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Who killed Alexander the Great
Who killed Alexander the Great? The premature death of Alexander is a complex puzzle that has remained unresolved for over two millennia. Taking us back into the primitive ages and a prehistoric settings, 'The Murder of Alexander the Great' (in two books: The Puranas and The Secret War) finally disentangles the ancient riddle and finds the assassin.
'The Murder of Alexander the Great' is a result of a decade long research based on ancient Greek and Sanskrit texts, which surprisingly uncover new evidence to solve the two-millennium-old murder mystery. The most significant finding in this historical narrative is that in the Puranas, the canonical texts of India, Alexander appears as a mythological Asura King Mahabali, leading an army of demonic warriors.
The Puranas said, “The use of power against the Asura invasion will not lead to success at all. . . This strategy, using deceitful means, must be kept very confidential, and the secret operation will succeed only if kept wrapped up and confidential.” The story has thus remained untold for over two millenniums.
The Puranas also reveal for the first time several untold chapters of hidden history, which reveal how the Indians decisively destroyed the worldwide empire of Alexander the Great and changed the world for ever.
'The Murder of Alexander the Great' is a result of a decade long research based on ancient Greek and Sanskrit texts, which surprisingly uncover new evidence to solve the two-millennium-old murder mystery. The most significant finding in this historical narrative is that in the Puranas, the canonical texts of India, Alexander appears as a mythological Asura King Mahabali, leading an army of demonic warriors.
The Puranas said, “The use of power against the Asura invasion will not lead to success at all. . . This strategy, using deceitful means, must be kept very confidential, and the secret operation will succeed only if kept wrapped up and confidential.” The story has thus remained untold for over two millenniums.
The Puranas also reveal for the first time several untold chapters of hidden history, which reveal how the Indians decisively destroyed the worldwide empire of Alexander the Great and changed the world for ever.
• The assassin of Alexander the Great identified
For the first time ever, evidence has emerged from the ancient Sanskrit texts that the legend of Alexander the Great, who invaded India in 326 BC, forms part of the Indian folklore. Astonishing new findings in the historical narrative, "The Murder Of Alexander the Great" (in two books: the Puranas and The Secret war) by Ajith Kumar unbundle the untold parts of the history of Alexander's global conquests, which culminated in his mysterious death in Babylon 3 years later.
In 331 BC, after defeating of the Persian Emperor Darius at the bloody battle at Gaugamela, at the Arbela temple (modern Erbil in Iraq) Alexander was enthroned as the King of the World. More importantly, he was designated as the mortal representative of the great lord Azura Mazda. During the coronation ceremony, the conqueror was crowned as the King of the Assur region (Assyria in modern Iraq), where the Kings were traditionally named as an Asura, the mortal representative of the lord. Consequently, when he subsequently invaded India, in the legends in the Indian Sanskrit texts, known as the Puranas, he came to be called an Asura Raja. The Puranas were Sanskrit texts that chronicled the deeds of ancient kings. The Sanskrit word Purana literally means ancient history. In this tradition, the Vamana Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and the Skanda Purana tell us the untold story of Alexander the Great's Indian invasion.
In the Indus valley, the holy land of the Aryan tribes, Alexander successfully encountered massive opponents, monstrous floods, and treacherous warfare. Unexpectedly, he also faced an army mutiny, following which he was compelled to stop his Indian campaign and what followed were disasters that crippled the Greek army as he returned to Persia.
Deification legends were quite common in the ancient world. The fascinating myths of Alexander, widely spread through the ancient religious texts, appears in the gospels in the prophecies of Daniel. In the Hebrew traditions, he appears as a prophet who knocks at the gates of heaven. In European texts, he became an invincible knight. In the Persian legends, he appears as a two-horned Satan who destroyed the fire altars of Zoroastrian priests. Finally, in the Indian texts he is depicted as the king of the Asuras, Mahabali, who ruled the netherworlds.
The Indian Puranas apparently tell us the history of the ancient world through enchanting mythology, and one can only admire at the huge share of historical information available in the Indian scriptures. A popular myth in the Puranas recounts the history of the Greek conquest of the Indus Valley and unveils the covert Indian strategy that led to the rapid return march and the early death of Alexander.
