Brahmanism and the Origin of Caste System in the Indus Valley

A "dancing girl" statuette found in the Indus Valley. Circa 2500-3000 BC.
                                     

I submitted in my essay “The Ancient Connection between Brahmanism and Abramanism” that Brahmanism and Abramanism had the same origin, and that Brahma was the same mythical personage as Abraham, personifying the SUN. However, the thesis that the original Hindu/Brahmin-based caste system started when the nomadic Brahmin groups invaded India (i.e., Cusha Dwipa within, Indus Valley or Eastern Ethiopia), approximately five thousand years ago, might not be completely accurate. While it’s well-documented that the advent of Brahmanism or Hinduism coincided with the arrival of the nomadic Brahmin groups in India, the origin of the caste system in India remains an enigma.  

Be that as it may, having researched several studies on the origin of caste system in general, since castes exist in societies outside of India, I surmised with caution that the caste-system in India started before the Brahmin invasion, perhaps by the indigenous people themselves (i.e., the proto-inhabitants of the Indian sub-continent). I came into this conclusion when I realized that indigenous people, all over the world, practiced one form of caste system or the other. 

Looking at the caste systems that are practised around the world, I found out that some of these caste systems are religious based; some are occupational based, and others are ethnic based. For example, the Osu caste system practiced by the Igbo community and the Southern Cameroonians is religious based, while the Mande caste system practiced by the Senegambian societies is occupational based. My submission is that if the indigenous people in many societies around the world, outside of India, could conceive the caste system locally, independent of outsiders, then it’s not implausible that the proto-inhabitants of India could have started the caste system before the arrival of the nomadic Brahmins.

All in all, while it seems that the Caste system in India had local or indigenous origins. I’m inclined to say that this locally conceived system was later hijacked and corrupted into the Varna, Hindu-based hierarchical organization that is pervasive in rural India today.

References

J.Bamshad et al. “Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations.”

Vithal Rajan. “Dalits and the Caste System of India.”

Tia Ghose. “Genetic Study Reveals Origin of India’s Caste System.”

The Ancient Connection between Brahmanism And Abramanism.

If Manetho did live as a historical figure and if he accurately depicted the historical struggle between the Hyksos and the Kemites; then, it's safe to conclude that the Hyksos were nomadic Brahmins who moved eastward into Harrapan and Mohanjedaro (South Asia), and Westward into Nubia and Kemet (Africa). My conclusion is premised on both facts and theories.

It's a fact that a group of nomadic Brahmins invaded and destroyed the Harrapan-Mohanjedaro civilization in the East. It's also a fact that a group of nomadic shepherds invaded Kemet, but were unsuccessful in usurping the Kemetic civilization in the West. Lastly, it's a fact that the word Palestine was derived from Pallisthan, Hindu word that means the seat of the Pallis or Shepherds. Palli, in Sanskrit, means Shepherds.

Although my submission above may state facts, but nothing of a historical kind must be believed without some collateral evidence. Let's see if I can find some collateral evidence in confirmation of my conclusion and facts in the following theories:

1. The first hypothesis is the Brahmin hypothesis, which is that a group of nomadic Brahmins, mostly Aryan, left their base in ancient India for Kemet, where they ruled provisionally for nearly two centuries. After which they were forcefully expelled into a neighboring land, now called Palestine.

2. The second hypothesis, which I call the Dravidian hypothesis, does not deny the incursion of the Asiatics into kemet as implied in the Brahmin hypothesis; however, it denies that the invading Asiatics were Nomadic Brahmins. According to the Dravidian hypothesis, the Asiatic invaders of Kemet were a ground of Dravidian priests, mostly Africoid, who escaped the Brahmin onslaught on their land in Asia.

As Godfrey Higgins succinctly put it: in the most early history of mankind all nations endeavor to indulge a contemptible vanity, by tracing their origin to the most remote periods. And of this weakness they have all, in reality, been guilty (Anacalysis Vol. I). Well based in part on archeological records, of all these people, none can trace their origin farther than the Cushites or the Ethiopians.

Almost all the historians of antiquity (Strabo, Herodotus, Diodorus to name a few) attested to the fact that there were two Ethiopias in the Ancient times, one in the East (South Asia) and the other in the West (Africa). Based on this fact, I'm inclined to submit that the Cushite hegemony was the ancient order until the nomadic Brahmins invaded the Eastern Ethiopia, leading to the destruction of Harappan-Mohenjodaro civilization of the East and the development of the caste-based spiritual philosophy of Brahmanism.

