Biblical theory of India and the Myth of Ham and Caste discrimination.
According to bible there was a great flood , and after which the descendants of Noah repopulated earth , his sons were Ham,Shem and Japheth. On one occasion Ham laughed at Noah’s nudity
According to bible there was a great flood , and after which the descendants of Noah repopulated earth , his sons were Ham,Shem and Japheth. On one occasion Ham laughed at Noah’s nudity
and got cursed that ham and his descendants must forever live in servitude to the descendants of other two sons.
So for the Europeans dark skinned ppl were considered as descendants of Ham and it was the morale responsibly of white skinned Europens to
So for the Europeans dark skinned ppl were considered as descendants of Ham and it was the morale responsibly of white skinned Europens to
compose a true history for the tribes by dismissing their local narratives.
The Protestant movement considers Ham and it’s descendants are “ Satanic and bitter hatred “
And thus the holocaust btwn 1517 and 1840 of African slavery in USA was justified by bible.
The Protestant movement considers Ham and it’s descendants are “ Satanic and bitter hatred “
And thus the holocaust btwn 1517 and 1840 of African slavery in USA was justified by bible.
“Slavery as it Relates to the Negros or African race” a book by Josiah Priest in 1843 appeared justifying slavery by dramatising how Noah had cursed Ham and ther by justifying slavery.
William Jones adopted this framework and started to racially profile Indians.
Jones mapped Indians as offspring of Ham, Arabs as from Shem and Tartars as from Japheth. And he used his newly discovered Sanskrit that Hindus had the characteristics of Ham.
Jones mapped Indians as offspring of Ham, Arabs as from Shem and Tartars as from Japheth. And he used his newly discovered Sanskrit that Hindus had the characteristics of Ham.
Jones related hindu deity Ram to biblical Raamah and Ram’s son kusa to the biblical cusa grandson of Ham.
His theory was soon after soon after the biblical floods Rama reconstructed Indian society and India was therefore the oldest biblical civilisations.
His theory was soon after soon after the biblical floods Rama reconstructed Indian society and India was therefore the oldest biblical civilisations.
In doing so jones mapped Manu as Adam and located 3 of Vishnus avatars within the story of Noah’s floods.
The forth Vishnu avatar Narasimha was translated as Nimrod a descendant of Ham.
The forth Vishnu avatar Narasimha was translated as Nimrod a descendant of Ham.
If something was mentioned in Sanskrit text which did not fit the biblical narrative it’s simply dismissed as mythology, for examples yugas the time line mentioned in the Vedas
Jones mapped the Hindu trinity, Bhrama, Vishnu and Siva as degraded version of the Christian Trinity
Jones mapped the Hindu trinity, Bhrama, Vishnu and Siva as degraded version of the Christian Trinity
This theory was taken by Robert Caldwell and sought to separate North Indians and South Indians, this paved the way for Aryan-Dravidian theory.
This new found biblical knowledge became an efficient tool for undermining Indian civilisation for the British.
This new found biblical knowledge became an efficient tool for undermining Indian civilisation for the British.
