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The first photo is that of the Hindu Devi Sri - Gajalakshmi. The two elephants that are bathing her are the two nidhis- Sankha and Padma. This iconography is clearly defined in the Vishnudharmottara (III. 82, 7 ; and 82, 10).
Sri is also found described in Sri-Sukta of the RV and in the Taitttiriya Upanishad.

The wrong identification of Sri-Gajalakshmi images as Maya, the mother of Buddha, was made by Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher (1865–1952), a French scholar, who had made another wrong claim- Buddha image had Greek origins.

Read Anand Coomaraswamy’s article on “Early Indian Iconography” for correct history and interpretation of Gajalakshmi. Two BCE era Gaja Lakshmi coins depicting the Hindu Devi Gajalakshmi

1. Kaushambi: Copper, 300 BCE, Gajalakshmi.

2. 1st c. BCE era Gajalakshmi coin, refer: J. Allan catalogue on coins.

3. Coin of Azilises showing Gaja Lakshmi standing on a lotus, 1st century BCE.

One of the earliest iconography , frequently found on coins, is that of Gaja-Laksmi, i.e., Laksmi standing (rarely seated), being bathed by two etephants . It appears on an uninscribed coin from Kausambi (3rd century B.C.E), coins of Visakha-deva, Sivadatta and probably also of Vayudeva of Ayodhya (1st century B.C.E), and uninscribed coins of Ujjayini (2nd-3rd century B.C.E).

Gajalakshmi was so popular that many Indo-Scythian satraps of northern India like Azilises, Rajuvula, and Sodasa had Her inscribed on their coins.

The Azad Hind Sarkar was the first 'swadeshi' government of India. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had formed this government and taken oath as the Prime Minister on 21st October, 1943. This makes him the first PM of India.

The Azad Hind government was not a token government. This provisional government was recognised by Japan, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, Manchuria, and the Republic of China (under Wang Jingwei), while a note of congratulations was sent by Eamon de Valera (the then PM of Ireland).

The Azad Hind Sarkar had presented policies-opinions on several important matters pertaining to Indian life. It also had its own postal stamps, bank, civil code, court, currency, territory (Andaman Nicobar islands), and intelligence service. Developing all these things in a short time frame, with limited resources, and with the British still in control was no mean feat.

The Azad Hind government started working from Singapore. It had 11 ministers and 8 representatives from the INA. This government was formed with the objective of freeing India from British rule, and it was necessary to bring together all political and military resources under one government for that purpose. The Azad Hind government also allowed Netaji to hold talks with various countries, while helping in mobilising NRIs to join and support the war of independence.

Image: 10000 Rupee Note issued by the Azad Hind Bank of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. FYI @INCIndia not accepting this basic truth, the history that had actually happened, is being a perfect British slave. Of course, it suits you that way. One must not forget that Allan Octavian Hume, a former British civil servant, was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.

|| 31st January- the 45th anniversary of the forgotten mass*cre of Dal¡t Refugees in WB under CPI (M)- Left rule ||

On 31st January in 1979, the Marichjhanpi mass*cre took place, when the police under CPI (M) led communist government Ki!!ed Dal¡t Namashudra refugees living in Marichjhanpi island in the Sunderbans.

The namashudra refugees from East Pakistan had fled the Islam!c persecution, & settled in Dandakaranya & other parts of India, both after 1947 and 1971. During early 70s, the communists had spoken largely in favour of these refugees.

1/n 🧵.. Hearing the supportive statements by the communist leaders, in early 1978, the Da!it Bengali H¡ndu refugees started moving out from Dandakarnya and settled in the islands of Sunderbans, the main centre being at Marichjhanpi. By June 1978, about 30,000 refugees had settled in Marichjhanpi and started various livelihoods, becoming self reliant.

However by then, having used the sympathy wave for the refugees to win elections in WB, the policy of the communists towards the Dal¡t refugees changed, and they took a complete U turn.

|| Hinduism in Armenia and how Christianity destroyed it ||

India and Armenia have recorded historical relations dating back to 149 BCE, which included Hindu settlements in Armenia. This region back then was a part of Turkey and Iran, and two princes from India (Kannauj) had travelled there carrying with them a group of people who were Krishna worshippers, and with the Armenian king’s help they established a city named Veeshap or Odz (a reference to their Indian Takshak ruling house : Takshaka means Naga King, & Odz also meaning snake).

The descendants of the two princes later erected two temples, which held two brass murtis, 5 and 7 metres high, of a god named Kissaneh (Krishna), as recorded by the Syrian historian Zenob Glak in his “History of Taron” written in 4th c. CE.

Under the pagan Armenian government the Hindu colony flourished for a considerable time in Armenia. It was a fairly large one comprising over 15,000 members. The Hindu-Indians in a short period of time built twenty towns, and in each of them they erected their temples. Some of these towns, mentioned by Zenob, retained their names and stood till the middle of the 19th century. Until early 20th century one of the villages in Taron was called Hindkastan. The names Hindubek, Hindu, Hindukhanum, Hindumelik were often used by the Armenians of Taron.

