Ancient India in Isreal
Poor India! at the mercy of recurring invasions over centuries, say history textbooks. Our ancestral infighting unable to hold them back, waves of invaders married into already intermarried locals, creating the innumerable castes inflicting us today. Let’s look through another prism. Why did they come here? For riches! Since Time Immemorial, India’s artisans produced luxury items, utility plus beauty. Trade was lucrative for everyone. Hence the invasions. Everyone wanted The Golden Goose. Indian culture left its impact while earning riches. First Israel. Canaan or Phoenicia was modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel. Also believed to be ancient homeland of Chitpavan Brahmans. Spell it with a ‘K’, it becomes a cognate of Kanana / Kanha. One of Israel’s largest rivers, Kishon flows in the Jezreel / Yezreel Valley – sounds like our Kishan and Ma Yashoda? Close by are towns called Kanah and Ramah. In the Judea province next door are t...