CROATS - HEIRS OF THE SARASVATI CIVILIZATION?

Instead of introduction

In the middle of the last decade of the last century, one of my TM-friends told me Maharishi has said that the Croats are a very old people. Since 1997. to 2002. Maharishi wanted to move from the Netherlands to Croatia (Istria) desiring to establish an university for 7,000 people, mostly yogic fliers. Since the Croatian journalists have not believed this, the journalist from the ‘Nacional’ journal obtained and published an interview with Maharishi on September 2^nd1998. Why Maharishi wanted to move from wealthy Dutch just to Croatia? Following words could provide the answer.

The 10 years ago, back when I had just set up another Croatian - Indian Friendship Society, the cultural attaché from the Indian Embassy gave me a call and said, 'Dawn, I have something you might be interested in. Here is an article from a magazine that is received by all Indian embassies around the world, and it has an article on an archaeological finding in Croatia.' He then faxed me an interesting article about Spila cave on the peninsula of Peljesac (Pelyeshatz). An Canadian and our Staso (Stasho) Forenbaher archaeologists found 8,000 years old shrine (from the early Neolithic) left intact for the last 2000 years - the only one ever discovered Illyrian shrine!

There was a stalagmite there, surrounded with many layers of many millenia old vessels of the sacrificed debris. Archaeologists have concluded that it represents an altar to fertility. As the finding was published in the prestigious journal 'Antiquity' in English, the news was read in India, and the article published entitled: 'Shrine untouched for 2000 years found in Croatia - Is it a Shiva Lingam?' (Untouched sanctuary found in Croatia - Is it a Shiva Lingam?) - alluding to a stalagmite in the form of Shiva lingam.

‘Our Vedic scholars and historians have discovered', further says in the article,' that the origin of the name Croatia is 'Krushavasti'. It is believed that Croatia was founded by Rama's elder son, Kusha.’ (Rama is the seventh avatar of the supreme Hindu god Vishnu - the Most High, who incarnates every time when there is a need to elevate mankind fell into ignorance, and solve the troubles that it ignorance brings). 'It is interesting that the first Sanskrit grammar ever printed in the West was the work of Philip Vezdin, Carmelit (who was Croat from the Lower Austria, comment by Z.M.) who lived

in India in the 18th Century', reminds the author of this article.

In memoriam scientists who fight for the scientific truth, the preservation of national identity, and have sacrificed their lives for it

This theme has become a topic after the Croatian War of Independence, 1994. While I've founded the first Croatian - Indian Friendship Society, I met with Dr. Andrija Zeljko Lovric (Andrew Zelyko Lovrich), whose father was killed after the World War II, since he was confident that the Croats originated from far-eastern countries (Iran, India), and that their roots are not Slavic. Dr. Andria Zeljko Lovric, continuing his father's work on collecting old-Croatian words, has published a voluminous book - vocabulary of the old peasants from his native island Krk. So, in front of me is over 1,200 pages thick dictionary of the encyclopedic proportions 'Early Croatian medieval pradialekts', Book I, Zagreb, 2004., published by the Society for the Scientific Study of Croat’s Origin and the Croatian-Indian Society. Dictionary (Gan-Veyan in Krk's old dialect) includes 23,700 words from Baska and 5,000 from Rab and Vinodolski. The Abstract of the book claims that the speech of these peasants included 40% Slavic, 37% Romanic, and 23% of Indo-Iranian and Mesopotamian archaic (including Indo-Vedic) words. The book was dedicated to the first to collect archaic words, author's father Michael Lovrich, the collector of enormous linguistic structure.
The book quotes the legend of India, the country in which the trees grow ham! I remember also that Dr. Lovrich (at that time professor at the biggest scientific national institute in Croatia, 'R.Boskovic - Boshkovich'), said that his grandmother, answering the the question of the origin of their ancestors, replied, 'We are from India and our god was Indra. 'Ham grow on trees’ obviously represent the metaphor of Heaven on Earth.

