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Hare Krishna Centre - Leicester, UK - The Hittites And The Stone Tablets Of Armana

Written by James CooperWednesday, 01 July 2015 13:43 - Last Updated Friday, 21 August 2015 16:18

In 1907, in the city of Hattusa, once capital of the ancient Hittite Kingdom, hundreds of stonetablets were found. 3500 year old stone tablets describing conversations between EgyptianKings and Vedic Kings, marriage proposals and even horse manuals. Its immense value allowsus a glimpse of the affairs of Western Asia some 3500 years ago.

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On one tablet we find the King of Egypt, Amenhotep, asking to marry the daughter of KingDasaratha, the King of Mittani. Dasaratha was a powerful King under whose guidance Mittanihad risen from a minor state in Syria to a major player throughout the Western Asia, controllingvital trade routes. The King of Egypt had written six times to Dasaratha requesting the hand ofhis daughter, the Hindu princess, Tadukhipa. Dasaratha refused, although a mountain of goldwas offered along with mouth watering diplomatic ties, he was not prepared to give his daughterto an old man whose days were numbered.

King Amenhotep was not so easily deterred, he wrote to the father of King Dasaratha saying "The father is more merciful than the son, please fulfill my desire ". And so it turned out, it wasimmediately agreed that the hand of the beautiful Hindu princess would go to the Egyptian KingAmenhotep. This age however is an age of short lives and misfortune, and by the timeTadukhipa arrived in Egypt, her husband to be had left this world. It was quickly decidedhowever, she would marry the new King Amenhotep lll and went on to become the famousQueen Kiya.

Reflecting for a moment we see the close ties between Egypt and Vedic India and these werenot ordinary nor distant ties. King Amenhotep who seven times requested the hand of the Hinduprincess was the father of Amenhotep lV, who was the husband of Nefertiti, who gave birth toKing Tutankhamun. It gets no bigger than this and shows the close cultural and political tiesshared between Vedic Kings and egypt 3500 years ago.

"Indian art had accompanied Indian religion across straits and frontiers into Sri Lanka, Java,Cambodia, Siam, Burma, Tibet, Khotan, Turkestan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. In Asiaall roads lead from India.” Will Durant (1885-1981) American historian

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On four of these tablets a horse manual was written by a horse trainer known as Kikuli. It begins" thus speaks Kikuli master horse trainer of the Lord of Mittani ". Many of the words written inthis manual are Sanskrit. Assussani is the word used for horse trainer which is Sanskrit Asva -Sani meaning the same. In his instructions he writes "Aika Watana" to indicate one turn, whichis Sanskrit EK meaning one and Vartana meaning turn. For three turns he writes Tera Wartanawhich is Sanskrit Tri Vartana. For five turns he writes Panza Wartana which is Sanskrit PancaVartana. For seven turns he writes Satta Wartana which is Sanskrit Sapta Vartana and for nineturns he writes Navartanaa which is Sanskrit Nava Vartanam.

The most interesting tablet however is the one upon which is written the Shattivasa treaty. TheKing Dasaratha, previously mentioned, was eventually killed in a palace coup. His son PrinceShativasa fled Mittani and took shelter of the Hittite Kingdom. The treaty describes the HittiteKing as the King of the land of Hurri. Many believe this Hurri was actually Hari, the Hittites wereknown as Hurrians which some suggest was either Aryans or Harrians - followers of Hari. Inthe treaty the King of Hittie agrees to invade Mittani and install Dasarathas son, PrinceShativasa as the rightful heir. At the end of the tablet the King calls as witness to his testimonythe following -

" The Storm-god, Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Moon-god and the Sun-god, the Moon-god ofHarran, heaven and earth, the Storm-god ....the Mitra-gods, the Varuna-gods, Indra, theNasatya-gods, Lord of Vasukhani, the mountains and rivers, the deities of heaven and thedeities of earth". So here we see that 3500 years ago one of the most powerful Kingdoms in theWestern Asia invoked Vedic Gods such as Mitra, Varuna, Indra and the twin Asvinis mentionedhere as the Nasatya Gods.

