It has been proved in various previous writings that the Sakas/Scythians, Kushans/Rishikas/Uchis, Tushars/Tokhars/Uchis, Kambojas/Kushans, Turks, Uyghurs of Central Asia, before becoming Buddhists and forcibly converted to Muslims in the later period, were local. With the changes, the Vedic religions were supposed to follow the culture itself. Later, during the conquest and power of the Iranian Hakhamani emperors, some people started following the Zoroastrian religion (Parsi). Some Greek religious culture had influence in Alexander's conquest and rule. When Ashoka's empire extended to Central Asia, then Buddhism spread to Central Asia as well and many Shakya Hindu Shakyas (a branch of the Shakyas) became followers of Muni Gautam Buddha. Gradually Buddhism spread from Turan, Xinjiang of the Uyghurs to the Kashapi (Caspian) Sea, the kingdom of the Western Turks. Thus, at the beginning of AD, the followers of Shaivism and Buddhism were the two largest communities of Central Asia and the third place can be placed Jorastra Dharma.
Indigenous and foreign historians who start reading and writing the history of Central Asia only from 700 BC see them all the same. Some tell everyone the doubts and their different branches. Some call Kushanas and Tukhars one and the same. Some call Rishik as Kushan, some Yuchi as Kushan and Mahayuchi as Tushar. But we have proved in the previous articles on the basis of ancient historical texts of India that most of them were people of different Indian origin or Indian culture. But since the culture of the people living in Central Asia had acquired a definite shape over the course of thousands of years, it appears to be present in all. Therefore, to anyone studying the history of these castes only before or after 700 AD, they all look the same and they remain confused while their original history is available in Indian texts which they have declared as mythologies.
The same irony is with the Huns. Rather than that, the leftist historians of India have made a complete conspiracy. Those who came to India were not 'Huns' (Eastern Huns) but 'White Huns' who are also called 'Har Huns'. But leftist historians slyly describe both as one. The Huns were a dreaded, violent, barbaric people who came from Mongolia, China. The leftist historians, describing their barbarism, show the attacks of the Huns on India and call them Huns, which is completely wrong. As we have mentioned above that the Huns who came to India were White Huns or Har Huns who were called Greek Hephthalites. These were the people living in the Oxus river valley.
In the Mahabharata, they have been called Vrishnivanshi Har Hun, which means a lot because Lord Krishna was also a Vrishnivanshi Yadav Kshatriya.
Indian Origin of White Huns
According to the Sabhaparva of Mahabharata, Pandu's son Nakula had a war with Harhuns in the west direction. In the Rajasuya Yagya performed by Yudhishthira in Indraprastha, Harhun also brought gifts.
The main people involved in the Rajasuya Yagya of Yudhishthira were Tushar, Bahlik, Kirat, Pahlava, Parada, Darad, Kamboja, Saka, Kanka, Romaka, Yavana, Kshudraka, Malava, Vrishnivanshi Harhun, Kekay, Sindh, Kashmir etc. who were present with various types of gifts, in which camels, elephants, cows, horses, donkeys, gold, gems etc. were present. [Mahabharata:Sabhaparva, 2.51-2.53; 3.51 and 3:51]
In the Adi Parva, Chapter 177 of the Mahabharata, there is a mention of the war between Vishvamitra and Vishvamitra over the question of the right of the sage Vashishtha over the Kamadhenu cow. In the above chapter of Aadi Parva, it has been told that for the protection of Kamdhenu cow of Vashistha Muni, warrior soldiers like Huns, Pulinda, Kerala etc. were born from different parts of Kamdhenu cow. These people came forward to protect what it simply means.
According to the Sanskrit epic 'Raghuvansh' written by Kalidas, Raghu defeated the Huns living on the banks of the Indus river under his Digvijay campaign. In the knowledge and belief of Kalidas, during the reign of Raghu, the founder of Raghuvansh, the White Huns also resided in the region of the Indus river in India.
According to Vishnu Purana, Kuru Panchala in the middle of Bharatvarsha, Kamrup (Assam) in the east, Pandua, Kalinga and Magadha in the south, Saurashtra, Sur, Aabhir, Arbud, Karusha, Malava, Sauvir and Saindhav in the north and Huna, Salva in the north. Shakal, Ambashta and Parsik are located. According to the ancient Puranas, the Hun region was in the northern part of India.
Kalhan in his book Rajatarangini mentions Alkhan Gurjar, the ruler of Punjab in the ninth century. On the coins of Hunraj Toorman and his son Mihirkul, the name of their dynasty is written Alkhan (Alkhono). That is why they are also called Alkhan Huns. According to Dr. Sushil Bhati, in the ninth century, the princely family of the Huns was called 'Alkhan' Gurjar. That is, a branch of the Gurjars was the Huns.
In medieval Indian texts, the Huns were considered to be the princely Kshatriyas. In the Kumarpal Prabandha / Kumarpal Charit written by Hemchandra, 36 princes of Kshatriyas have been mentioned. The Huns are included in the list of 36 princes in this book. Colonel James Tod in his book Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829 AD) has prepared a list of 36 princes of Kshatriyas, in this list also the Huns are included in 36 princes.
