hinduism- the most ancient religion but with...

Hinduism- the most ancient religion but with highlyadv anced spiritual Concepts of Reincarnation, Yoga,Karma, Eternal Soul, Moksha(Salv ation), and the thirdey e may be the ancestral religion of whole Europe,which got lost after the conquest of Christianity andIslam. I am not try ing to be racist or giv ing an unbiasedunsupported opinion, rather my opinion is supported byfacts and built upon ev idences and academia. T raditions and cus toms of H induism were prac ticed by anc ientEuropeans thousands of years ago, long before the advent ofJews and C hris tianity. A fter the conques t of C hris tianity, thewhite race was deliberately cut from their indigenous religionthus plunging in the dark ages discarding their spiritual faith inthe wild pursuit of money, materialis tic pleasures andpossess ions . Their most sac red symbol-Swastika wassuppressed and replaced under the impos ition of their new faithhaving its own sac red symbol (Holy C ross) and Star of David. There are made evidences supporting this opinion. However, inthis artic le, we will validate this topic solely on the evidences ofSwastika found ac ross various cultures and unearthed fromvarious European countries .

Short introduction to Swastika In Sanskrit, Swastika means “May GoodnessPrevail", and was considered widely as a symbol ofgood fortune and prosperity but unfortunately,due to Hitler misuse of swastika followed by someother misconceptions, Swastika has lost itssemantic association and is now commonly known

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as a sign of destruction than its actual notion ofaffirmation. Indian symbol of swastika symbolize Wheel ofLife in a clockwise direction.

Swastikas are generally found in every Indiantemple. H itler, who believed himself as a descendants of V edic A ryansreversed this anc ient symbol counterc lockwise, which according


to H induism belief, is a symbol a "black magic ” or demoniacpower and amounts to dissolution and des truc tion of theuniverse. That’s exac tly what happened during the regime ofH itler.

Swastika-Europeans most prolific symbol Most Europeans are not aware that Once longbefore rise of Christianity, swastika was their mostprolific and sacred religious symbol. In fact,Swastika is an ancient solar symbol used byancient cultures with some dating back to 10,000BCE.


Pots with swastika found in ancient Greece (700 BC)

Swastika is depic ted as an equilateral c ross cons is ting of armstwis ted at right angles in the c lockwise direc tion.

O rigin of Swastika into Europe and A merica

Based on the evidences and archaeologicalresearch, scholars and historians have came to theconclusion that India was home to two races-Aryans and Dravidians. Aryans spiritually weremore advanced and civilized than Dravidians and


consider Dravidians as inferior to them. This iswell-supported by the much advanced civilizationfound in the Indus valley. Even in the ancientscriptures like Ramayana, there are stories whichdepict uncivilized demons staying in the southernbelt of India whereas civilized kings ruled Indiawith their capital located in northern India, ruledmore or less whole of India. From India, these c ivilized A ryans migrated for trade andalliances into wes tern Europe, A rabs , A frica, etc therebybringing their cultural values and ideas into Great Britain, I taly,France, Egypt, Germany, Spain, P oland, and so on. Thesecultural cus toms and values were later carried on to A mericawhere every C aucas ian tribe of A merica traces their family rootsin Europe and is cons idered to be a direc t descendant of suchmigrated A ryans . A publication of 1982 from the well acc laimed T ime Life Bookslibrary says: “These Indians who said themselves as Aryans bes towed theirsocial ins titutions on the Indian subcontinent and spawn a uniqueadvanced spiritual culture called as Hinduism.”

In spite of many archeological evidences , many Europeanshis torians denies A ryans migrating from India to Europe andc laims otherwise as A ryans migrating to India from Europe byc laiming their baseless A ryan invas ion theory as true. A ryaninvas ion theory has been proven false but in this case even if weaccept it as true; it s till proves that Europeans , at some point oftime, prac ticed H induism(Religion of A ryans) as a whole or formsof H induism( like Buddhism, Sikhism or Jainism) .


Swastika found across the globe Shortly after making the discovery of mystical troyin 1870, German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemannfound many artifacts embedded with symbol ofswastika. Later in the 20th century, artifacts withsymbols of swastika were found all across Asia,America and Europe in forms of friezes, mosaics,figurines, paintings, sculptures, and idols. Many ofthese artifacts belongs to other ancient civilizationlikes the Romans, Egyptians, Mesopotamia,Scandinavians, Persians, Mayans, Greek and theAztecs.