"She (India) has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long

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succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim ... her place amongst the great nationssummarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, from theicy regions of Siberia to Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales,and her civilization!" Sylvia Levi

Above, in red, shows the extent of the Hittite Kingdom which includes Mittani and the land of

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Hatti and covers what is now Turkey and Syria. Looking at the placenames we can immediatelysee the capital of Mitani - Washuganni, which is Vasukhani a Sanskrit name meaning "mine ofwealth". The chronology of the Kings of Mittani are as follows - Kirta - Suttarna - Baratarna - Parsatatar - Saustatar - rtadhama - Suttarna ll - Artashumara - Dasaratha - Mativaza - Sattuara l - Vashasatta - Sattuara ll. All of these names are Sanskrit/Vedic. Suttarna isSanskrit for good son - Dasaratha is Sanskrit for ten chariots - Parsatatar is simply Parasu - he who rules with the axe - Mativasa is Sanskrit for the abode of prayer - Ritadhama isSanskrit for the law of dharma. Its a simple fact that the Kingdom of Mittani was ruled over byVedic Kings and this is rarely disputed by mainstream academia.

The Kingdom of Kisuvatna ( Kissuwatna ) had Kings whose names were Vedic/Sanskrit.Pariyavatri - Sunasura - Padatis - Ishputasu. Although these names are not so easy todecipher, Sunasura is obvious, Suna Sanskrit for son and Sura Sanskrit for sun, God, ect. Themost probable meaning is "son of the sun". Pariyavatri is also quite straight forward, PariyaSanskrit for protect, guard, ect and Vatri is Sanskrit for the wind. The name may have meant hewho is protected by the wind. Is - puta - su and Pada - tis certainly fall within the Sanskrit/Vedicvocabulary though they are difficult to decipher.

At the bottom of the map we can see the city of Kadesh. Kadesh is famous for the Abu Simbeltemple. Sim is Sanskrit for lion and Bel is Sanskrit Bal meaning strength, and in Rajastan wehave the famous mount Abu, connected to the great sage Vasthistha, going back in timethousands of years, so Abu Simbel has the usual Vedic/Sanskrit fingerprints. The name Kadeshis also Sanskrit, Ka in both Sanskrit and Egyptian meaning the soul and desh is simply SanskritDesa meaning land as in Bangladesa and Gaudadesa. We only know 3 of the Kings who ruledKadesh and two of the names are Sanskrit - Etakama - Eta Sanskrit for shining, brilliant andKama Sanskrit for love, pleasure, beauty, desire, and the other King was called Suttarna whichis Sanskrit for good sun.

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At the bottom of the map where we can see Damascus, is the ancient Kingdom of Babylon. TheKassites are described as an ancient near eastern people who ruled over babylon some 3600years ago. The name appears in many ancient texts and many times it is spelt with the letter Cprompting many to suggest they were actually the Vedic Cushites, the people of Kusa. Forsome 500 years they ruled over Babylon and their influence was widely spread. Some of theirKings had what seems to be Vedic names. King Shagarakti Shuriash is the Sanskrit SagaraSurya - esh. Sagara means ocean or sea, Surya is the Vedic Sun God and Esh is Sanskrit forKing or Lord. King Karaindas has the Vedic Das at the end of his name implying "servant". KingMaruttash is the Vedic Marut, the God of the wind, father of Hanumat, the semi divine monkeyfrom Ramayana. Like Vedic India they worshipped a variety of different personalities andamongst them were Indra, Marut and Surya.

"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and mostinstructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. " Mark Twain,American author.

