SEPARATED
FROM ANCIENT INDIA
India once known as akhand bharat , what many of us know is pakistan and bangladesh are the 2 countries divided from india , but very less people know that there are 15 other countries. countries which are divided from akhand bharat. Question in everyone’s mind is What are those 15 countries which are divided from akhand bharat ?
PARTITION
OF AKHANDA BHARAT
Unbroken India extended from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean and from
Iran to Indonesia. India’s area in 1857 was 83 lakh square kilometers, which is
currently 33 lakh square kilometers. From 1857 to 1947, India was fragmented
many times by external powers. Afghanistan was separated from India in 1876,
Nepal in 1904, Bhutan in 1906, Tibet in 1907, Sri Lanka in 1935, Myanmar in
1937 and Pakistan in 1947.
The
British separated Sri Lanka from India in 1935. The old name of Sri Lanka was
Sinhaldeep. The name Sinhaldeep was later renamed Ceylon. Sri Lanka’s name was
Tamraparni during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. Mahendra, son of Emperor Ashoka
and daughter Sanghamitra went to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism. Sri Lanka is
a part of united India.
AFGHANISTAN
The ancient name of Afghanistan was Upganasthan and Kandahar’s was Gandhara. Afghanistan was a Shaivite country. The Gandhara described in the Mahabharata is in Afghanistan from where the Kauravas’ mother was Gandhari and maternal uncle Shakuni. The description of Kandahar i.e. Gandhara is found till the reign of Shah Jahan. It was a part of India. In 1876 Gandamak treaty was signed between Russia and Britain. After the treaty, Afghanistan was accepted as a separate country.
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
The
ancient name of Myanmar (Burma) was Brahmadesh. In 1937, the recognition of a
separate country to Myanmar i.e. Burma was given by the British. In ancient
times, the Hindu king Anandavrata ruled here.
NEPAL
Nepal was known as Deodhar in ancient times. Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini and mother Sita was born in Janakpur which is in Nepal today. Nepal was made a separate country in 1904 in india . Nepal was called the Hindu nation of Nepal. Nepal was made a separate country in 1904 by the British. Nepal was called as Hindu Rashtra Nepal. Until a few years ago, the king of Nepal was called Nepal Naresh. Nepal has 81 percent Hindus and 9% Buddhists. Nepal was an integral part of India during the reigns of Emperor Ashoka and Samudragupta. In 1951, Maharaja Tribhuvan Singh of Nepal appealed to the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to merge Nepal with India, but Jawaharlal Nehru rejected the proposal.
THAILAND
Thailand was known as Syam until 1939. The major cities were Ayodhya,
Shri Vijay etc. The construction of Buddhist temples in Syam began in the third
century. Even today many Shiva temples are there in this country. The capital
of Thailand Bangkok also has hundreds of Hindu temples.
Cambodia is derived from the Sanskrit name Kamboj, was part of unbroken
India. The Kaundinya dynasty of Indian origin ruled here from the first century
itself. People here used to worship Shiva, Vishnu and Buddha. The national
language was Sanskrit. Even today in Cambodia, the names of Indian months such
as Chet, Visakh, Asadha are used. The world famous Ankorwat temple is dedicated
to Lord Vishnu, which was built by the Hindu king Suryadev Varman. The walls of
the temple have paintings related to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The
ancient name of Ankorwat is Yashodharpur.
The ancient name of Vietnam is Champadesh and its principal cities were
Indrapur, Amravati and Vijay. Many Shiva, Lakshmi, Parvati and Saraswati
temples will still be found here. Shivling was also worshiped here. The people
were called Cham who were originally Shaivites.
The ancient name of Malaysia was Malay Desh which is a Sanskrit word
which means the land of mountains. Malaysia is also described in Ramayana and
Raghuvansham. Shaivism was practiced in Malay. Goddess Durga and Lord Ganesha
were worshiped. The main script here was Brahmi and Sanskrit was the main
language.
The ancient name of Indonesia is Dipantar Bharat which is also mentioned
in the Puranas. Deepantar Bharat means the ocean across India. It was the
kingdom of Hindu kings. The largest Shiva temple was in the island of Java. The
temples were mainly carved with Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. The Bhuvanakosh is
the oldest book containing 525 verses of Sanskrit.
The names or motos of the leading institutions of Indonesia are still in
Sanskrit :
- a) Indonesian Police Academy – Dharma Bijaksana Kshatriya
- b)
Indonesia National Armed Forces – Tri Dharma Ek Karma
- c)
Indonesia Airlines – Garuda Airlines
- d)
Indonesia Ministry of Home Affairs – Charak Bhuvan
- e)
Indonesia Ministry of Finance – Nagar Dhan Raksha
- f) Indonesia Supreme Court – Dharma Yukti
TIBET
The ancient name of Tibet was Trivishtam which was divided into two parts. One part was given to China and the other to Lama after an agreement between the Chinese and the British in 1907. In 1954, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted Tibet as part of China to show his solidarity to Chinese people.
BHUTAN
Bhutan was separated from India by the British in 1906 and recognized as a separate country. Bhutan is derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu Utthan which means high ground.
PAKISTAN
There
was partition of India on August 14, 1947 by the British and Pakistan came into
existence as East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah had been
demanding a separate country on the basis of religion since 1940 which later
became Pakistan. In 1971 with the cooperation of India, Pakistan was divided
again and Bangladesh came into existence. Pakistan and Bangladesh are parts of
India.
PHILIPPINES
Even tho muslims occupied and ruled for many years , it is only christian nation in asia and you will be shocked that even this country was part of akhand bharat and many people will follow indian culture even today.
IRAN
When aryans made settlement in aryan balochistan region , the land got name iryana and later persians made settlements and they called iran which is called land of the Aryans.
VIETNAM
which was also called champa and ruled by hindu kings until 1832 and later it was king minh mạng who established vietnam empire And not to forget even today we can see lot of hindu temples in vietnam and hindu culture is widely followed.
BANGLADESH
even after indian independence bangladesh was part of india and it was called east pakistan, later in year 1971 , indian army separated bangladesh from pakistan control.
CONCLUSION
This is less know history of akhand bharat which our books never
tell us , but it is in your hand to let people know the truth ,kindly
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