I always thought Nagini means female snake in Hindi, hence the reason why it was chosen (like Shere Khan, Colonel Hathi etc in the Jungle Book) ...
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Which South Indian king? What is Ram Lee? I am Javanese Indonesian and have never heard of either of them. Please explain my culture.
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Indonesian national air carrier is called Garuda..right? Go search Hindu/ Indic mythology. Garuda was an giant bird which carried the Hindu God Vishnu on his back and was supposed to be the swiftest of transports. Ram is considered the seventh incarnation of Vishnu.
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Of course we all know that. We are well versed in Mahabarata Baratayuda RamaSinta stories and acknowledge our Hindu ancestors proudly. But which South Indian king colonised Java? I have never heard of that. Ram I am not familiar. Wisnu Kresna Brahma, I know. Thanks for replying.
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Oh my bad. Was replying to someone else. Sorry for the miscommunication. And no I am not saying I don't acknowledge Indian influence in our culture. Respect goes a long way. I was commenting on someone saying we were colonised by India. That I didnt know.
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Chola Dynasty under Rajendra Chola - I did invade and colonise a substantial part of South East Asia including Java, Sumatra, Suwarnbhoomi and probably that is where the Hindu influence came to these places from. Some reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_Chola_I …
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Oh you mean Sriwijaya. That's at the island of Sumatera which is different with Java btw. The Naga myth is largely found at Java, clearly Hindu influence. But never acknowledge or record King Chola attack. Thx for the reference.
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I think we should stop calling our ancient Asian history as myth when there are geographical evidences of existence of places, ruins and literature corroborating We are still slave of West in our mind and call our rich history as myth till some western ‘researcher’ endorses it
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Waiting for Rowling to acknowledge your tweet and recognise her inadequate awareness about Asian mythology.
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You think she would? Multiple people have already told it to her...
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Don't I know that she won't. I see scholars in my field flocking to read about South Asia from shoddy books produced in the west. We are the subject, we are the market but they have the power to tell our stories :)
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Which is just sad. :(
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So much. But things are changing. Kudos to Amish for calling her out. His and others work is getting accepted which is great.
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Yes. Total respect. Amish is somebody who is proud of his heritage/cultutre and his work and words reflects that.
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Actually credit can be given due for Tamil chola kings who deserve as well...Why it has to indic
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Tamil is "India".
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I think I talked about the civilization which is responsible for taking these traditions around South East Asia......
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Repeat after me "Tamil civilization is Indian civilization" "Tamil is India, India is Tamil" Jai Hind
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Indus valley and Dravidian civilization are different. But definitely both belongs to India.
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True. But still both are different.
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Please take your Aryan Dravidian divide to Kerala. I am a proud Tamil and believe there was NO AIT.
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