Theories about the Iranian origin of Croats

In the nineties, I met the ardent advocates of the Iranian origin of Croats, Mr. Mijo Curic - Meeyo Chureech. In 1991. Mr. Curic released a book called 'Old Iranian origin of the Croats’. Since at that time the extensive genetic studies were not yet been available, we are going to use some titles of his book’s chapters as a base on his assertions rely: Harauvatia - Kingdom in ancientCroats; Tribes kingdom Harauvatish; Appendix of the Old Iranian-Croatian family names, antroponims and onomastics; Old Iranian words and other Old Iranian toponims in Croatian surnames; Names of the modern Afghan tribes and corresponding Croatian surnames etc. Interestingly enough, in the Dictionary of Iranian words at the end of the book, we find a lot of similar terms: for eg., 'zor' (daw-n) means force, power; Zora turn to be the feminine name from the time of King Tigran (King Zora); winter (zima) means winter (zima), that is the same in Iran and Croatian language; and triplets are found in Iran’s and Croatian’s iconography as well. Checkerboard can be found in Iranian and Croatian tradition, too; both nations have a similar traditional dress, etc.
This theory is also represented by Mirko Vidovic Vidovich), author of "Iran's Croatian roots' of 1991. Although now opsolet, according to these theories, PraCroats (ancient Croats) apparently crossed over (and there are partially settled) Iran and other Asian, and European countries. The theory that the Croats came from Iran developed during the 20th century, especially after Croatian independence. According to old records and similarities between these two nations, there was a theory that the Croats were the Iranian tribes. This theory is particularly represented by Stephen Chrysin Sakac, professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. Incidentally, Caspar, one of the three holy kings, was also Harauvat!

Etymology of the name HRVATI (Croats, Croatians)

According to this theory, the Arya nations have invaded India from Iran and are now called Hindus, upon the river Indus. They are supposedly a branch of Indo-European (Aryan) people. Aryan means noble and the prefix 'ar' is also present in other nations, and even in Assyria there was a name Arvat. In Syria there is a town Arwata, Chorwat in India, and in the Kurdistan village Hrwati (Croats). Meaning of the name Hrvati could be similar to that of Arya and Harahwaiti. Chain of the names that from the III. millennium BC connects Caucasian-Mesopotamian-Iranian PraCroats (prahrvati) with today's Croats (according to this theory) goes as follows: Huravat - Sarasvat- Aruvat - Harahvaiti - Harvat - Aruvat - Harauvatish - Harauvatia - Harauvatim - Harauvat - Harahvaiti - Horohvat - Arivates - Horvathos - Hrovatoi - Crvat (Tzrvat) - Harvat - Horvat - Hrvat (Croat).
According to the findings of these Iranists, one of the oldest Croatian name 'Horoathos' was found on the stones inscribed with the Greek alphabet dated 200 BC. These stones were found in the port Tanais on the Crimea and are kept in the archaeological museum of St. Petersburg. On the occasion of the discovery of this stone, the Scientific Society for the Study of the Origin of Croats has organized in November 2000. a lecture on 'Tanais - the meeting of civilizations' (1800 years of Croats on the European soil) to which I myself have attended. The invitation, which I reread, Ph.D. Ivan (John) Biondich’s table shows that the Croats come from Saraswati civilization in northern India (2,000 BC); Harahvaiti then settled in Afghanistan and Iran (about 1,400 BC). Than thay have the Huravat kingdom in Mesopotamia (1270-585 BC); followed by Croats from the Black Sea: Horites-Horoathi-Hrwts (I to V century); then he names the rulers of Croatian states from the sixth century; the Croats on the Adriatic (VII-VIII century); Trpimir (Charter from the y.852.); king Tomislav ( y.952.) (IX and X century) to the Baska Tablet (XI century). in short the Croatian history is devided to the: Indo-Iranian primal, Red (South) Croatia, White (Western) Croatia, and the Adriatic-Pannonian Croatia. Fragment of the plate from the Tanais (Azov sea) contains the names Horuathos - the Croats that belong to the Black Sea. In short, the Croats came from (H)Indus-Saraswati valley; through Iran (Harauvati - Anti from the east of the Caspian Sea); Caucasus to the Azov Sea (Choroathos - Horovatos) and Black Sea; than they founded the Carpathians-Slavic state (Chordad); then White Croatia (Chrawati) landed in present native (southern part of the White Croatian, which covers the north-western part of the Adriatic Sea, Bosnia and Pannonian Croatia), and the south-eastern part of Dalmatia called Red Croatia.

So, knowing all this, it was not surprising that the young Ukrainian poet Ivan (John) Lučuk (Loochook) during his tour in Zagreb said: ''On the Caucasus you can still, in 21. century, meet an old man, sitting with a pipe, who, on the question who he ,s responds: ‘I am the Red Croat.''

