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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

            meant “The Destroyer,” in Persian, the connection
            to Shiva relates to the Persian invasion of India in
            530 BC when the Persian (Iranian) emperor Cyrus
            the  Great  invaded  India.  -  In  all  history,  it  is
            common  that  a  conqueror  would  establish  their
            religion  on  the  people  conquered,  and  so  it  was
            when  Cyrus,  king  of  the  Persian  Achaemenid
            Empire  crossed  the  Hindu-Kush  Mountains  to
            seek tribute from the tribes of Kamboja, Gandhara
            and the trans-India region.
                    By 520 BC, during the reign of Darius I of
            Persia,  much  of  the  north-western  subcontinent
            (present-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan) came
            under the rule of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
            The area remained under Persian control for two
            centuries.
                    It  was  during  this  time  that  we  find  the
            Persian gods along with the hierarchical structure
            now called the caste system. Within this, we also
            find  Asmodeus  as  the  Hindu  god  Shiva  the
            Destroyer. The caste system shows the highest as
            the Brahmins and the lowest as the Untouchables -
            The Untouchables are the original inhabitants and
            the  lighter  skinned  Brahmin  sect  and  thus  the
            priesthood,  being  the  ruling  class  that  are
            descendants of the Persians.
                    In addition, we have the Persian and Greek
            invasions  that  had  important  repercussions  on
            Indian  civilization,  and  here  you  see  the
            connection  with  the  Greeks  and  their  gods.  The
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