Who
are the ancestors of the Aryans?
Agudengba and Lacuo came to a Tibet along the ancient
Yunnan-Tibet Tea Horse Road.
There was a small horse farm next to the inn, and Agudenba and
Lacuo decided to take a rest here first.
The inn owner who received them, Sinval, was an Indian and his
daughter was named Aya. Sinval and Aya warmly received Lacuo and Agudengba.
After settling the caravan members and the donkeys and horses, Lacuo, Agudengba
and Sinval started chatting.
Sinval told Agudumba and Latso that he claimed to be a
descendant of the Aryans. His hometown lives in northern India.
Agudumba asked Sinval:
Legend has it that the common ancestors of all the
Indian-speaking peoples and the Iranian-speaking peoples are the Aryans. In
which countries are the Aryans currently located?
Sinval smiled and said:
The Aryans (Sanskrit: âryâ) were originally an ancient nomadic
people in the grasslands of the southern Ural Mountains in Russia. They
migrated to the plains between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers in Central
Asia.
However, no one claims that the ancestors of the Aryans are
Russians or Ukrainians, and these people are called Aryan-Punjabis. Around the
14th century BC, the Aryan-Punjab people moved southward into the northwest of
the South Asian subcontinent. These are the Aryans mentioned in ancient Indian
texts. They drove the ancient Dravidians southward, created the Vedic culture
and established the caste system, and brought the Aryan-Punjabi language to
India. Eventually the ancient Aryans and the ancient Dravidians merged into
today's unique South Asian subcontinent.
Aryans is the general name for all Indo-European language
groups in European literature in the 19th century. From the comparative study
of ancient Indian and Persian documents, it can be inferred that in ancient
times there was a tribal group in Central Asia that called itself
"Arya". They were engaged in animal husbandry, good at riding and
shooting, had a patriarchal clan organization, and worshiped many gods.
Between 2000 and 1000 BC, one group went south and settled in
the upper reaches of the Indus River, one group moved southwest into Persia,
and the other moved into Asia Minor. Since the 18th century European linguistic
circles discovered that Sanskrit has something in common with Greek, Latin,
Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, etc., the term "Aryan" was used to
summarize these languages, which are now commonly known as Indo-European
languages. Language, all ethnic groups that use related languages are
collectively called "Aryans".
Agudumba asked Sinval again:
Mr. Zinval, you just said that the Aryans worshiped many gods.
What is their main belief?
Sinval said:
The main religious beliefs of the Aryans are Zoroastrianism and
Hinduism. The main literature classics include the ancient Persian scriptures
of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta and the Rig Veda. The myths and stories
circulated are mainly Persian myths and Indian myths.
In the Zoroastrian classic Persian scripture
"Avesta", King Feridun had three sons, the eldest son Tuirya, the
second son Salem (Sairima) and the youngest son Aryan (Airya). , the king
divided the empire into three parts when he was old. The eldest son Tuirya
ruled the east, which evolved into the Tur people (Turan people), and was the
ancestor of the Turks; the second son Sairima ruled the west. Ancestor of the
Romans; the youngest son Aryan took charge of the central and southern parts
and evolved into the Elan (Iranians), the ancestor of the Aryans. Of course,
this legend is older in ancient Persian culture than what is recorded in the
classic Zoroastrian literature, the ancient Persian scripture
"Avesta".
One theory is that the word Aryan comes from Iranian Persian,
which means "people of faith"; another theory is that it comes from
Sanskrit, which means "noble".
Agudemba was very surprised:
It turns out that King Feridon's three sons were actually the
ancestors of Turks, Romans and Iranians respectively.
Sinval continued:
Around 500 BC, during the lifetime of Confucius, an Aryan named
Zoroaster founded Zoroastrianism, also known as Zoroastrianism. This religion
was once practiced by most of the settled Aryan peoples. From the 7th to the
9th century AD, the Arabs ruled Persia, and the entire Persia began to be
Islamized and began to exterminate Zoroastrianism. In the 11th century,
Zoroastrianism became extinct in Persia. During these two hundred years of
history, Arab and Islamic culture left a deep imprint on Persia. The Persian
shape was changed from wedge shape to Arabic tadpole shape.
A large number of Arabic words have entered Persian, accounting
for about 60% of Persian. But Persians are most afraid of others seeing them as
Arabs. In fact, the ancient Persians did not believe in Islam. Agudengba asked
again: The Aryans have ruled India for more than two thousand years, and India
has a serious caste system. Why can Aryans, as "outsiders", become a
high caste?
Sinval replied:
There are indeed records of Aryan invasions in Indian history.
The four castes in India are set up according to the depth of skin color. Among
them, Brahmin and Kshatriya are derived from the conqueror Aryans. The physical
characteristics of the Aryans are white and light-skinned.
Blond hair and blue eyes are not an Aryan trait. The indigenous
European Celts had red hair. It is not surprising at all that Slavs possess
Aryan chromosomes. Because the Slavs now live in Eastern Europe, that is, the
area where the ancient Western branch of the Aryans, the Sarmacians, lived.
