Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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( 210 ) The names Assur and the Assyrians remind us of the Asuras of Bhārata. That may also remind us of Osiris of Egypt and Anu of Sumer. It is probable that the bosom of a small patch of territory might have continued to cherish the name and traditions of the ancient Asuras who were the pioneers of spiritual cultures and civilizations in the vast Śramaņic region. The conflict of West Asia and Egypt in the second millennium B. C. is the conflict of the Gaņa or Āryan Way and the Jana or Šramaņic Way. The confluence of the opposites took place but none emerged. victorious. Both died down in West Asia and became oblivious to history. Greece records the ultimate triumph of the Aryan Gana-Way while Bhārata that of the Sramaņic Jana-Way.
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