Terracotta jug with swas tika

Swastikas on ancient ruins across Europe All ancient Europeans civilizations like the Romans,Celts, Greeks etc practiced the spiritual traditions


of Hinduism. This is very evident from the study ofYale University, where their research showedsymbol of swastika across ancient European ruins.

Oldest of all ev idences is the artifacts unearthed fromkeiv (Ukraine), dating back to ice age(1 0,000 BC),which shows a bird figure with swastika inscriptionscarv ed from mammoth iv ory .


Bird figurines from mezin, Ukraine. This bird figurine is a symbol of mother or earth worship. V edicA ryans had the culture of prais ing hymns and s inging glories ofmother earth, the tradition s till exis ts in modern India.


Modern research push backs A ryan c ivilization to 6 ,000-10,000 BC . Since there are no s igns of c ivilization other thanthis artifac t in Ukraine, it is highly unlikely that this artifac t wasof indigenous A ryans and hence most probably came throughtrade and cultural exchange with Indus valley V edic A ryans .

Swastikas found in PersiaNext oldes t swastika was found Samarra region ofancient Persia (Present Iraq) around 5 or 6,000BC. It is a well known fact that Persians tradedheavily with India and there are significantevidences of cultural exchanges between Indiaand Persia including this one.


Swastika in artifac ts unearthed from samsara

Swastika can be found in Friday mosque of Iran,


which has lots of well-designed mosaic withembedded beautiful and colorful swastika atvarious places.

Swastika in Friday mosque, I ran

Below are some more Europeans countries whereswastikas were unearthed. Neither there is anydescription in their religious scriptures nor is thereany mention of swastikas in any form among allthe ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia,Egyptians, Persians, and Sumerians etc. This is theproof that this symbol didn’t originate in any ofthese civilizations and was brought in throughtrade and cultural exchange with India.


Swastikas in Vinca script


Sw asti k a i n the v i nca scr i pt of neol i t i hi c Eur ope (6000 -5000 BC).

Pots like the one shown above is very common in india and manysuch pots were unearthed from the c ities of Dwarka, Harappa,mohen-jo-daro and other anc ient s ites .


Golden artifacts bearing swastika just after theVinca-Old European script Swastika in Judaism

In Hinduism, more often Swastika is considered as aYantra(Dev ice), similar to Star of Dav id in Judaism. Inthe sy nagogue at Capernaum, Holiest Sy mbol of


Judaism ‘Star of Dav id’ is found along side of Swastika.This signifies that swastika is an ancient religioussy mbol of Jews and Star of Dav id, due to itsphilosophical meaning, may be a deriv ed form ofswastika.

Synagogue at Capernaum In 1 91 6, decades before the holocaust, a Jewish firminv olv ed in making Matzos ran an adv ertisementhav ing swastikas with subject line “The TrademarkStands for Supreme Quality ”. This shows that ev enJews considered Swastika as a sy mbol of spirituality ,decoration, prosperity , fortune and lov e.


Swastika in Jewish Synagogue "E in-Gedi"


Swastika in another Jewish Synagogue " Maoz-Haim " Swastika in Rome and C hris tianity

Ev en Romans used swastika as their religious sy mbol.Actually , Roman culture is deriv ed from Etruscansy mbol which is nothing but swastika. Romansconsidered swastika as emblem of their major godJupiter and freely used it in decorating the walls andmosaic floors of temples, Pompeii, altars, decorativ epottery etc.


Swastika on Ancient Roman Mosaic. Tiles with such painting hav e a huge significance inHinduism. Such mosaic can be found in almost allIndian temples


Swastika on Roman Geometric mosaic

They even introduced this symbol in their captured territories inEurope, A frica and British is le. O ne of such territoryNorthumberland, England has two Swastikas in sc ripted on boths ide of a c rescent moon. I t is said that during the inception of C hris tianity, Swastika wasthe form of c ross used in catacombs and churches and appearedin early C hris tian and Byzantine art.


By zantine art In Rome, it was called as C rux Diss imulata because when theearly C hris tians concealed themselves , the C hurch did notadopt the c ruc ifix until the s ixth century when C hris tianity hadbecome the offic ial religion of Rome.