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However, things changed when Christianity was brought to Armenia, the religion which was imposed by fire and sword. As per Zenob, the two temples were destroyed in 301 CE by St. Gregory, the Iluminator, after killing more than 1000 resisting Hindus and priests. The ones that survived were forcibly baptized. The followers of Christianity demolished all other heathen temples and erected churches on their site.

On the site of the two Hindu temples in the town of Veeshap or Odz, St. Gregory built a Christian monastery in 301 CE where he placed relics of St. John the Baptist and Athanagineh the Martyr. This edifice still exists and is known as St. Karapet of Moosh (now in Turkey, near Lake Van). It is noteworthy to mention that almost till the end of the 19th century, not far from this monastery there was a settlement, which used to be called Odz.

With brutal Christian impositions, the Hindu colony that had peacefully existed in Armenia for more than 450 years, came to an end.

A forgotten freedom fighter- Bagha Jatin.

After retirement Sir Charles Tegart, an Irish police officer who served in British India as the 12th Police Commissioner of Calcutta from 1923–1931, wrote “if this revolutionary was born in England instead of India his statue would have been placed at the Trafalgar Square beside Nelson.”

Who was this revolutionary that Tegart had praised despite being from the enemy camp?

In 1905, to break down the Bengal nationalist movement Lord Curzon adopted the divide and rule policy of breaking Bengal. Bengal youth revolted against it and under Rishi Aurobindo formed a group named Jugantar, which soon spread across India with many branches sprouting at many places. At its head was a young 20 year old man named Jatindranath Mukherjee (better known as Jatin). The slogan at that time was “amra morbo, jogot jagbe”. Translated it means- we will die, world will wake up.”

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It was the start of a new era in Indian freedom movement known as Agniyug or the era of fire. At various places these young revolutionaries started bomb making factories, and to inspire other young men, attacks were made on the British high officials. At this time Aurobindo along with Jatin was taken into police custody for involvement in the Alipore bomb case. After spending 11 months in jail, Jatin realised such small incidents will not bring freedom. What was required was a pan India revolution on the lines of the 1857 mutiny.

In 1912 when the German prince Wilhelm came for a visit to India Jatin met him, as an enemy’s enemy, and explained why the revolutionaries needed arms and other assistance against the British.

|| Partition aftermath and a lesson for the Hindus from the life of Jogendra Nath Mandal ||

Jogendranath Mandal, a leader of the lower caste Namasudras, decided to support the Muslim League during the Partition. He firmly believed that the lower caste Namashudras will be… https://t.co/pSw4aeiFAGtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…






Initially things worked smoothly for Jogendranath Mandal. Jinnah paid him for his services by making him the first Law and Labour minister of Pakistan.

However, after the death of Jinnah in 1948, political scenario in Pakistan rapidly changed. Hindus were seen as enemies, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

|| The Tengpora Durga : From Kashmir to Manhattan to Germany and back ||

The image is of a 18 armed Devi Durga murti which disappeared from a temple in Kashmir in the early 1990’s. The tale of its disappearance involved Kashmir militancy era, antique smugglers, museums,… https://t.co/nBIcFB7aEWtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As the stolen murtis started appearing in various foreign locations, Mr.Rakesh Kaul, a Kashmiri, suddenly came across the stolen Tengpora Durga in 1999, at the Madison Avenue Gallery of Mr.Subhash Kapoor, a well known antique dealer/smuggler. At the same time Dr.Pratapaditya Pal,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The word Hi(n)du was first found mentioned twice by the Achaemenian emperor Darius (522-486 BCE) in 2 of his inscriptions dated 518 & 515 BCE.

Emperor Darius was Persian, not Arabic. Persia or ancient Iran is not Arab, & old/ancient Persian language had nothing Arabic in it.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Now to think Irfan Habib once wrote our history text books, & of course one must not forget he was among the leading figures who had turned Saraswati River into a mythical one using distorted facts (check Michel Danino’s paper on this subject).

Sankarsana Vishnu and his manifestations. Gahadavala dynasty, Delhi. 1147 CE.

1. The full image showing the complete murti and his avtaars on top.

2. Closeup of the face showing his crown, necklace details, sri vatsa, sankha, & padma in his two hands.

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@LostTemple7 3. Close up of the left hand carrying the stylised lotus, showing carving details that include depicting realistic finger nails. Shiva peeps out from behind the lotus.

4. At the base of his feet is an inscription detailing the Hindu samvad year (1204, in the month of Magh and on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Chakra-dana murti.

Here MahaVishnu is worshipping Shiva, who later presents him with the Sudarshan chakra.

Inside carving in one of the devakulikas at Airavateshwara Temple in Kanchipuram, early 8th Century CE, built by the Pallava King Narasimha Varma-ll, popularly known as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… According to the Linga Purana, Lord Shiva gave Sudarshan chakra to Vishnu to fight the asuras .

According to the story (as given in the Amar Chitra Katha)- The devas had been defeated by the armies of asuras, who had the power to heal their battle wounds, and so Vishnu decided… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Since it’s Poila Boisakh tomorrow, a reminder to all left j!hadi propaganda makers -
Akbar DID NOT start the Bengali New Year.

