Incarnations of Vishnu - A Mystery of Indian History

One of the most important questions of Indianlinguistic and cultural studies were done on Indian
history has never been asked! So it has neverhistory about two centuries ago, western
been answered as well!historians have pointed out that India is primarily
Indian religion is made up of the trinity of Brahma,made of two ethnic groups - Indo-Europeans,
Vishnu, and Siva. Brahma is the creator of thistermed as Aryans, who belong to the Vedic
universe, Vishnu is the preserver and maintainer,religion and Vaishnavite school of thought; and
and Siva is the destroyer. Since Brahma's job wasDravidians, who belong to the Saivite school of
done as soon as he created this universe, he nothought. After some further study, they
longer has any importance in the scheme ofpropounded that Dravidians and Saivism are
things - he is, therefore, not worshipped; worshipnative to India; while Indo-Europeans, Vedic
is offered only to either Vishnu or Siva. So,religion, and Vaishnavism came from outside India,
Hinduism is made up of primarily two sects -when these Aryans invaded or migrated into India
Vaishnavites who worship Vishnu, and Saivitesaround 1800 BC. Even though there is much
who worship Siva. Vishnu, in his role as preserver,controversy over this theory, this has become
keeps descending to earth every now and thenthe mainstream argument of the Indo-European
to restore and preserve righteousness. Fourhistory; and it has generally been agreed by one
supposedly historical figures got associated withand all that Saivism, supposedly the religion of the
him as his incarnations on earth - Parasuram,native Dravidians, is much older than Vaishnavism,
Ram, Krishna, and Buddha. Vishnu is primarilyand is dated to at least five thousand years ago,
worshipped in the form of Ram or Krishna. Afterif not more.