Other Characteristics of White Huns
Procopius writes that the White Huns were taller, more beautiful and that they were fairer than the Asian Huns (Procopius:“De bello Persico”, I. p.3). Some scholars believe that the Hunas were descendants of the Kushanas because they used to write Rajadhiraja on their coins like the Kushanas, such as a pillar found at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) reads, “King of kings on the border of North India, Devaputra a prince lives." They thus wanted to prove themselves to be the successors of the Kushanas in India (A. Stein:"White Huns and Kindred Tribes in the History of India", IA 1905, pp.83-84 and Sircar:"Selected Inscriptions" No.41 and 54.).
Perhaps this is the reason why some historians and scholars who consider the Kushanas the ancestors of the Gujjars also consider the Huns as Gurjars. But by the study of the ancient history of India, all these prove to be the descendants of different Indian Kshatriyas. But since the language, culture, tradition, religion, spirituality, worship method, rites and cremation system of almost all the Hindus of Central Asia or the people made from Hindu to Buddhist are similar to each other, therefore bypassing the ancient historical texts of Indian ancient historical texts a few hundred or few. Saka, Kushan, Tushar, White Hun etc. seem to be the same to historians who read and write history since thousand years ago and they keep mixing them up.
Similar historians believe that it is clear from the available archaeological evidence of the Kushans and Huns that they followed all the religions of Asia and adopted the customs, language and religion of the country they occupied. We find signs of Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Shaivism religions on their coins. On one side of his coins, the king's name was written in Greek letters and Bactrian dialect, while on the other side in Kharoshthi script and Prakrit language or Brahmi script and Sanskrit language.
“It is a remarkable feature of the Central Asian invaders that wherever they went, they adopted the local customs, beliefs and traditions, even the languages and changed themselves according to their new environments. This strong quality of assimilation persisted when they entered India." (Atreyi Biswas:“The Political History of the Hunas in India”, Munshiram Manoharlal Pbl. 1971. p. 59.)
The question is, then what will they say about those who see the same civilization, culture, religion, tradition, rites, belief etc. in the whole of Central Asia like Shakas, Kushanas, Tushars, Huns etc. and get them from archaeological researches? And if it has been a common feature of the invaders of Central Asia that they adopted the religion and tradition of the country they attacked, then the Uzbeks, Turks, Afghans, Khakans, Mongols, etc., who came from Central Asia, came to India. Why Indian civilization did not adopt culture and tradition? The reality is that they mixed with Bharatvarsha and Indians because they themselves were associated with Hindu civilization, culture, religion, tradition.
Founder of White Hun dynasty in India
Toorman is believed to be the founder of the Hun dynasty in India, so first of all we should mention the Indian records proving Toraman's reign and his conquests. One of them is the Eran statue inscription which was in the central part of India in modern Madhya Pradesh. The White Hun ruler seems to have already conquered northern and western India. The idol probably stood in front of a temple built for Vishnu and the following text is inscribed on its seat in Brahmi script:
"In the first year of the reign of Maharajadhiraja (King of kings):Sri Toraman who is ruling the earth with great fame and glory." (D.C. Sircar:“Select Inscriptions”, I. p.396, No. 55.)
The main pillar of Kura located in northern Punjab, which is now in Pakistan, has the following inscription:
It is typed in the rule of Maharajadhiraj Toman who is the great Javla Shah (Saha Javlah). D.C. Sircar:ibid. I. p.398, No. 56.
Virud "King of Kings" - Sanskrit Maharajadhiraja - is engraved on both stone inscriptions, but the title:Saha can also be seen on the Kura pillar. The Kushanas used this name as the Kushan kings. However Toramana retained his Hun identity to some extent, as the word "Javala" appears on the pillar inscriptions. Researchers interpret this term differently. On the one hand it means the birthplace of Toorman. The city has been their headquarters since the time of the Persians and the Gandharians, ie Kabul. They called this city Jaula, Jawla, Zabula or Zabola in their own language, these names can be found on their different coins. So the title Saha Jawla means:"Ruler of Kabul". (Karabacek:“Epigraphia Indica” I. p. 239)
Above is an incomplete explanation of the words Javlah, Zabula, Zabola. The region from the border of eastern Iran to Kabul was once called Zabul which means "saffron region". The word saffron is an integral word associated with Vedic civilization, culture. The pride of being a resident of this region is visible among the Huns. This word associated with their names is the proof of their association with Vedic culture, not that they joined Vedic religion and culture after coming to India.
Toorman is also mentioned on the Gwalior inscription, but the inscription was made in 530 AD during the reign of his son and successor Mihirkul. It was engraved on the temple post built to worship the Sun God and Shiva.
“Among them, whose family has risen to fame, the son of the lord of the earth, Toraman, who is popularly known as Mihirkul, who worships the unbroken Pashupati”.
Pashupati is one of the different names of Shiva. Inscriptions show that both Mihirkul and Toraman were followers of Shiva. Mihirkul means sun dynasty.
