Yavan : In the Puranas Yavanas are descendants of Turvāśa, son of King Yayāti by Devayāni, daughter of Shukrāchārya, the high priest of the Asūras. The term first used to describe Greek & Bactrian invaders was then used for all invaders [s/a. Feringhee].
... who had certainly reason to know the Greeks. It is therefore impossible to say that the Indians had not heard about the Greeks as long ago as 500 B.C. Even if they had not, the mention of Yavanas & Yavan kings does not carry us very far; for it is evident that in the earlier parts of the Mahabharata they are known only as a strong barbarian power of the Northwest; there is no sign of their culture being ...
... July 9, 1959 This handwritten note bore only this word and the date. Kalki is the name of the last Avatar who comes on a white winged horse to destroy the 'barbarians' ( yavan ) at the end of the Iron Age or the Kali Yuga , which is the period we are now passing through. His appearance marks the return of the Age of Truth, or the Satya Yuga . 9.7.59 Kalki Page ...
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