"The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1 - The Puranas" draws, for the first time, a parallel between Greek and Indian history. The book presents sixteen pieces of evidence to confirm that Alexander was prominently represented in the ancient Sanskrit texts as Mahabali. In fact, when the invading army descended from the Hindukush mountains in 326 BC into the Indus Valley and occupied Taxila first, the massive army consisted of 120,000 soldiers. However, Alexander could not conquer India, as he had to abandon the attempt after a religious sacrifice on an altar in Kurukshetra (in modern Punjab), where a Sadhu named Kalanus declared the omens unfavourable to proceed. Alexander abandoned his aggressive campaigns and decided to return to return to Babylon. The Puranas link this incident in the myths of Asura Raja Mahabali and recount how the King of Asuras was tactfully deceived and guided by the Sadhu to a region known as Patala. The unearthly domains of Patala, at the mouth of the Indus, was truly the capital of Alexander the Great for about an year. He was trapped for months in the Patala region, stuck between two deserts on both sides of the Indus River, and the Arabian sea at its mouth. The Sadhu, known to the Greek historians as Kalanus (Calanus), had deceived and led him to Patala, the hell in Indian mythology.
Confirming this, a verse in the Sanskrit Puranas records the chronology of the day Alexander submitted to the oracular advice of the Sadhu on the altar in Kurukshetra in Punjab. The date coincides with the annual Onam festival which commemorates the surrender of Mahabali, the legendary role of Alexander, and thus confirms this to be a historical fact. The surrender of Mahabali (Alexander) is even today celebrated as the Onam festival in Kerala, a state in South India, on the twelfth day in the month of Shravana, which is the same day Alexander submitted to the oracular advice of the Sadhu. During the Onam festival people in Kerala commemorate the legends of Alexander the Great, who tried to conquer the three worlds, but was compelled to return to Patala.
The Indian texts tell us a stranger than fiction version of the ancient history and explains how Alexander’s invincible army, which came to conquer India in 326 BC, was crippled and its leader secretly assassinated.
In Book 2 - The Secret War, the narrative explores the ruthless execution of a secret war strategy, known as the Battle of intrigue, outlined in the Arthashastra of Chanakya. Chanakya, the renowned military strategist of ancient India, was the Prime Minister of Taxila, when Alexander occupied it in April 326 BC. The secret strategies of war prescribed in the Arthashastra of Chanakya were unleashed against the Greek war lord, which crippled the invading army, created a mutiny in its ranks, and diverted it out of India to Patala. Alexander was cunningly forced into the barrenness of the Gedrosian desert subsequently and most of the Greek soldiers perished in its treacherous landscape.
The hidden history of the age comes alive in the two books and explains how Alexander was trapped in the Indus valley for two years and why his army revolted in Punjab. Only the Arthashastra of Chanakya explains the reasons for the revolt in the Greek army and the disasters that trailed Alexander during the Indian campaign.
After his disastrous Indian expedition, on reaching Babylon, Alexander died in suspicious circumstances at the age of 33. Widespread rumors circulated in the ancient world that he was murdered. But there was no evidence until now. However, the Indian Puranas, and other ancient Sanskrit texts, unravel the name of the exotic weapon used to murder Alexander.
The narrative in 'The murder of Alexander the Great" unravels seventy-two discoveries that go on to unearth not only Alexander’s assassin but also identifies the lethal weapon named as the ‘destroyer of time’.
The suspicions surrounding the death of Alexander had remained unresolved even after two millennia. 'The Murder of Alexander the Great' provides the final answers to the greatest murder mystery of the ancient world.
Available on Amazon Books:
The Puranas
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas.
The Secret War
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret war
https://murderofalexanderthegreat.com
In 331 BC, after defeating of the Persian Emperor Darius at the bloody battle at Gaugamela, at the Arbela temple (modern Erbil in Iraq) Alexander was enthroned as the King of the World. More importantly, he was designated as the mortal representative of the great lord Azura Mazda. During the coronation ceremony, the conqueror was crowned as the King of the Assur region (Assyria in modern Iraq), where the Kings were traditionally named as an Asura, the mortal representative of the lord. Consequently, when he subsequently invaded India, in the legends in the Indian Sanskrit texts, known as the Puranas, he came to be called an Asura Raja. The Puranas were Sanskrit texts that chronicled the deeds of ancient kings. The Sanskrit word Purana literally means ancient history. In this tradition, the Vamana Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and the Skanda Purana tell us the untold story of Alexander the Great's Indian invasion.