The story of the Glagolitic alphabet or Harahvaiti Risi - Risi Sarasvati

Before telling this story, it will be interesting to hear one 'case report' of our fellow citizen, Mr. Tomislav Grgo Antičić (Antichich). He was a renowned businessmen in former Yugoslav scale and, in recent times, well known for publishing 20 issues of the magazine 'Harahvaiti'. In November 2005. I have bought the first issue of the magazine, captured by it's cover title: ‘A sensational discovery - Croatian origin of the world civilization 4300 years old!' Writing in the journal referred to the digital edition of the magazine Expedition (vol. 42, no 3 page 48) in which the professor of the Middle East Asia Studies (University of Pennsylvania), Dr. Fredrik Hiebert, announces the discovery of the bold stamp in Turkmenistan. On the summer of 1994. the extensive archaeological excavation of the ancient Croatian’s Masugata habitats commenced (east of the Caspian Sea, in Turkmenstan). In the summer 2000 in Anau's excavations, a layer of 'Bronze Age' discovered the two meters tall, solidly-built walls of the building dated back over 4300 years. The researchers concluded that it is the remnant of the elite administrative building.

But the miracle of the world’s civilization was the archeological discovery of the semi-precious stone - black agate seal!

Trying to figure out the meaning of the letters on the seal (that has preserved the traces of the red ink on it), Dr. Hiebert has contacted all the possible professionals around the world, including Chinese experts, even though the Chinese characters were invented only 1000 years after this stamp. Although the inscription on the seal was similar to the symbols in 'Eastern Island' in the Pacific, although we all agree that the contemporary writing of characters and symbols appeared back about 5,000 g (Sumer, ancient Egypt and Iraq), no one could figure out the letter of that highly developed, unknown civilization, Dr Hilbert said. So, he on 10th October 2000 published news about the 'unknown civilization'!

This news Mr. Antichich has learned from his son, Dr. Tomo (Thomas) Antichich (the current director of the biggest Croatian Institute 'Ruder Boskovich). Although the news has gone unnoticed in the Croatian media, Mr. Grga Anticic 'broke a leg.' He was left speachless. You would too, if you were (as he is) realized that the letter with the stamp are the old Croatian Glagolitic script!

'Am I the only and the last one in the series of ancestors, who was able to keep and understand the secret of symbols on the seal from Anau to the present days?’ he asked himself. 'From my sons infancy I was explaining them the meaning of the these letters and symbols, as well as my father taught me... Because the meaning of the symbols on those stamps were from one generation to another passed by the rulers HaraHvara (Sarasvata)', says Antichich. In the text published in his journal Harahvati, Anticic goes on and explains how his ancestors originate from the White Croats, the very king Palakusa (Fall House), the Anta rulers of the city Kamensko (on the Don river). King Palakusa lived 100 years before Christ. 'From Anta our name ANTICHICH originates', says he. So, he is the last in a series who was honored with the ability to explain to the world the meaning of the letters on the seal of Anau. It is Croatian Risi Harahvaiti or R'si Sarasvati, later called the Croatian Glagolitic script! For him it was easy to translate seemingly untranslatable inscription on the seal as: 'Saki' (perhaps from Shakti - the goddess of power - Z.M.). It is interesting that Antichich considered 'risi Harahvaiti' the oldest known script and the predecessor of the Indian, Hebrew, Ethiopian and Greek. All these letters, along with the Latin alphabet, he displayed on the table in his article. I had the honor in September 2012 to talk with Mr. Anticic, who informed me that at the time of the former Yugoslavia he has spent four years in India and considers himself as a direct descendant of Brahman and Saraswati, referring, of course, to the goddess of wisdom, all knowledge, and language - Saraswati.

Modern genetic and other findings support Maharishi's and contemporary theories

In my library and found the first book of prof. Ivan Juric - Jurich’s (at that time with the Faculty of Agriculture) book : 'Genetic Origins of Croats', 2005. In that book, the former minister of education and science, professor. Dr. Dragan Primorac says in the preface: "There is no doubt that the Croats have more than 10% of the oldest haplotype Eu 18, who has arrived from the central Asia around 40,000 years ago, and this marker carries more than 80% of current men. But, the haplotype Eu 7, about 24,000 years old, who came from southwest Asia, the Croats have almost 45% - the most of the European nations surveyed ... 'Balto-Slavic' haplotype - Eu 19 in the Pannonian Croats was found in 29% cases, and 23% in the southern Croatia. Haplotype 19 originates from central Europe. Scientists like Passarina do not list Croatia as the geographical regions with predominantly Slavic share haplotypes', says Primorac.