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The map above shows the same area from the Karum period some 4000 years ago. The map isfrom Wikipaedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kültepe - We can see the cities of Samsun,Kanesa, Kayseri and Kushara, at the bottom of the map to the left you will also see the city ofPurushattum. Purushattum is simply the Sanskrit Purushottam, Purusha Sanskrit for person andattam is Sanskrit Uttama from which we get the English word ultimate and so Purushottam istherefore Sanskrit for the supreme person. In the Routledge handbook of ancient western Asia itsays the following " It is now commonly identified with Purushottam which is attested as the seatof a major Kingdom " and in his book " Transnationalism in ancient and medieval societies "Michael Howard writes " In addition to Kanesh, other Karums in Anatolia included Purushattam". On the same map we can also see Vasusana, Vasaniya and Samuha which are all Sanskritwords. More evidence which may show the extent of the Vedic presence in Western Asia can be seenin the Euphrates river. The largest and most historically important rivers of Western Asia itbegins in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq, and finally empties into the Persian gulf. Theearliest references of the Euphrates are around 2300 years ago, its name seems to have beena remnant from the Greek invasion of Persia. Its very interesting to find out that before theGreeks gave it its name, the river was known by a name which seems to be Vedic. TheBabylonians called the river the Purattu, the Assyrians also named the river Purattu and theSumerians called it Buranun which is basically Puranun. In the ancient Mari letters, the stonetablets, it is called Purantum, the stone tablets of Ebla describe it as Puranatim and in theancient Hittite texts the great river is called the Purana. So whether the river was called Purana,Purandi or Puratta, its difficult to know. What we do know however is they are all Vedic words,Purana meaning ancient and Purandi means bountiful, prolific, which is an appropriatedescription of this great river. Its also interesting that the two rivers which feed the Euphratesare called Kara Su and Murat Su, Su being a Sanskrit word meaning great as in Su Meru ( greatmountain ) and Kara and Murat both being Sanskrit words. " I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges " - Voltaire.

Its interesting that the Sumerian account for creation takes place upon the primal waters, theEgyptian account of creation takes place upon the primal waters and the Vedic account ofcreation takes place upon the causal ocean, yet we are supposed to believe these werecompletely seperate cultures, almost alien. The Sumerian deities of the temple would be wokeneach morning, bathed and dressed in fresh clothes, followed by the offering of foods andincense and other devotional parapharnalia. The Egyptian deities of the temple would be wokeneach morning, bathed and dressed in fresh clothes, followed by offerings of food and incense,and in India, the home of deity worship, the ritual of waking the deities, bathing them, dressingand feeding them, along with offerings of incense, flowers, ghee, water, ect, is part and parcel ofthe ancient Vedic culture. Although academia loves to fragment and create seperate entities soit is almost impossible to reassemble the pieces, the fact is the Kassites ( Cushites ) the Hittitesand Hattis ( Harrians ) the Mittanis, the Sumerians ( Mount Sumeru ) and the Egyptians ( Meru )are all basically coming from the same culture. Yet academia paints a fragmented picture ofthese Kingdoms, which in truth were all united under a shared culture. The Bible says that the Hittites were the fathers of Jerusalem "And say, thus said the Lord Godto Jerusalem, your birth and your nativity is of the land of Canaan. Your father was an amoriteand your mother a Hittite" Ezekiel 16.3. It seems to me these fathers were Vedic and when weconsider there are many who claim that the name Syria comes from the Vedic Sun God Suryaand Assyria comes from the Vedic Asura we can see that Vedic India may have beenwidespread throught Western Asia. Indeed the further we go back in time the more Vedic theworld becomes and as we travel forward in time we see this becoming less with the advent ofthe Greeks, the Mongolians and ultimately the semetic religions. “ The asuras who are so often described as the invaders of India, and this word which hasordinarily a mere irreligious acceptation, i firmly believe to be the Assyrians “ Annales and antiquities of Rajasthan, or the central and western Rajpoot states of India - James Tod In my recent work on British Origins, I proved by a mass of new historical evidence that the"Sumerians" " those foremost civilized and civilizing ancient people whose monuments and highart of five thousand years ago are the wonder of the modern world, were the long lost earlyAryans. That the Phoenicians were not Semites as has long been hitherto supposed, butAryans and the chief colonizing branch of the "Sumerians" - Indo-Sumerian SealsDeciphered - L.A. Waddell. " The discoveries herein recorded should therefore appeal to the hearts and stir the religiousand patriotic feelings of all educated Hindus who desire to know the first-found scientific proofsfor the veracity of their Vedas and Ancient Epics (the Puranas), and to learn that their ancestralVedic kings and sages were famous historical emperors, kings and priest-kings in Mesopotamiawith multitudinous monuments still existing there to the present day. It must also be gratifying tothe modern Hindus to find that the Vedic and Epic tradition which their ancestors preserved andhanded down through the centuries, and in which they have steadfastly believed, is now provensubstantially true, and has become a chief means of identifying as Aryans, the Sumerians,Phoenicians and Britons. " Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered - L.A. Waddell.

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