Dilmun and Ikshawaku
In
Sumerian cuneiform, the mythical Dilmun was known as the bright and pure land.
Dilmun was the land of abundant fresh water. It was known as land of rising Sun
or where the sun rises first. It was a paradisaical land! It encompassed
Behrain, Kuwait, Qatar, neighbouring Arabian coast and Persian gulf island.
Bahrain in Arabic means twin water. Persian gulf is the salt water and Abzu or
Apsu is an Arabian aquifer, is a fresh water stream. There are various theories
have been given to identify the location of Dilmun. It's hard to get any
substantial archaeological evidences to establish the exact location of Dilmun. Climatic changes, several migrations, wars
and civilization changes make archaeological findings a rare feat.
There were
an extensive trade connection between Dilmun, Indus valley, Mesopotamia and
Meluha. Dilmun seals are found at Lothal, Gujarat. Surprising things are
weights and measures that were found at Dilmun were identical to those of Indus
valley and not to Mesopotamia. There was more than mere trade connections between
Dilmun and Indus-Saraswati civilization.
Dilmun
appears first in Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet at the end of 4th millennium
BC. The adjective Dilmiun is used to describe a type of axe and one specific
official. Dilmunites were bow and axe carrier hunters. The elites of Dilmun
civil were considered true royalty by the Mesopotamian. They were Kshatriya of
Solar dynasty. They established first city at Eridu and cult of Enki. Dilmuns
were the Ikshwakus! Connections and civilization exchanges between Sea faring
people and Su people had long been established which gave rise to many cultures
and civilizations around.
Our great
heroes like Rama, Baharta, Sagara, Bhagiratha and many others belonged to
Ikshawaku dynasty. Twenty to out of twenty four Jain Thirthankara belonged to
this dynasty. Ikshawakus founded solar dynasty.
Ikshawaku's
literal meaning in Sanskrit is sugar cane though in marshy land it represented
REED. Reed is a tall, slender leave plant of grass family, which grows in water
or on marshy ground. As the civilization developed and spread wide it would
adopt local norms and meanings as a
substitute and weave stories around them, but the basic theme remain same in
every culture.
Inzak was
the chief god of dilimunite pantheon. He was the god of Agaru, a land in Eastern
Arabia. He was a Saptarishi Angira. Their main cult centre was at Failaka
island which is in Kuwait, the extreme southern end of Iraq.
Agni (Eastern
Semitic) daughter (Angira daughter) had six sons by her Ikshawaku husband.
Ikshawakus were the mixed breed of sea faring people and Samarrans/Su people.
Ikshawaku's son expanded and created several other solar kingdoms.
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