In order to support these findings, I would recommend the latest book by Dr. Ivan Juric (Jurich from the Institute of the Social Sciences ‘Dr. Ivo Pilar’): 'Origin of Croats - Autochthonous Genetic Evidence', published in 2011, which sheds new light on the truly non-Slavic, and even non Iranian origin of Croats. Thus, already in the Introduction Dr. Jurich says: ‘When one realizes that the first settlers of the haplogroup I (or EU7 + EU8) arrived in the Britain area about 14,000 BC, and that about 50% of Croats have this haplogroup I, then the stories about the arrival of Croats in the seventh century, or about the Iranian origin of Croats became frivolous, and people who continue to write and support such theories can certainly be called but scientists.' The fact that about 25% of men (in Croatia) carries the 'Slavic' haplotype is not a proof of Slavisam,' says Prof. Ino Curic (Churich). Rightly pointing out that our ancestors in this area reside tens of thousands of years, academician Fran Shanyek says: 'So, here are our ancestors from the time immemorial.'

I do not intend to elaborate this any more, since there is an extensive scientific literature that deals with it. Sapienti sat or the bright one does not need more explanation. To me, the more interesting is the relationship of Croats to the Indian Vedic civilization, and Vedic relationship with the other parts of the world, as well as Maharishi’s intention to settle in Croatia.
As research progresses, it is more obvious to the scientists that people started migrating from the Vedic India – the civilization emerged around the holy river Sarasvati in northwest India. In fact, Vedic civilization existed all around the world, only it was the longest preserved in India. In this regard, to the interested reader I warmly recommend the book by Stephen Knapp: 'Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence' (Evidence of the existence of the Vedic culture throughout the world) in English translation (from the German original) published in 2000, USA. ‘No other ancient literature is so huge as Vedic one... And, if it originates out of India, why there are no more evidences in those countries than there are in India?

River Sarasvati is often mentioned in Rig Veda, and apparently that was the area in which the Vedic civilization originates. Existing scientific evidence demonstrates the reverse direction of migration than one proposed by the Iranian theory of Croat (and many other nations) origins, and that is that the Aryans, after the river Sarasvati in India dried up, migrated to Iran and further to west, all the way to Iceland. Aryan name probably derives from 'hariyana', which means 'connected with God', which is Hari, explains Knapp. So, the Indus-Sarasvati civilization ceased to exist in the original sense (when the cities from rivers banks were abandoned) when the river Sarasvati dried up at least 1900 BC, and 300 years after the drought period. This led to the migration, so the traces of PraCroats (the ancient Croats) migration from these areas scattered throughout the West migration 'routes'. As the title of an chapter in Knapp's book indicates:

'The whole world was once the unique Vedic culture'.

Conclusion

Taking into account that the Croats, as the research indicates, are the European nation with the highest haplotype EU 7 - 45%, that originates from the Southwest Asia (which apparently originated from India), Maharishi's desire to build the university in Croatia to renew the Vedic culture is not surprising. Maharishi, namely, on the journalist's question 'Why just in Croatia?' replied: 'It is truth, I'm moving in Istria, which I shall, with my disciples, turn into new India, which will become a center of Vedic knowledge whose light will spread throughout the world.' No matter that Maharishi, because of the Croatian ignorance and envy, unfortunately did not come, it does not diminish the possibility that one day it will be accomplished. I mean the Vedic University, because Istria has the strongest potential to restore the splendor Vedic civilization or Heaven on Earth! Having know this it does not seem accidental that in the eighties and nineties of the last century the International Transcendental Organisation has held two World Peace Assemblies of several thousands yogic fliers from around the world just in Istria. Is it just a coincidence that international new age people recently (2012) pointed Istria as a spot of the most powerful earth energy in the world? And that the tallest Bosnian Pyramid of Sun is the tallest pyramid on the world! Having on mind how that pyramid is in the very Brahmastan (the geometrical center) of the former Yugoslavia...

Will wisdom of Sarasvati civilization move from India to Croatia in this century? Is it by chance that among the '16 smartest people on the world' (you may google it) there are 2 Croats and one Bosnian?

The conclusion of this I leave to the wisdom of readers.