In the Indus valley, the holy land of the Aryan tribes, Alexander successfully encountered massive opponents, monstrous floods, and treacherous warfare. Unexpectedly, he also faced an army mutiny, following which he was compelled to stop his Indian campaign and what followed were disasters that crippled the Greek army as he returned to Persia.
Deification legends were quite common in the ancient world. The fascinating myths of Alexander, widely spread through the ancient religious texts, appears in the gospels in the prophecies of Daniel. In the Hebrew traditions, he appears as a prophet who knocks at the gates of heaven. In European texts, he became an invincible knight. In the Persian legends, he appears as a two-horned Satan who destroyed the fire altars of Zoroastrian priests. Finally, in the Indian texts he is depicted as the king of the Asuras, Mahabali, who ruled the netherworlds.
The Indian Puranas apparently tell us the history of the ancient world through enchanting mythology, and one can only admire at the huge share of historical information available in the Indian scriptures. A popular myth in the Puranas recounts the history of the Greek conquest of the Indus Valley and unveils the covert Indian strategy that led to the rapid return march and the early death of Alexander.
"The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1 - The Puranas" draws, for the first time, a parallel between Greek and Indian history. The book presents sixteen pieces of evidence to confirm that Alexander was prominently represented in the ancient Sanskrit texts as Mahabali. In fact, when the invading army descended from the Hindukush mountains in 326 BC into the Indus Valley and occupied Taxila first, the massive army consisted of 120,000 soldiers. However, Alexander could not conquer India, as he had to abandon the attempt after a religious sacrifice on an altar in Kurukshetra (in modern Punjab), where a Sadhu named Kalanus declared the omens unfavourable to proceed. Alexander abandoned his aggressive campaigns and decided to return to return to Babylon. The Puranas link this incident in the myths of Asura Raja Mahabali and recount how the King of Asuras was tactfully deceived and guided by the Sadhu to a region known as Patala. The unearthly domains of Patala, at the mouth of the Indus, was truly the capital of Alexander the Great for about an year. He was trapped for months in the Patala region, stuck between two deserts on both sides of the Indus River, and the Arabian sea at its mouth. The Sadhu, known to the Greek historians as Kalanus (Calanus), had deceived and led him to Patala, the hell in Indian mythology.
Confirming this, a verse in the Sanskrit Puranas records the chronology of the day Alexander submitted to the oracular advice of the Sadhu on the altar in Kurukshetra in Punjab. The date coincides with the annual Onam festival which commemorates the surrender of Mahabali, the legendary role of Alexander, and thus confirms this to be a historical fact. The surrender of Mahabali (Alexander) is even today celebrated as the Onam festival in Kerala, a state in South India, on the twelfth day in the month of Shravana, which is the same day Alexander submitted to the oracular advice of the Sadhu. During the Onam festival people in Kerala commemorate the legends of Alexander the Great, who tried to conquer the three worlds, but was compelled to return to Patala.
The Indian texts tell us a stranger than fiction version of the ancient history and explains how Alexander’s invincible army, which came to conquer India in 326 BC, was crippled and its leader secretly assassinated.
In Book 2 - The Secret War, the narrative explores the ruthless execution of a secret war strategy, known as the Battle of intrigue, outlined in the Arthashastra of Chanakya. Chanakya, the renowned military strategist of ancient India, was the Prime Minister of Taxila, when Alexander occupied it in April 326 BC. The secret strategies of war prescribed in the Arthashastra of Chanakya were unleashed against the Greek war lord, which crippled the invading army, created a mutiny in its ranks, and diverted it out of India to Patala. Alexander was cunningly forced into the barrenness of the Gedrosian desert subsequently and most of the Greek soldiers perished in its treacherous landscape.
The hidden history of the age comes alive in the two books and explains how Alexander was trapped in the Indus valley for two years and why his army revolted in Punjab. Only the Arthashastra of Chanakya explains the reasons for the revolt in the Greek army and the disasters that trailed Alexander during the Indian campaign.
