North-East's civilisational links with India.

I am grateful to a piece of Chinese propaganda that I came across. This propaganda claimed many Indian territories as Chinese...this triggered a quest inside me and I came across all this.Please read on:

Arunachal Pradesh - home to the kund (pond) of sage Parashuram (Purana).

Arunachalis are Danavas of the Brahmaputra Valley who fled under pressure from Asuras of Mithila. The Kalika Purana says many Danavas departed to countries (Burma,Thailand,Malaysia,Indonesia,Vietnam…etc) beyond the ocean (Sagarantam); others withdrew to the northern valley of the Brahmaputra and the hills of the Arunachal Pradesh, where they are known as Mishing, Adis, Apatanis (The Children of Abo-Tani in India, Fiji & Polynesia, Calcutta, 2000- B. Chakravarti).

The Asom Buranji (history of Assam
) recorded by the Deodhai priests of the Ahom kings says its earliest king was Mahiranga Danava.
Mahiranga could be a Sanskritised form of Moirang, the capital of the Danava ruler. Moirang (Mai+rang) means husked paddy, and there are several places called Moirang in Assam's Brahmaputra valley as well as in Manipur. There is considerable evidence that Manipur was home to some Danavas, as also a transit point for other Danavas from the West to the East.
Mori still exists as one of many Indo-Burma cross over borders.

As Mahiranga was designated a Danava, it follows that he descended from people who claimed Tani as their ancestor (Taneh apatyam puman iti Tanavah). Hence they are called 'Tanavas,' or Danava in Sanskrit. Assam had several Danava kings; the Asom Buranji lists them as Mahiranga, Ghataka, Samvara, among others. They ruled the Kiratas of north-eastern India.

The Puranas say around the third millennium BC, the Asuras led by prince Naraka moved from Mithila up the Ganga and occupied Pragjyotispura on the banks of the
Brahmaputra. Ghataka led the Danava resistance, but was beheaded by Naraka, who also took over the white elephant of King of the Kiratas and riding it, started trampling and liquidating the Kiratas up to the river Dikrong. The Kiratas sought refuge beyond the ocean. Later, another Asura prince, Bana, travelled further upstream and occupied Sonitapura. The wars with the Asuras caused many Danavas to flee to Thailand and Myanmar; small groups possibly went even further

There is no historical or cultural or religious affinity expressed in any Han Chinese literature, either with any of North-Eastern Indian states, including Arunachal Pradesh, which was attacked by China a and it still occupies 30,000 sq kms in Aksai chin(Laddakh) 90,000 Sq. Kms (Eastern sector) of Indian land that our ‘great’, ‘charismatic’ leader Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru lost to it and appeased himself by stating “….not a single blade of grass grows on that land….”.(sic!)

Thanks to Pandit ji, On 18 November 1962, the 13th Kumaon regiment of Indian Army took its last stand here and died fighting to the last man…..

Ae mere vatan ke logon, zara aankh mein bhar lo paani, jo shahid hue hain unki, zara yaad karo kurbani …..jab ant samay aayaa to keh gaye ke hum chalte hain, khush rehne desh ke payaron, ab hum to safar karte hain….!!!

God Bless!
SHYAM