Torman coins were present in the markets of Kashmir even in the 18th century. His coins bear the name "Sahi Zabula" or "Sahi Jowla" and on the reverse side are visible Shiva and his riding:Nandi the bull, or the symbol of the Sun God:Surya-chakra. It is clear that the worship of Sun God and Shiva was his original nature-dharma.
White Hun Mihirkul
According to Rajatarangini, Mihirkul was born in the Gaunand Kshatriya dynasty of Kashmir. The founder of this dynasty, Gonand was related to King Jarasandha mentioned in the Mahabharata. An inscription of the fifteenth year of the reign of Mihirkul Huna has been received from a Sun temple in Gwalior. He completed the conquest of North India and also collected tribute from the Guptas. Mihirkul made Sialkot in Punjab his capital.
Mihirkul Huna was a staunch Shaiva. He built thousands of Shiva temples during his reign. According to the Mandsaur inscription, he did not bow his head in front of anyone other than Lord Shiva before the battle with Yashodharman. Mihirkul has also been called a Shiva devotee in the Gwalior inscription. Jayatu Vrisha is written on the coins of Mihirkul which means- Jai Nandi.
The inscription number 27 of Mandsaur is probably of 533 AD. It describes his defeat by Yashodharman:
“Dedicated to the glory of Yashodharman who conquered the earth from the Lohitya (Brahmaputra) river to the Western Ocean and from the Himalayas to the Mahendra mountain who forced the famous Huna king Mihirkul to bow before Yashodharman’s force. The head of Mihirkul was never brought before in the humility of obedience to anyone other than Lord Sthanu (Shiva)."
Mihirkul Hun established a city named Mihirpur in Kashmir. According to Kalhan, Mihirkul had built a grand Shiva temple named Mihireshwar near Srinagar in Kashmir. He donated 1000 agrahara villages to the brahmins in the Gandhara area. Kalhana presents Mihirkul Huna as a devotee of Shiva, a supporter of Brahmins.
Not only Mihirkul but all Huns were Shiva devotees. The temple of Mahasu Devta (Mahadev) located in Hanol, Uttarakhand is a magnificent specimen of Huna architectural style, it is said that it was built by Huna Bhat. Bhat means warrior.
"On one side of his silver coins can be seen a half-long portrait of the king with a writing in Persian language and on the other side the sun-disc and moon crescent shape, sometimes fire-altar, on another occasion bow and arrow or Shiva Symbol of:Trident appears. On the other hand, Mihirkul of the majestic king Jabul is found.
Other White Hun Rulers
प्रवरसेन तोरमाण का छोटा बेटा था. मिहिरकुल की मृत्यु के बाद उसका सबसे छोटा भाई (सौतेला भाई):प्रवरसेन, उसके पुत्र के बाद:गोकर्ण, बाद का पुत्र खिनखिला और उसका पुत्र युधिष्ठिर, अंत में उसका पोता लखन ने भारत के उत्तरी भाग पर शासन किया.
कल्हण के अनुसार, प्रवरसेन, हालांकि वह मिहिरकुल का सौतेला भाई था, अपने पूर्ववर्ती के विपरीत एक दयालु और बुद्धिमान शासक था, जिसे उसके लंबे शासनकाल के दौरान उसके अधीनस्थों द्वारा स्वीकार किया गया था. कश्मीर में हूण शासकों में, पुराणों में वर्णित, प्रवरसेन के बाद उनके पुत्र गोकर्ण थे, जिन्होंने थोड़े समय के लिए शासन किया था. उनके कुछ सिक्के उत्तर भारत में पाए गए. उनके पुत्र खिनखिला ने कश्मीर में शिव के लिए एक मंदिर समर्पित किया और ३६ वर्षों तक शासन किया, जैसा कि राजतरंगिणी ने कहा है. (Sircar:EI. 1963 p. 44.)
जब हुआन-त्सांग, अपने लंबे भारतीय प्रवास के बाद, कश्मीर में फिर से घर लौटा और उस समय खिनखिला का पुत्र:जुधिष्ठिर सिंहासन पर बैठा. चीनी भिक्षु ने उनके बारे में बहुत लिखा. राजतरंगिणी के अनुसार जुधिष्ठिर ने ६३३ से ५५७ ई. तक २४ वर्षों तक शासन किया, (Rajatarangini, Bk. III. 383)
वराह उपासक श्वेत हूण
भारत में वराह पूजा की शुरुआत मालवा और ग्वालियर इलाके में लगभग ५०० ई. में उस समय हुई जब हूणों ने यहाँ प्रवेश किया. यही पर हमें हूणों के प्रारभिक सिक्के और अभिलेख मिलते हैं. भारत में हूण शक्ति को स्थापित करने वाले उनके नेता तोरमाण के शासनकाल में इसी इलाके के एरण, जिला सागर, मध्य प्रदेश में वराह की विशालकाय मूर्ति स्थापित कराई थी जो कि भारत में प्राप्त सबसे पहली वराह मूर्ति हैं. तोरमाण के शासन काल के प्रथम वर्ष का अभिलेख इसी मूर्ति से मिला हैं. जोकि इस बात का प्रमाण हैं कि हूण और उनका नेता तोरमाण भारत प्रवेश के समय से ही वाराह के उपासक थे.