6_Glorious_Epochs_of_Indian_History

1ST GLORIOUS EPOCH 7
called 'Ganas' or 'Ganarajyas'. Their constitution was essen­
tially democratic. There were only two or three monarchies
worth the name, one of which the biggest and strongest, was
ruled by a Pourav King, whom the Greeks called Porus*'.
DR. JAYASWAL'S HINDU POLITY'
12. Dr. Jayaswal, one of the prominent members of the
revolutionary party, 'Abhinava Bharat', during the critical
years of 1907-1910, and later on a world-famous Orientalist,
has given, after a critical research, a very detailed account of
the different 'Bharateeya Ganas' spread along both the banks
of the Indus right up to its confluence with the sea.
13. According to Greek mythologies, they seem to have
believed that their ancestors had migrated as a separate
branch of the original Aryan Stock from the Gandhar and
other regions beyond the Indus**. When Alexander's forces
entered the precincts of India they accidentally came across a
small community of people who called themselves the original
Greeks*'. They had been completely merged with the Indians,
but as soon as they saw this Greek army they avowed that
they were the ancient brethren of those Greeks'**. Alexander,
too, was led to believe that India must be the original abode
of his ancestors. He and his whole army were so much de­
lighted at the sight of this, their antique fatherland, that
they stopped fighting for some days and celebrated a great
festival. The Greeks performed a sacrifice and offered
oblations to propitiate their Greek deities'^.
14. The Greek Gods resembled the Vedic ones very
closely. Their names had undergone changes in pronuncia­
tion by corruption in course of time. The Greeks too perfor­
med sacrifices as the Indo-Aryans did, and offered oblations
through the fire to their various deities'*. They were also
called lonians.
IONIAN' AND YAVAN'
15. It is likely that these Greeks were the descendants