I'm further inclined to submit that I agree to the Brahmin hypothesis above. That is, the Hyksos or the Asiatic invaders of Kemet were the same nomadic Brahmins who had earlier invaded and destroyed Kemetic sister's civilization to the East, Harappan-Mohenjodaro. However, unlike in the East, the Brahmin invasion of Kemet dented the Kemetic civilization but did not destroy it.  The Brahmins, having ruled Kemet for nearly two centuries, were forcefully expelled from Kemet into a neighboring barren land, which they named Palestine - the land of the shepherds.  Note that the Hyksos are generally referred as the shepherd kings.

And lastly, I further submit that it was in Palestine that the Brahmins/Hyksos/Shepherd kings developed their new spiritual philosophy called Abramanism, which is a continuation in part of Brahmanism - I've established in my previous writing that Brahma and Abraham are one and the same mythical personage. In other words, Brahmanism and Abramanism are one and the same.

Please do not confuse the Abrahamic triad (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) with Abramanism or ancient "Hebrewism." The former was formulated, in the middle Ages, based on the distorted information lifted from the latter. And be aware that the Egpto-Cushites were disparaged heavily in the scriptures plausibly because of the ancient feud between the Brahmin Nomads and the agrarian Egypto-Cushites of the West.

The story of the Cushites, Brahmins, Israelites, Elamites, Mohenjo-Darians, ancient Phoenicians, Sumerians, Chaldeans, and even ancient Persians is the story of the struggle between the Nomadic Aryan Brahmins and the Agrarian-aboriginal Cushites.

A Brief Inquiry Into The Sacred Relationship Between Solomon and Makeda.

An inquiry into the ancient names of the SUN revealed that the term "Sol-Om-On" is the name of the SUN in three ancient languages. In other words "Sol" "Om" and "On" all stand for the SUN. Sol = Sun in Latin. Om or Aum = Sun in Sanskrit. On or Ra = Sun in ancient Kemetic language. Thus, when combined became SOLOMON. The "Temple of Solomon" is the TEMPLE OF THE SUN; it has nothing to do with the pretended antiquity of Jerusalem.

Artistic portrayal of Makeda (Queen of Sheba)

So if we say "SOLOMON" stands for the SUN; then, it's not implausible that Makeda (I.e. Queen of Sheba or Saba) stands for Saitic Isis, the MOON. I'm beginning to suspect that the mythological relationship between Solomon and Makeda (the Queen of Sheba) is an allegory for the astrological relationship between the sun and the moon - the sun or Osir being the male principle, and the Moon or Isis being the female principle.

Pre-historic Journey of Anatomical Modern Man (AMM)

The research into the pre-historic journey of anatomical modern man (AMM) is still on going, but these are what we've uncovered so far: 

                                     1. The Khoisan people of South Africa appear to be the first AMM. 

Khoisan type in South Africa

2. The Khoisan interbred with the Bantu type, and their product moved Eastward and Westward.

3. Their Westward migration was towards the Adamawa Plateau in West Africa, where the Nok culture was developed (see Berom and Jarawa people).

4. Their Eastward migration was along the Nile; towards: Egypt, North East Africa (now Middle East), and Euro-Asia.

Jarawa type in Asia

The Jarawa people appear to be the first AMM in Asia. Their antecedents reached Asia about 60,000-65,000 years ago, where they occupied the Andaman Islands in the Gulf of Bengal between India and Indonesia. Many of them still dwell there today.

What are the evidentiary facts to support Jarawa peoples’ migration into Asia?

 1. DNA evidence: recent DNA studies have confirmed that the Jarawa and some other human groups in Asia Pacific had traces of DNA from individuals that migrated, tens of thousands of years ago, from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe and Asia. Their closest relatives have been confirmed, through DNA tests, to be the Khoisan people above.

 2. Linguistic Evidence: the linguistic evidence at this point is inconclusive for many of the Jarawa people in Asia today are isolated. However, it is important to note that not only do you find a group of Africoid people going by the name "Jarawa" in Asia, but you also find them going by the same name in sub-Saharan Africa. Interestingly, the Jarawa people in Asia today are mostly found in the Andaman Islands; where as, the Jarawa people in sub-Saharan Africa reside around the Adamawa Plateau - notice how similar the names are i.e. "Andaman" and "Adamawa." I don’t think this commonality of names is a coincidence.