It was Raja Sasanka who first established Bongabdo.

My article on Firstpost gives details on why it’s Sasanka & not Akbar 👇🏼

firstpost.com/opinion/bengal… Sunil Kumar Bandhopadhyay in his scholarly essay “Bangabder Utsho Katha” stated that “as per the solar science based mathematical calculations the start of Bongabdo was on 12th April 594 CE”. This coincides with the coronation ceremony of Raja Sasanka (reign: 594-637 CE).

It was a good decision to remove Maulana’s name. It was during his tenure as the Education Minister that the process of removing stalwarts like Mazumdar & the Islamisation of Indian history started.

His name if kept at all should show his affiliation with the Khilafat movement. Why is Sardesai grieving now? He was pretty okay with all the previous distortions in Indian history “guided by politics.” If he was pretty okay then, it’s pure hypocrisy to complain now.

Yesterday was the birthday of Rakhaldas Bandhopadhyay.

An erudite man whose achievements range from the uncovering of the Mohenjo daro site to identification of many of the Pala-Sena era murtis, to his works in many archaeological sites across the Indian subcontinent.

1/n 🧵 Yet this great scholar was sidelined both by the British, & later by historians in post independent India. The British sidelined him because he was documenting Indian history separately (as personal work for which he used other writers), which did not match the British narrative.

Bangladesh 1971 freedom (celebrated today, 26th Mar) is a history of H gen@cide.

1. Senator Edward Kennedy in his report (1 Nov 1971) wrote: “Field reports to US Government, countless eye-witness journalistic accounts, reports of International agencies such as World Bank

1/n 🧵 and additional information available to the subcommittee document the reign of terror which grips East Bengal (East Pak!stan) Hardest hit have been members of the Hindu community who have been robbed of their lands and shops, systematically slaugh!ered and

An open letter to Amartya Sen:

“Currently among the leading secularists in India your name comes first. Not a single day goes by where you do not abuse the Hindus. You have also written a book on how indian secularism is in danger, a book whose foreword was written…

1/n 🧵 by Biman Bose, the same Biman Bose who had taken refuge in SP Mukherjee created West Bengal, after he was beaten & chased out of BD by the Ms.

Mr. Sen, the house named “Jagat kutir” where you stayed in your childhood, is in the same locality where I stayed, & I am elder to you.

Inside the Dargah of Pir makhdum shah Jalan in Shahjahanpur, Siyan, WB, is an inscription plate of Pala raja Naupala (r. 1038–1055 CE), which is of great historical value & must be preserved In a museum.

I had tweeted about this earlier. This is a follow up tweet.
@LostTemple7 The inscription plate gives details of raja Nayapala constructing a Shiva mandir, a 2-storeyed math for the shaivite rishis, a temple for the 11 Rudras, 9 stone Chandika murtis, etc.
This inscription plate breaks down the leftist myth that Pala dynasty was exclusively Buddhist.

According to the Nilamata Purana, the land of Kashmir was occupied for six manvantaras since the beginning of the Kalpa by a vast lake, six yojanas long and three yojanas wide called Satīsar. In the seventh manvantara, the water of the lake was drained of through an outlet made with plough by Ananta at the order of Vişņu who along with other gods and goddesses had come there to kill the demon Jalodbhava - invincible in the waters.

One is a “historian” and the other a “colonel.”

Besides Hiuen Tsang’s account that described the beauty of the landscaped grounds surrounding the Nalanda University, an 8th century inscription of Yasovarman gives a description of the beauty of the grounds around it too.

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📍Landscaped “organised” grounds in ancient India ☝️

Romila Thapar has absolutely no idea of the Democracy in ancient India.

The Lichchchavi system, as per RC Mazumdar, was ultra-democratic in nature, & its functioning gives us some insight into the principles of administration of a non-monarchial state in ancient India.

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From an old text it has been learned that a criminal was first sent for trial to a group of officers known as the Vinichchaya Mahamatta. If the accused was found innocent he was set free by these officers, but if found guilty he was not sentenced but sent to a higher tribunal

Suvechha for #MakarSankranti .
#poushsankranti

In 272 CE, Makar Sankranti was on Dec 21. In 1000 CE, Makar Sankranti was on Dec 31, & now it is celebrated on Jan 14. After 9000 years, Makar Sankranti will be in June. Then Makar Sankranti would mark the start of Dakshinayana. In ancient times Makar Sankranti would mark entry of the Sun into Makara or Capricorn from Sagittarius, & its northward journey/Uttarayan. Now it is celebrated at the end of Poush & the start of Magh month, so it’s Poush Sankranti (Last day of every month is known as sankranti)

Various symbols representing Shiva on early historic coins (from around 3rd c. BCE) included the humped bull, lingam with or without a pedestal, a hill between 2 trees & a chattri on top, or the linga placed between 2 trees (referring to some Saiva sect).

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@LostTemple7 Other early coin symbols depicting Shiva

1. trisula placed inside a railing with two pillars on two sides depicting Rudra-Shiva,

2. a star with double trident with prongs on top and below,

3. tree in center with two figures on either side inside an enshrined trisula, and