Rohingya Rahasyam-The Mystery:

Subhas Mitra: 03 August 2022

Cease to evolve is an invitation to degeneration, degradation and destruction:

The evolution of a society is a process that needs effort and work in the right direction while degradation, degeneration, and destruction are the result of effortless sliding to oblivion.

Pure Consciousness (Chaitanya: चैतन्य) is the basic source of Creation or procreation, maintenance or progression, degradation, degeneration or destruction. Everything moves in sine waves. It is “time or period” that will determine the length of a sine wave.  Human rights also are born out of human consciousness.

 Anything that has a “Birth” must have a “Death”. Nothing is absolute.

Human Rights of Refugees versus Human Trafficking:            

Human trafficking is addressing (exploiting for benefit) victims of Social Oppression i.e.  Racism, sexism, religious persecution, and economic oppression – says SOS International

While under international law Article 1(A)(2) of the 1951 Convention an individual who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitual residence who is unable or unwilling to return, is a refugee. 

Do we know trafficking is a crime but handling intentionally manufactured refugees is not?

People who pray five times to live in Dar Ul Islam became voluntarily refugee in Dar Ul Harab.  Hindus in north Sylhet (Assam) and East Kashmir became unwanted at their ancestral land/home but were not recognized, as refugees at any global forum. Citizens of Vedic religions and Christians are under Existential Threat in their own ancestral homes in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Christian has a global Church network but Hindus have none but Human Rights (HR).

 In India with a drop of a hat HR of minorities gets violated including those of separatists and anti-national Orgs. Even conversion to Abrahamic falls under HR in India as per USCIRF.  I surfed 6 relevant sites of USA, UNO, and EU and discovered Hindus of Pak & BD fall under violations of constitutional minority rights and not HR.  

Holocaust of Jews and Genocide of Rohingyas are recorded everywhere but none of these TWO words are used to describe Hindu Mayhem and Massacre from 711 AD to this date in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh. Competitive conversion torture in Papua New Guinea does not seem to be a violation of HR (image attached).  I was trying to understand who CREATES such NARRATIVES.  It is so confusing who is human and who is not.

Historical perspective of ancient Bengal’s ethnic groups:

C W Wedgewood said, “Without imaginative insight which goes with creative literature, history cannot be intelligibly written”. During the 2003 Iraqi turmoil, pro-white writing was called Embedded Journalism. Who knows if there is any embedded history too but the way India’s history is fictionalized to suit narratives by our colonizers seems embedded work.

India’s most traveled man Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey, 1893 – 1963) follower of Karl Marx called his writing “historical fiction” probably to avoid debating the historical authenticity of his findings and interpretation. You are free to take this article as historical fiction as well.

Eastern Indian history remained unexplored for centuries but on the initiative of archeologists, history was reconstructed based on finds (Bronze sculptures, artifacts, coins, idols, shipwrecks).

Arakan , Herikela and Samatata :

King Mahataing Chandra formed the Chandra kingdom in 327 AD & ruled the “Samatata” region of Bengal, as well as northern Arakan.

They annexed Harikela too with Chittagong as capital which was later shifted to BIKRAMPUR ( Munshiganj)  after annexing SRIHATTA ( Kamrup, Sylhet, Comilla  in the north and Sunderban in the south). King Anandachandra sent a mission to Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) King Silamegha Aggabodhi- IV in 727-766 AD.

The last of the dynasty was Govindachandra    (1020–1050) as a Kayastha King though they adopted Buddhism in the 8th century under the Pal dynasty. They were overthrown by the Barman Dynasty and Deb Dynasties.

Raja Anandachandra opens up business with Arab, Mongolia, and Sri Lanka by sea.

Early 12th century the Cholas (815-1280 AD) advanced to Indonesia. This Deb and Barman challenged unsuccessfully and Harikela went to Cholas. While Samanta was with Deb & Barman and one faction of the Burman dynasty took control of Sylhet to Kamrup which I presume became the Koch Kingdom.  Arakan King Ballal Deb moved to Dhaka at the invitation of Dhaka Nawab as Arakan went under Burmese Rule. 

The Chola dynasty established money lending, and money exchange business with Chettiyer communities at Harikela and expanded up to SINGHAPUR, Indonesia, and Brunei. The money lending system in Bengal prevailed long before the British brought modern banking. MARWARI communities took over the system at GAUR ( Maldah)  during Bengal Sultanate.

 In the 17th century, the Mughal Empire brought Harikela under the province of Bengal.

