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Alexander the Great depicted in Indian texts
Alexander the Great, who invaded India in the hoary past, is not known to be mentioned in the Indian Sanskrit texts. A recent investigation by Ajith Kumar, however, reveals that the history of Alexander's Indian conquests in 326 BC are recounted as myths in the Indian texts known as the Puranas.
Alexander is depicted as the King of the Asuras in the Puranas.
How Alexander earned the epithet as the king of Asuras in the Sanskrit texts (Puranas) is an interesting fact. Alexander was designated and crowned at the Arbela temple in Persia as the king of the Asuras. Before invading India, Alexander had defeated the Persians at the three famous battles at the Granicus River, Issus, and Gaugamela. After the last battle at Gaugamela, having finally secured the countries of Persian emperor Darius, some important ceremonies took place, where Alexander was crowned as the king. After the victorious Battle of Gaugamela in Assyria, on 2 October 331 BC, in the Temple of Arbela (Erbil in Iraq), Alexander was consecrated and ordained as the King of the world. During the coronation ceremony at the cult center of the Persians at Arbela, according to the ancient records, the priests of the temple assigned him the title Sar-kissati, meaning the King of the world, and designated him the hounorable epithet as Asura Alexander.
The astrologers of these temples were hoarders of inscribed clay cuneiform tablets that recorded the history of Assyria and Babylon. These cuneiform tablets from the temples of Assyria have preserved the title of their kings as “Sar Kissati,” meaning king of the world. Thus, after the victory and the subsequent coronation ceremony in the Temple of Arbela, Alexander was chosen as the steward of Assur, and therefore his honorable name was Asura Alexander.
These clay tablets from the library of the Assyrian kings confirm that by the ancient traditions of Assyria, the new king was ceremonially named Asura, because the king was being chosen as the steward of the god Assur. These clay tablets record the names of some of their kings as Asura Nasirpal and Asur Ubalit, among others. (For instance, the inscription on the breast of another king’s statue in Arbela reads as: “Assur Nasir-pal…, sar-kissati sar Assur [the great king of the world, king of Assyria].”)
The people of Assyria were always known as the Asuras because they worshipped Assur, or Azura Mazda, according to the ancient Persian religion Zoroastrianism.
According to the Greek historians, he thereafter adopted Persian royal costumes and impressive sets of royal insignia, to convince the oriental people of his exalted status as the supreme king of the Asuras. Thus, before marching to India, Alexander had conquered the throne of the Asura kings of Assyria at their cult center at Arbela and been honored as the King of the Asura clans of Assyria and Persia.
Excitingly, we find that the word Asura appears in 249 recitations in the Mahabharata epic, proving that the Asuras were traditional enemies of the Indians.
With the conquest of Persia complete, and with its king dead, Alexander headed east into present-day Afghanistan to conquer and secure the eastern borders of the Persian empire.
Mahabali, who invaded India, was a ferocious Asura emperor, the king of the devils. In all the Indian texts, he was the emperor of the Asura clans, ruling the demons of the netherworld. How could Alexander the Great be depicted as the king of the Asuras in the Sanskrit Puranas?
The Bhagavata Purana, for instance, describes the mayhem caused by the Asura invasion, calling it a cosmic cataclysm. "Then Mahabali assembled his soldiers and all the demon chiefs, who were equally strong and magnificent like him. They appeared as if they would destroy the universe and burn everything with their fierce stares."
The untold story of Alexander's Indian expedition is narrated in the Sanskrit texts in allegorical formats, mixed with myths depicting unworldly characters. They also recount how he was murdered later with a weapon known as 'the destroyer of time.'
The 2 books are available on Amazon.
The Secret War
The Puranas
www.murderofalexanderthegreat.com
Alexander is depicted as the King of the Asuras in the Puranas.
How Alexander earned the epithet as the king of Asuras in the Sanskrit texts (Puranas) is an interesting fact. Alexander was designated and crowned at the Arbela temple in Persia as the king of the Asuras. Before invading India, Alexander had defeated the Persians at the three famous battles at the Granicus River, Issus, and Gaugamela. After the last battle at Gaugamela, having finally secured the countries of Persian emperor Darius, some important ceremonies took place, where Alexander was crowned as the king. After the victorious Battle of Gaugamela in Assyria, on 2 October 331 BC, in the Temple of Arbela (Erbil in Iraq), Alexander was consecrated and ordained as the King of the world. During the coronation ceremony at the cult center of the Persians at Arbela, according to the ancient records, the priests of the temple assigned him the title Sar-kissati, meaning the King of the world, and designated him the hounorable epithet as Asura Alexander.
The astrologers of these temples were hoarders of inscribed clay cuneiform tablets that recorded the history of Assyria and Babylon. These cuneiform tablets from the temples of Assyria have preserved the title of their kings as “Sar Kissati,” meaning king of the world. Thus, after the victory and the subsequent coronation ceremony in the Temple of Arbela, Alexander was chosen as the steward of Assur, and therefore his honorable name was Asura Alexander.
These clay tablets from the library of the Assyrian kings confirm that by the ancient traditions of Assyria, the new king was ceremonially named Asura, because the king was being chosen as the steward of the god Assur. These clay tablets record the names of some of their kings as Asura Nasirpal and Asur Ubalit, among others. (For instance, the inscription on the breast of another king’s statue in Arbela reads as: “Assur Nasir-pal…, sar-kissati sar Assur [the great king of the world, king of Assyria].”)
The people of Assyria were always known as the Asuras because they worshipped Assur, or Azura Mazda, according to the ancient Persian religion Zoroastrianism.
According to the Greek historians, he thereafter adopted Persian royal costumes and impressive sets of royal insignia, to convince the oriental people of his exalted status as the supreme king of the Asuras. Thus, before marching to India, Alexander had conquered the throne of the Asura kings of Assyria at their cult center at Arbela and been honored as the King of the Asura clans of Assyria and Persia.
Excitingly, we find that the word Asura appears in 249 recitations in the Mahabharata epic, proving that the Asuras were traditional enemies of the Indians.
With the conquest of Persia complete, and with its king dead, Alexander headed east into present-day Afghanistan to conquer and secure the eastern borders of the Persian empire.
Mahabali, who invaded India, was a ferocious Asura emperor, the king of the devils. In all the Indian texts, he was the emperor of the Asura clans, ruling the demons of the netherworld. How could Alexander the Great be depicted as the king of the Asuras in the Sanskrit Puranas?
The Bhagavata Purana, for instance, describes the mayhem caused by the Asura invasion, calling it a cosmic cataclysm. "Then Mahabali assembled his soldiers and all the demon chiefs, who were equally strong and magnificent like him. They appeared as if they would destroy the universe and burn everything with their fierce stares."
The untold story of Alexander's Indian expedition is narrated in the Sanskrit texts in allegorical formats, mixed with myths depicting unworldly characters. They also recount how he was murdered later with a weapon known as 'the destroyer of time.'
The 2 books are available on Amazon.
The Secret War
The Puranas
www.murderofalexanderthegreat.com
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
