Week 261: The Mitanni-Hindu connection, Future of Hindus Outside India, Aesthetic!

12/14/2024 - Modern Hindu Content

Welcome to Eternal Path! This week we feature: The Mitanni Empire and its Hindu connection, the Future of Hindus Outside India, and an Aesthetic!

History Highlight: Mitannis and Sanskrit and Hindu Gods

Via Mudit on X - The Mitanni were a Bronze Age kingdom that ruled in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) from around 1550–1260 BCE. Historians and linguists are perplexed by them because they generally spoke Hurrian (a language from an extinct language family) but engaged frequently with the Hittites (who spoke an Indo-European language related to Sanskrit).

Below is an interesting treaty between a Mittani King and the Hittites from ~1380 BCE that swears upon Hindu Gods!

Even more interesting is the fact that many Mitanni Kings, who keep in mind were not of Indo-European origin, kept Sanskritic names!

Diaspora Highlight: Future of Hindus Outside India

With physical attacks on Hindu communities in the Indian subcontinent (flaring up most significantly in Bangladesh) and in the West (Khalistani attacks on Hindu temples in the Untied States and Canada) many in the Hindu diaspora are wondering what is next for Hindus outside India. The Carvaka Podcast recently put out a podcast episode focused on just that, with the video version embedded below, followed by the audio versions.

To listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Playerfm with embeds provided below

Aesthetic: Uttar Pradesh Hindu Temple