Mughal and Burmese Arakan conflict:

A handful of Arab resided in the port area of Arakan and had no connection with the Mughals of Dhaka. First Muslim from mainland India to reach there was Bengal subahdar SHAH SUJA son of Mumtaj Mahal – Shah Jahan. Aurangzeb, his brother sent Mir Jumla to kill him and he ran away for life.  

Shuja and his entourage (family + 200 soldiers) arrived in Arakan on 26 August 1660 for escaping to Mecca with help of Arakanese king Sanda Thudhamma. Historians differ. Some say he was killed because of his wealth other says he was killed to preempt the Mughal attack. Some say these are the first Muslims in Burma and Suja’s daughters were married by the king and the rest were killed.

The game of identity pre-Abrahamic Hindu society:

Before the arrival of Abrahamic rulers, cultural identity was not necessarily on the religious line. Citizens were divided into various beliefs; customs, food habits; attire, and profession but they considered themselves one. Each group called themselves SWABARNA and professional (religious) identity “Swadharma”. Vedic Dharma (Hinduism) and its branches (Buddhism and Jainism) were not different till Sikhism was segregated from the SWADHRMA identity by the British. (All Muslim converts of Punjab refused to be identified as Muslim. They recorded Swadhamra during the FIRST census in 1871(report available on the net). British did not recognize Hinduism as ONE religion and called IRs (Indian Religions) till 1936 to facilitate “schedules of caste system” of Hindus to divide the unity of Indians. 

Swadharmi means – we / our people.

Adhami means – They / not our people

Bedharmi means – people of unknown culture or antagonistic people.

Mleccha means – unknown, untrustworthy, and suspicious outsiders.

DEGENERATION of TWO Hindu Ethnic groups

1.        Magh and Magher Mulluk : মঘ ও মঘের মুল্লুক ঃ

In Arakan and Chittagong region there lived over 11+ different people with languages, all dialects / derived from Sanskrit. Arakan goes to Burma in the 10th century. The late 16th and early 17th-century remaining areas go under the Mughal rule. All languages became the dialect of Bangla. In Chittagong and Arakan regions lived Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Tanchangya, Lushai, Pankho, Bawm, Mro, Khyang, Khumi, and Chak people. Their religions were Tantra practicing Hindus and Buddhists.

When the overseas business opened up, some people among them became pirates to loot those merchants from Arab, Mongol and Sri Lanka, etc. Those pirates came to be known as Magh (মঘ – मघ). They formed groups to create panic & fear in ship owners in their ZONE (an entire coastal area extending up to TAMRA LIPTA ( Tamluk of Medinipur, WB). This zone was called MAGHER MULLUK (मघेर मुलुक). In Arakan, some Arabs settled for business purposes and might have engaged these people to escape from Magh. These Mulluk horrors prevailed for 200 to 300 years (historians defer).  Dhaka Nawab Mirza Abu Talib (1600 – 1694) alias Shayeta Khan is credited to have finished this menace in 1632.  

1826 British imported those people into Burmese Arakan and they named them ROHINGYA . M. A. Gaffar, a member of Burma’s constituent assembly, called for recognizing Rohingyas in 1948 but it was turned down.

1.        Bede (বেদে,বাইদ্যা) ঃ

 They are the holistic healers/physician (quack doctors) of the area.  Such exclusive professionals could have not been local products. If the system is older than Atharvaveda (Ayurveda) still training was needed. (I have personally witnessed them treating arthritis, dental decay/ root abscess , snake bite, and bone setting in my childhood). Knowledge of medicinal plants and their identification should be gained with the help of cowherds, hermits, hunters, forest-dwellers, and those who gather plants from the forest for food. That’s how they came close to locals & Maghs as they too traveled and lived on the boat. Such professionals usually are Brahman but during Cholas, Chettieyer Sudras acquired the knowledge and discovered Stem Cells preservation from umbilical cord and store in தாயத்துக்கள் Tāyattukkaḷ or Maduli (মাদুলি) which the University of Toronto found out  from 1958 to 2016 research.

I presume they are a chip off the old block separated during the Pal Dynasty when their caste base identity was curbed. I have seen them doing Maroi (Manasha Puja) as they are snake charmers and considered it as Vasuki (the snake around the neck of Shiva). 

They all came to Dhaka from Arakan with Raja Ballal Deb in 1638 & are now Muslims. Bangladesh Govt. has a Development Board for them. 2019-20 survey there are only 75000 of them living on boat rest all mixed up with mainstream society.

Rohingyas, on the other hand never mix up with mainstream society for centuries.

Richard M.  Eaton, the British surveyor, describes both as floating nomads of Bengal (The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760) as they explored/traveled the entire coastal region and lived on boats/ships.