After his disastrous Indian expedition, on reaching Babylon, Alexander died in suspicious circumstances at the age of 33. Widespread rumors circulated in the ancient world that he was murdered. But there was no evidence until now. However, the Indian Puranas, and other ancient Sanskrit texts, unravel the name of the exotic weapon used to murder Alexander.
The narrative in 'The murder of Alexander the Great" unravels seventy-two discoveries that go on to unearth not only Alexander’s assassin but also identifies the lethal weapon named as the ‘destroyer of time’.
The suspicions surrounding the death of Alexander had remained unresolved even after two millennia. 'The Murder of Alexander the Great' provides the final answers to the greatest murder mystery of the ancient world.
Available on Amazon Books:
The Puranas
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas.
The Secret War
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret war
https://murderofalexanderthegreat.com
THE MURDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BOOK 2: THE SECRET WAR
THE MURDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BOOK 2: THE SECRET WAR
Author: Ajith Kumar
REVIEWED BY BERTIN DRIZLLER
THEBOOKCOMMENTARY.COM
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The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret War The Secret War by Ajith Kumar is a tale that instantly arrests the attention of history buffs and readers who enjoy exploring mysteries about historical personages and books that are meticulously researched and brilliantly written. The second book in a two-part book series that documents research uncovering seventy-two secrets that led to the assassination of Alexandra the Great and the secret war that galvanized that defeat. The book follows the unstoppable expedition of Alexander the Great to the limits of the then-known world and his return which culminated in his death in Babylon. At the heart of the book is the question: Who killed Alexander the great and under what circumstances?
This thoroughly researched book unearths secrets that are not readily accessible to readers. The author allows the triumphs of Alexander the Great to shine through the narrative, showing him as an undefeated conqueror whose battles witnessed successes across three different continents. The author shares events leading up to the demise of the great warrior, the interesting and crucial moment played by the passage through the Hindu Kush Mountains, and the role played by an Indian war strategic manual, skillfully executed to halt the conquest of Indian, forcing the undefeatable warrior towards his doom. The book is beautifully written, and it is hard to believe it is not just a well-crafted fiction. It is immersive, thanks to the author’s ability to narrate in a flawless manner, writing in dazzling prose and surprising readers with astonishing historical finds. The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret War explores a war that was beautifully executed to thwart and eventually defeat one of the greatest warriors of all times. It is not spellbinding but immersive and hugely informative, a work that transports fans of history back to ancient times. It brims with strong imagery and moments that will take readers by surprise.
Author: Ajith Kumar
REVIEWED BY BERTIN DRIZLLER
THEBOOKCOMMENTARY.COM
amazon.com/Murder-Alexander-Great-Boo...
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret War The Secret War by Ajith Kumar is a tale that instantly arrests the attention of history buffs and readers who enjoy exploring mysteries about historical personages and books that are meticulously researched and brilliantly written. The second book in a two-part book series that documents research uncovering seventy-two secrets that led to the assassination of Alexandra the Great and the secret war that galvanized that defeat. The book follows the unstoppable expedition of Alexander the Great to the limits of the then-known world and his return which culminated in his death in Babylon. At the heart of the book is the question: Who killed Alexander the great and under what circumstances?
This thoroughly researched book unearths secrets that are not readily accessible to readers. The author allows the triumphs of Alexander the Great to shine through the narrative, showing him as an undefeated conqueror whose battles witnessed successes across three different continents. The author shares events leading up to the demise of the great warrior, the interesting and crucial moment played by the passage through the Hindu Kush Mountains, and the role played by an Indian war strategic manual, skillfully executed to halt the conquest of Indian, forcing the undefeatable warrior towards his doom. The book is beautifully written, and it is hard to believe it is not just a well-crafted fiction. It is immersive, thanks to the author’s ability to narrate in a flawless manner, writing in dazzling prose and surprising readers with astonishing historical finds. The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret War explores a war that was beautifully executed to thwart and eventually defeat one of the greatest warriors of all times. It is not spellbinding but immersive and hugely informative, a work that transports fans of history back to ancient times. It brims with strong imagery and moments that will take readers by surprise.
The Murder of Alexander the Great
www.murderofalexanderthegreat.com
Available on Amazon Books:
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas.
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret war
...more
Available on Amazon Books:
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas.
The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret war
...more
