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02-22-2022, 06:25 AM
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The Parthians or Pahlavas
- Parthians are also known as Pahlavas; It was the Iranian people.
- The oldest king of this dynasty was Vonones, who adopted the title "great king of kings".
- The most important Parthian king was Gondofernes.
- Saint Thomas, a Christian missionary, visited during the reign of Gondofernes.
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The Indian Subcontinent is unduly ignored in world history. Few parts of the world have such a long, unbroken heritage of civilization. If generational theory has any validity at all then the Indian Subcontinent would be a trove of relevant knowledge.
By the way -- the British were not the first Europeans to leave their mark upon India. Alexander got as far as Punjab, and Greek kings had influence for a few centuries. People in northern India often have genetic markers characteristic of Slavs, and such people brought the Iranian languages to Iran and, Afghanistan -- and Sanskrit to India.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
