Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi

STUDY OF HISTORY
We have quoted above a
hymn regarding
the Saraswati river from Vedic India. In this
hymn a poet has praised the Saraswati river
because it lies between the land of his own people
and that of their enemies. From this, the writer
of Vedxc India has rightly concluded that Saraswati
was the border of the Punjab in the period
of Rigveda and, due to this river, the Aryans
of this side enjoyed protection against attacks
from the colonists on the ether side. Neither of
them could cross the river. This also shows that
in those days the people could make neither
bridges nor boats.
According to the author of Vedic India ,
the
biggest battle mentioned by Rigveda is the battle
in which teD monarchies took part. Rigveda
also accounts for the causes of this battle. We
shall not go into details. We will only point out
that this testimony of Rigveda indicates that
in the areas at that time occupied by the Aryans,
there were ten monarchies. The greatest monarch
was Sudas who was the head of the Bharat tribe.
He belonged to the tribe of Tristo and one of
his former prime ministers, Vishwamitra, had
caused the tribes of Musya, Bakbat, Prakhtu,
Bholan, Plannas, Asina, Vishni, Siva, Sevi, Aja,
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