Swastikas in Bulgaria

Recently , archeologist’s unearthed swastika from thebottom of some earthen drinking v essel duringexcav ations of a religious site in Vratsa, Bulgaria. This issupposed to be 3000 years old Such earthen v essels as the one shown in extreme leftabov e is still used for drinking tea in Indian railwaystations. Somewhat similar to the v essel shown abov e,


earthen lamps are made to light fire during theoccasion of diwali-Festiv al of lights.

Swastikas found in Greece Greeks treated swastika as sacred and associatedit with Apollo, their Sun God (Indian equivalent ofdeity ‘Surya’). Greeks called Swastika aGammadion and used extensively on terracottatiles, figures, shields and coins. In a historicalmuseum at Vienna, statue of Apollo (sun god) on achariot has a large Swastika on his chest.

Greek phrgian helmet (350-325 BC) with swastika


Swastika on Greek gold disk


Swastika on a pot


Swastika on Melathron mosaic

Swastika in Iceland

The Icelandic (Norse) v ersion of swastika is the celestialweapon of their god Thor. Thor meaning "thunder", Sonof Odin, was Norse god of thunder, strength and war.His celestial weapon was like a hammer called Mjolnir,and wore an attractiv e belt to increase his strength.Odin (Thor father) is depicted as an old man withgray ish white hair (sy mbolizing clouds) wearing a blue


cloak (Sy mbolizing sky ). His ey e is said to represent thesun. So, swastika represents the thor hammerrev olv ing around the sun (father).

Thor’s hammer

Swastika in England Many artifacts and figurines with Swastikainscriptions were found in early Anglo-Saxon (5thto 6th century) Civilization. All these items can beseen at Cambridge Museum of Archaeology andAnthropology <


500 BC , England Swastika on Funeral Urn,

Many of such funer al ur ns bel ongi ng to the pagan per i od of Angl o-Sax on w er e found at the cr emati on gr ound of East Angl i a. Many of these


i tems ar e i n thei r or i gi nal shape and compl y w i th the Hi ndui smcustom of usi ng such pots/ur ns i n funer al cer emony


Another funer al ur n w i th sw asti k a moti f s unear thed f r om N or fol k(600BC-500BC)

Swastika in France Mosaic with Interlocking swastikas is one of the sev eraldesigns on the floor of the cathedral of Amiens, France.


There seems to be link between this and a swastikamosaic design in the Cathedral of Lady of Amiens <>,built in the 1 3th century on top of a pagan site atAmiens <>.


Swastika mosaic of France.

Swastika in Spain

Mosaic floor with swastika signs is found in LaOlmeda, Spain. It seems this mosaic was imported


from Rome and is not indigenous to Spain.

Floor with swas tikas inscriptions in La Olmeda, Spain.

Swastika in Yugos lavia

This bronze plate shows a Celt warrior riding on ahorse with a sword on his hand. Read more inbook ‘Early Roman Armies’ by Nicholas Sekundaand Richard Hook


Br onze pl ate (400 BC) f r om Vace, Yugosl av i a

Conclusion Jews predates C hris tianity and Is lam and Jews came intoexis tence some 3000 years ago. A bundance of swas tikaembedded artifac ts and figurines poses the serious ques tions ifH induism or a derivative form of H induism (Like Buddhism,Sikhism and Jainism) was the religion of Europe. Whatever the case is , Swastika is a beautiful symbol withaes thetic tropes and several meaning which makes us attrac tsto its symbolism, talking to the mind at various levels . Firs t, it


symbolizes the nature of oppos ite’s i.e. everything in nature is indual combination. Ex: Strength and Weakness , Love and Hate,Male and Female, War and P eace, Darkness and light etc . linesof Swastikas c ross ing over each other s ignifies the merging ofdual combination for the c reation and maintenance of Life. Forex: male and female should unite to c reate a new living being. A sI said in my previous pos t (C lick here), it also means thecyc lical nature of universe i.e. c reation followed by des truc tion,Birth followed by death or death followed by birth (Reincarnation)Jus t because H itler used swas tika as his party flag, one shouldnot symbolize swas tika with hate and terror; ins tead one shouldrealize its deep spiritual s ignificance & meaning and must s triveto res tore back its los t glory and place in World ances tralreligions . In next artic les , we will see use of swas tikas in A merica andA frica anc ient religions like A ztecs , Mayans , and Egyptians etc


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