3. Archeological Evidence: a key archeological evidence is the commonality of divination system in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (more specifically, China). When I examined the origin of sub-Saharan African divination system (i.e. IFA), I found out that IFA was conceived locally by the Khoisan, or perhaps by the earliest Bantu hybrid type. It’s not implausible that it was these same people who later transferred the knowledge of IFA system to the Shang Dynasty (i.e. Shango in Yoruba) of China when they migrated into Asia thousands of years ago. This I consider as to be the reason why IFA divination system and Chinese I Ching hexagram system are one and the same. (Adapted from my essay "Hybridization and The Absorption of Hominids Into The Diverse Human Population).

Oware board-game

Another archeological evidence is the Oware ancient-board game (i.e., Ayo Opon, Mancala etc), which is very popular among the sub-Saharan Africans, but is also found and played under a different name in South Asia (i.e., Sungka); more specifically, in the Philippines. Archeologists believe that this board game was brought into the Philippines by the indigenous Aeta people of the land, who have been linked genetically to sub-Saharan Africa.

In conclusion, I maintain that the journey of the AMM was not that of evolution, but rather of mutation and hybridization. It was the Khoisan and the hybridized Bantu type that left their homeland in Africa for other continents, where they interbred or hybridized with Erectus to survive in hostile environments.

Sacrificial Twins in The Old Yoruba Kingdom - Myth or Reality?

I have noticed, very recently, a few revisionists online claiming that the sacrifice of twins was a common practice among the Yoruba people during the Old Kingdom. I have said it before, and I will say it again: Yoruba people never engaged in the practice of sacrificing twins. But whoever is claiming otherwise is grossly misinformed; because, such an individual knows nothing about the Yoruba metaphysical thought process. Let us look at the Yoruba metaphysical thought process to put this argument to rest once and for all.

According to the Yoruba metaphysical thought process, our world is a chaotic market place (Aye loja) – chaos theory, created on the binary fortune of good and the misfortune of evil (Tibi tire la da ile aye) – binary theory, where only good character (IWA PELE) brings you closer to good fortune. The Yoruba understand the principle of harmonious binary opposites, and they regard twins as the perfect harmonious duality in human form (i.e., perfect “two truths”). There is nothing superficial, and I repeat, there is nothing superficial about this philosophical concept. It was this neat philosophical concept that led to the development of IFA or I Ching, which later morphed into binary code theory.

The Yoruba people look upon twins with such high veneration, much so, that twins are regarded as pseudo-orisha, Neteru or god in the Yoruba pantheon (Orisa Ibeji). In fact, the thesis that the Efik of Calabar were twin’s killers should be met with the antithesis of the Yoruba godly view of the twins, which is that twins are semi-deity in the Yoruba pantheon (i.e. Orisa Ibeji) - I strongly question Mary Slessor's account of twin's sacrifice among the Efik group of Calabar; this, I call a "missionary propaganda campaign." Anyway, how could twins be sacrificial and idolized at the same time? The answer is that twins are highly venerated in the Yoruba culture; so much so, that animals are often sacrificed to welcome their birth - twins were never sacrificed.

In conclusion, every culture of the world that sacrificed twins in antiquity did it for the same reason that many other cultures venerated them. That is, twins were regarded as perfect “two truths”, and thus were seen as the perfect harmonious duality in human form (Gerald Massey, natural genesis) - harmonious duality, they all believed, permeated our reality.

The Tale of the Two Cusha Dwipas and Du Bois's Misconception

When we made a serious inquiry into the origin and history of ancient nations, we found out that there were two lands of Ethiopia in the ancient times. There was Ethiopia of the East, also known as Cusha Dwipa within (I.e., Indus Valley), and there was Ethiopia of the West, also known as Cusha Dwipa without (I.e. Nile Valley). It is not necessary to talk about the intimate cultural and spiritual relations that existed between the two lands in antiquity for those are already old and well-known (see my essay “The Similarities Between Eastern and Western Kush”); however, it is necessary to examine and talk about the supposed common origin of the inhabitants of the two lands (i.e. Cusha Dwipa within and Cusha Dwipa without). The big question is whether the Nile Valley Civilization borrowed from the Indus Valley Civilization or vice versa.

