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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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