Who radicalized the British imported Maghs?

The Muslims arrived in Burma’s Ayeyarwady River delta, on the Tanintharyi coast, and in Rakhine in the 10th century, before the establishment of the first Burmese empire in 1055 AD by King Anawrahta.  When the Muslim population did not make any percentage even then authorities got THREAT perception & signals and Burmese forces invaded the Rakhine cities in 1406 AD. The British historian Daniel George Edward Hall stated that “The Burmese do not seem to have settled in Arakan until possibly as late as the tenth century CE. It is therefore understood that Mahgs were also nomads on the boat from Medinipur WB to Bali of Indonesia. The first Magh also called Arakanese flourished in Dhanyawadi (in Sanskrit center of rice cultivation). 

When the British took over there was less than 1% Muslims. They ruled Myanmar from 1824 to 1948 and left with over 10% Maghs including 5% Muslims (Rohingya Muslim-Hindu 50:50). 1940 Rohingyas starts a separatist movement to join the proposed EAST PAKISTAN. Jinnah refused to take and in 1962 they declared arm revolt against Myanmar for an independent Islamic state of Arakan/ Rakhine by forming MUJAHID Party.

Which Govt. on the face of the earth will allow such tiny 5% foreign origin population independence?  In 1962 they were suppressed under “Operation Dragon King”. A new trend started – converting the remaining 5% Maghs who were Hindu or Buddhists. In 2012 further repressive actions were taken by Govt. and in 2017, the last killing of Hindu Rohingya was completed by Muslim Rohingya.

Religious or ethnic culture of Magh / Rohingya :

The evolution of Hinduism begins with the Sun/Moon /Earth but personified God starts with Pashupati / Rudra , the Shiva. Tantra Sadhana was very popular among the general public and became most attractive to people of Rajas and Tamas Guna (warrior and ignorant attributes) as it sanctions বলী / animal sacrifices, intoxication, and sensual gratification. Arakan merchants with Maghs crew might have carried it even up to Vietnam , Mongolia.  Genghis Khan’s religion Tengrism is a phonetically corrupted form of TANTRA (Ref: Sudhanghu Tripati) or Shamanism that revered Ekh-Tengir or Kukh-Tengir (Great Blue Sky). His grave has Trishul (Trident) and Damru.

When the Arakan royal dynasty became Buddhist they did not leave TANTRA nor the Buddhists of Bhutan, Tibet, or Mongolia.

Did the British planed permanent enmity in Myanmar by creating an Islamic ARAKANISTAN?

Wiki says by 2017 globally Rohingya got a SINGLE identity i.e. Muslim.

As per Human right watch, there are 1,547,778[1] people living in 19 countries including Pakistan and some Arab countries who refused to take Urdu speaking BIHARI MUSLIMS abandoned in EAST PAKISTAN when Bangladesh refuses to grant them citizenship.

Muslims took the “Pakistan and Urdu” language from India but then Bangla-speaking Muslims refuged Urdu speakers. These Rohingya lived in Arakan for centuries but did not adopt Myanmar Language. They speak their ancient language which is in Bangla script but they refuge that and try on Arabic, Hanifi (Arabic origin), Urdu, and Roman alphabets.

‘Bedes’ integrated into the Bangla society of BD but when and where these people are going to integrate?

 The highest numbers of these people are in Bangladesh and the lowest in Finland.  Are they trafficked or reached aboard as refugees? Passport of which all countries they are travelling world wide?

Muslims of Bengal killed Hindus in Kolkata, Noakhali to get Pakistan, they again fought with Hindus for Bangladesh and they refuge those Urdu-speaking Muslims citizenship. But their intention of eliminating the original natives of Bengal (Hindus) is still as alive as in the 1940s. But look at Hindus – they are reduced to 31.07% from 100% when Khilji took over and still they think by licking the boots that kicked them will elevate their progeny. 

I wonder whose CHAITANYA consciousness is at work behind all this.

I do not believe it is their wish.

References: (online media)

•          Ray, Niharranjan (1994). History of the Bengali People.

•          Coinage survey for Myanmar” by anythinganywhere.com

•           Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (2001). Ancient Bengal: A Study of the Archaeological Sources

•          Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra (1943). The History of Bengal.

•          Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2003). Encyclopedia of Bangladesh.

•          Siddique, Yousuf of Pakistan (July–December 2008). “The Diffusion of Islam in Bengal

•          Rajib Noor, a Bangladesh Journalist. 2015

Banking:     (Wicks, Robert S. (31 May 2018). Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia: The Development of Indigenous Monetary Systems to AD 1400. Cornell University Press. p. 87).