There are positive, not necessarily accurate or even convincing, historical records of ancient Africans (Cushites) from the Horn of Africa (i.e. Nile Valley) having come to the Indus Valley. In the Greek mythology, Bacchus (i.e. Dionysus), the Ethiopian god was said to have conquered and established a colony in India – Bacchus was an imaginary personage, whom many people in the esoteric circle believe personifies the sun; so, this idle story of Bacchus may not qualify as a positive historical record. According to the Puranas of the Indian Scriptures, the ancient rulers of the Cusha Dwipas were said to be men of Meru or Meroe – Meroe was the ancient name for Sudan. The Puranas account is obviously a more positive historical record.

Conversely, there are other historical records that show how the colonies of Indus Valley (i.e. India) passed to the Horn of Africa (i.e., Nile Valley). One in particular was the Puranas of the Indian scriptures which states that the ancient Indians ruled over the whole of Indus Valley before moving west to the Horn of Africa.  Some historians, ancient and modern, bought into this “out of India” hypothesis. They argued that the first waves of shepherds who migrated into the Nile Valley region were ancient Indians. In his book “Anacalypsis,” Godfrey Higgins alluded to the fact that the original Phoenicians were Africoid people who left their native country in the Indus Valley to settle near the Assyrian Lake, and the extensive district between the Tigris and Euphrates, now called Palestine. The word “Palestine,” he opined, was derived from Pallisthan, an Indian word that means the seat of the Pallis or Shepherds – Palli, in Indian, means Shepherd.  Thus, the Indian origin of the word “Palestine” was taken as a proof of the “out of India" hypothesis.

One of the staunch proponents of the “out of India” or should I say “Out of Southern Asia” hypothesis was W.E.B Du Bois. In his book “The Negro,” Du Bois states "from the center in Southern Asia primitive human beings began to differentiate in two directions. Toward the South appeared the primitive Africoid people, long-headed and with flattened hair follicle. He spread along the Southern Asia and passed over into Africa, where he survives today as the reddish dwarfs of the center and the Bushmen of South Africa." Du Bois and many European scholars of his day actually thought that the anatomical modern man originated from Southern Asia. According to them, since the fossil records had shown that the first anatomical modern man (AMM) was black; then, the first AMM had to be a “black Asiatic” - an erroneous assumption that has been disproven by the modern DNA test that shows that the first AMM actually came from Africa, not from Southern Asia as originally thought.

The “out of Southern Asia” hypothesis that was erroneously popularized by Du Bois among the black psuedo-scholars here in the United States was later adopted by many people in the black "spiritually conscious" communities. For example, the Moorish Science Temple, founded by Noble Drew Ali; Nuwaubian nation and the Nation of Islam. It is not uncommon, even today, to see members of the aforementioned communities adhering to the "out of Southern Asia" hypothesis and the erroneous concept of "The Black Asiatic." I must say that Du Bois was accurate in so many other areas, but on the “out of southern Asia” hypothesis, science proved him wrong. This is not a critique of the man, but rather an examination of his misconception and the origin of the misnomer “The Black Asiatic."

References:

Drusilla Dunjee: "The wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire."

Godfrey Higgins: "Anacalypsis - Vol.I & II."

W.E.B Du Bois: "The Negro."

Odu "gba were mesin" - Blind Faith.

In the Odu “gba were mesin”......a young initiate from the temple of Ast sought consultation with IFA. IFA warned the young one of an imminent flood, but advised the young one to be prepared and to have faith. Three days after the warning, there was a great flood in the land. The young initiate rushed out of his house to escape the flood, but was swept away by the heavy current into the pool of water where he started to drown.

While drowning, three different boats came one after the other to rescue the young one. But to the rescuers' dismay, the young one refused to get on the boat. He maintained that his salvation was in the hands of IFA, not in the hands of the rescuers, and that his strong faith in IFA would rescue him from the flood. The last rescuer reluctantly left just like the one before him, and the young initiate eventually drowned.

At his death, the young initiate reunited with IFA in the underworld where he protested to IFA for not being saved despite his strong faith in him. IFA responded "I sent three boats to rescue you, but your blind faith prevented you from getting on any of them; so, for your blind faith, you prematurely relegated yourself to the underworld." It is in the underworld the young initiate remains till date.