era, genius.

Ahh. Ok I misread that. How about any other article that refers to the Indian Muslims of the period as Mughal Muslims?

And I will tell you beforehand why that term wasn't used. Its because Islam was present in India much before the Mughals arrived. Arab traders were entrenched in Kerala by 900 AD.

[Manzareh]

i agree with you roadrunner, this mi6 guy is a hindu in disguise