Sarmaxian is one of the main blood sources of the Slavic nation, but the Slavic
nation has no sense of identity with the Aryans.
The Aryans reached the regions they then occupied by one, or
rather successive migrations. The final stage of this migration cannot be too
far away from the time when the Rig Veda was first compiled, but at the same
time a sufficient period of time must have passed.
Lacuo interjected and asked:
Mr. Zinval, you said that you are of Aryan descent. I wonder
where the Aryan descendants mainly live now?
Sinval said:
The famous Medes and Persians in Persian history are both
descendants of Aryans. The Scythians, Sarmacians, Massagetae, and Alanians
mentioned by historians of ancient Greece and Persia were also direct
descendants of the Aryans. Since the Aryans had a glorious history, many
countries and nations later claimed that the Aryans were their ancestors. The Persians
claimed to be the heirs of ancient Aryan culture. The Tajiks claim the same
thing.
The modern human genetic map basically explains or proves the
migration history of peoples around the world, and also overturns what seemed
to be truth in the past. There's something about history that makes it seem
like maybe it's more humorous.
Sinval smiled and said:
A genetic map of the world's races (Y chromosome) developed by
Americans shows that Aryan genes account for 19.5% of modern Germans (Germanic
people). The number of Iranians (Persians) is even lower (18%), which is not as
high as that of Uighurs in China (21%). The Aryan genes among Russians account
for 47%. The country with the highest Aryan content is Poland, with more than
50%.
Among the Indo-European language-speaking peoples in India,
Aryan genes account for 39.5%. This is why most Bollywood stars have white
faces, but walking on the streets of India is a huge crowd of black people.
Sinval smiled again and said to Agudumba and Lacuo:
When Chinese people talk about Aryan things, they often ask why
the Aryans were so powerful that they swept through Asia, Europe and Africa,
and wiped out three ancient civilizations. Why were they helpless against the
Chinese civilization? Apparently looking down on Aryans. Not only that, some
Chinese people will also ask, why do the histories of Iran and India, both
created by the Aryans, start at the beginning but end at the end?
What I want to tell the Chinese people is: The ancient Aryans
took their sun god totem Swastika as their flag. In ancient Brahmi, it was
pronounced Swastika, and in Chinese, it was simply pronounced wàn. Hitler
claimed that the German nation he led was the noble Aryan people. Hitler
believed that the "swastika" symbolized "the final victory of
the Aryan people." The inferior Slavic peoples that Hitler dreamed of
exterminating include Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. In fact, the Slavs are the
real Aryans. In terms of genes, that is, chromosomes, the proportion of Aryan
genes decreases from east to west and from north to south in Europe. 31% of
Norwegians. In Italy there are almost none.
What I also want to tell the Chinese people is:
After Buddhism was introduced to China from India, Chinese
people who believed in Buddhism would kneel and kowtow before the word
"swastika". They opposed and hated fascism, but they did not
understand why Hitler used the word "swastika" as a fascist symbol.
Today, when people see this symbol, they no longer know its original meaning,
especially Europeans.
In fact, if you identify it carefully, you will find that there
is one difference between the ancient Aryan sun god totem symbol
"swastika" and the fascist symbol "swastika" designed by
Hitler, that is, the difference between "swastika" and
"swastika" The left and right rotation directions are different.
Perhaps this difference brings about differences in beliefs.
Sinval smiled and said to Agudemba and Latso:
I am not a follower of Zoroastrianism or Hinduism. I believe
that I will become Buddha.
Sinval sang a Buddhist song "Enlightenment" in
Tibetan:
All sentient
beings who have not yet been liberated,
They all
circulate in the six realms of life and death,
The
reincarnation of sentient beings will never end,
Endless troubles
are suffering.
To be liberated
from reincarnation,
You can escape
from all kinds of suffering in the world,
Nirvana and
liberation from samsara,
Nirvana has no
worries in life.
There was a
Buddha born in this world,
And a Buddha
will be born in the future,
There are many
Buddhas in the world,
Buddha is not
unique.
All people and
sentient beings,
It is possible
for everyone to become a Buddha.
Buddha is an
enlightened being,
All living
beings are unenlightened Buddhas.
Although mortals
and saints are different,
But in terms of
Buddha nature,
all are equal.
Buddha is not the only god;
So Buddhists are
atheists.
Buddhism is not
a religion of worshiping gods;
In fact, it is a
philosophical thought,
Thinking that
all pain comes from desire,
Impermanence and
non-self need to be overcome.
Pay attention to
spiritual and moral awareness,
It’s not about
achieving your own reputation,
Nor is it about
controlling power and wealth,
Buddha's belief
is to benefit all living beings.
Taking the legendary wise Agu Demba as the protagonist, I started to create the Chinese-English version of "Snow Land Fable" using the traditional fable creation method that combines poetry and prose. Writing fableskes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s di masease.
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