My Malice and Bias

South Indian vs. North Indian Ten years ago, I met a well known Indian historian on a plane. We spent hours discussing history of India. I mentioned that my ancestors came from the region of West Punjab where the Indus Valley Civilization blossomed 5,000 years ago. Same land where Vedas were composed, Yoga and Sanskrit grammar was defined, and how proud I am of the facts that my ancestors successfully challenged the Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, and the Afghan invaders. I also shared with him my maternal genetic lineage to the original Kshatriya warriors ( Khatri in Punjabi) going back all the way to the Gods of Hindu mythology. I expected some form of acknowledgement from the learned professor from a well known University from South India. He replied, " Actually, the South Indians are the real Indians. " I was shocked and asked, " How about us, the Punjabis ?" He replied with a smug smile on his face, " Mr. Singh, I do not want to upset you but the fa

  Goindwal (Punjabi: ਗੋਇੰਦਵਾਲ), also known as Goindwal Sahib, is located on the banks of the river Beas in the  Taran Taran district in the Majha region of Punjab state  in India. It became an important center for the Sikh religion in the 16th century during the time of the Guru Amar Das Ji . Goindwal Sahib (Courtsey Dalip Singh sdalip@gmail.com) Most of the Gurus established their center of excellence of Sikhism. Guru Nanak initiated this tradition by establishing Kartarpur Sahib, followed by Guru Angad who settled in Khadoor Sahib. Goindwal Sahib is linked to Guru Amardas who lived here for 33 years and established a center of Sikhism. The Location The location of the town was an ancient highway that crossed the river Beas connecting Delhi to Lahore .  River ferries were used to transport goods for trade as well as travelers across the river Beas. After the renovation of the highway by Sher Shah Suri, the Afghan ruler of north India (1545), this ferry site became an impo

Deval Devi (representation) Deval Devi was the princess and daughter of Kanha Dada aka Karna Deva  (the last sovereign of the Vaghela  dynasty from Gujarat state in Indiaa. According to medieval chronicles, Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khilji invaded his kingdom in 1299, Gujarat was one of the wealthiest regions of India at that time. Conquest of Gujarat Alauddin's army captured Gujarat easily in a very short time. The Jain chronicler Jinaprabha Suri states that Khliji's forces routed Kanha's army at Ashapalli (present-day Ahmedabad). Karna weighed his options and his ministers advised him to flee the country and return after the departure of the invaders. Karna fled with his queen Kamala Devi and family towards south. His queen, Kamla Devi, fell into the hands of the invaders and was sent as booty to Alauddin Khalji. Allauddin fell in love with the Gujarati queen and married Kamala Devi, the first recorded marriage between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler.

Rajput Princess for the Mughal Emperrs The Delhi Sultanate was relatively new in Delhi. Rajputs, the rulers of North India from Punjab to Rajasthan and Delhi had lost most of North and North-West India to the Turkish invaders from Afghanistan. They fought valiantly till the end and their women took their own life to protect their honor. As time passed, Rajputs were becoming increasingly disadvantaged and politically irrelevant. The Moghul Babur from Uzbekistan defeated the Turko-Afghan Sultanate in Delhi and annihilated the last of the Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga of Chittor. Rajputs found an innovative way of reclaiming their political power. Rajput rulers became allies of the Mughals, but at a price. They sent their daughters to the imperial harem for political favors. The practice lasted 150 long years, from 1562 to 1715. The first Rajut princess given to Mughals was Jodha Bai of Amber (Now Jaipur) and the last one was Indira Kanwar of Marwar (Now Jodhpur). Prized

Babar Bani  hymns were composed by  Guru Nanak  after witnessing the carnage of  Saidpur  at the hands of Moghul invader  Babur . For Guru Nanak, Babur was not  a Muslim invader bent upon destroying the Hindu culture and neither was an Islamic zealot who wanted to spread his religion over a the land. He was simply a power hungry king motivated by greed and glory, so much so that anyone, irrespective of religion, who came in his way, was destroyed. An artists impression of Guru Nanak Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad aka Babur (persian: tiger) had the perfect combinations of genetics to be a ferocious marauder, greedy plunderer, and ruthless ruler. Babur's father was  Omar Sheikh Mirza , king of  Ferghana , a region presently in  Uzbekistan . He was a direct paternal descendant of Tamerlane , the 15th century Turkish conqueror who plundered western and eastern Asia. Tamerlane was known as  the biggest killers the planet has ever known. Farghana the Moghul City His mother was Kutlug

How did Our Ancestors Looked Like? Ancient people of Punjab (Punjabi: پنجابی (Shahmukhi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), पंजाबी (Devanagri), are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of North Indian origin; which includes parts of Sindh , Punjab , Haryana , and Gujarat . Punjab region has been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world, the the Indus Valley Civilization. Excavation of pre-historic sites at Harrapa , Mohenjodaro , Ropar , Dholvira , Kalibangan , and Rakhigarhi reveal an advanced society that may be the cradle of Indian civilization. Map of Indus Valley Civilization Political Controversy on Origin of Indo-Aryans During 19th Century European ethnographers and, of course, most famously, Adolf Hitler , also considered Aryans the master race who had conquered Europe, although the German leader considered them to be of Nordic lineage. Hindu right-wingers believe the source of Indian civilization are the Arya - a nomadic tribe of horse-riding, cattle-rearing warrior