Bharat

Bharat: Lost Land, Lost History

The Aryan Invasion Theory has been challenged again and again by innumerous writers and historians. However, not many understand the importance of this. What was so special about these Aryans that scholars are so vehement about? Why is establishing the truth about the ancient civilisation so important to so many? I feel that there is a lack of work on this. Works on the invasion theory, the Aryan scriptures, Aryan cultures, and their sciences are all distributed and broken up. There is no compendium of collective information about the achievements of India's great ancestors. This work attempts at bringing all that information together. It starts where the whole controversy started: the excavation of the cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa. From there it moves on to the Aryan Invasion Theory and in a few pages brings together the efforts of various scholars whose work on the issue has been nothing short of extraordinary.

It then tells the reader of the various scriptures and writings of the Aryans. This includes the 2 great epics, the Veds which include the Puraans and the philosophical prize-winners the Upanishads. From there we tackle the claims of many that in the Aryan culture we find the beginnings of modern religion, science, mythology, and culture. This perhaps is the most biased part of the work as the writer himself feels deeply on the issue. However, an attempt has been made to inform the reader of both the bias of the writer and the questionable by nature validity of the information presented. One must remember that an account of history is always biased due to the emotions of the person involved in the telling. This is precisely why writings like this find birth today.

The work also deals with various myths and fantastic stories related to the Aryans. While the issue of Hitler's Aryanism has not been dealt with in detail, the root of that cause has been examined. The claim of many that ancient India was the cradle of civilization has been examined. It has been shown how the Aryan tradition and literature influenced the Greeks, as can be seen in the remarkable similarity between Ramayan and Mahabharat on one side, and the epics of Troy and Thebes on the other side respectively. The reader is informed of Vedic sciences and philosophy along with its daughter religions Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism's