It was not Manusmriti the cause of caste discrimination.
Biblical theory of India and the Myth of Ham
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According to Bible there was a great flood, after which the descendants of Noah repopulated earth. His sons were Ham, Shem and Japheth.
Biblical theory of India and the Myth of Ham
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According to Bible there was a great flood, 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 people were considered as descendants of Ham and
So for the Europeans, dark skinned people were considered as descendants of Ham and
it was the morale responsibility of white skinned Europeans to compose a true history for the tribes by dismissing their local narratives.
The Protestant movement considers Ham and his descendants as “Satanic" and was thus bitterly hated.
The Protestant movement considers Ham and his descendants as “Satanic" and was thus bitterly hated.
Thus the holocaust between 1517 and 1840 of African slaves in USA was justified by bible.
“Slavery as it relates to the Negroes or African Race” a book by Josiah Priest in 1843, appeared justifying slavery by dramatising how Noah had cursed Ham and thus justifying slavery.
“Slavery as it relates to the Negroes or African Race” a book by Josiah Priest in 1843, appeared justifying slavery by dramatising how Noah had cursed Ham and thus justifying slavery.
William Jones adopted this framework and started to racially profile Indians.
Jones mapped Indians as offspring of Ham, Arabs as that of Shem and Tartars as that of Japheth. He used his 'newly discovered Sanskrit' saying that Hindus had the characteristics of Ham.
Jones mapped Indians as offspring of Ham, Arabs as that of Shem and Tartars as that of Japheth. He used his 'newly discovered Sanskrit' saying 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 that, soon after the biblical floods, Rama reconstructed Indian society and India was therefore the oldest biblical civilisations!
His theory was that, soon after the biblical floods, Rama reconstructed Indian society and India was therefore the oldest biblical civilisations!
By doing so, Jones mapped Manu as Adam and located 3 of Vishnu's avatars within the story of Noah’s floods !!
The fourth Vishnu avatar Narasimha was translated as Nimrod a descendant of Ham.
The fourth 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 was simply dismissed as mythology. For example, "Yugas" the time line mentioned in the Vedas was dismissed in his narrative.
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, thus paving the way for Aryan-Dravidian theory.
This theory was taken by Robert Caldwell and sought to separate North Indians and South Indians, thus paving the way for Aryan-Dravidian theory.
This new found biblical knowledge became an efficient tool for undermining Indian civilisation for the British.
