It has already been pointed out by some historians like Godfrey Higgins, Khwaja Neamat Ullah, Gene Matlock, and others that Jews are none other than Yadavas of India, the tribe in which Krishna, the Godly figure of Indians, was born. This article attempts to provide some very strong piece of evidence to show that Jews are none other than Yadavas of India. This article attempts to show that the covenant with God of Abrahamic religions is nothing but an agreement among the Yadavas/Jews that they are not going to worship any God other than Krishna. Abrahamic religions have covenant with Krishna of India!

It is not just the covenant, most aspects of the Jewish theology, including all the important names of their God Yahweh, the important names connected with them including the words Jews/Hebrews/Israel, the original sin, Sabbath, the system of prophets, the names of their scriptures and rabbis, the song of songs, and everything else can be unambiguously traced back to Krishna and Yadavas of India. Even the tomb of their founder Moses is present in Kashmir. Even though their scriptures talk about Egypt, no Egyptian text ever found contains a single reference to Jews in Egypt. The only reason why their scriptures talk about Egypt is because their scriptures were intentionally modified by their prophets, under instructions from Moses. This was done to save their faith. This article shall restrict the discussion to the covenant.

Some historians who identified Jews with Yadavas suggested that Yadavas migrated out from India after being displaced by a gigantic flood that destroyed their city of Dwarka. This flood is described in Indian scriptures. However, I think they migrated from India after the great drought of 2200 BC, a mighty three century drought that led to the drying up of Saraswati river in India. This drought is now universally recognized by geologists. The Jewish covenant originated at the time of this drought.

It has already been long pointed out by some historians that Abraham of Jews and Brahma of Hindus are too close by name to miss. Additionally, Sarai is too close to Hindu goddess Saraswati, the wife of Brahma, and the connection cannot be missed. As per Hindu legends, Saraswati is the daughter of Brahma because he has created her. And together with her, he fathered the people of this world and created all living beings. So Brahma’s relationship with Saraswati is an incestual relationship. And the same is the case with Abraham and Sarai of the Abrahamic world. Sarai is the half-sister of Abraham. In that sense, his relation with her is an incest. And, as in Hindu legends, Abraham, along with Sarai, fathers a large number of nations across the world.

This relation between Brahma and Abraham, Sarai and Saraswati, has already been recognized by historians. And Mount Moriah itself is pointed out to be Mount Meru of the Hindus. We cannot miss the similarities. Despite such close connections being shown, the similarity of two or three names does not break much ice; one problem with these similarities is the causative factor. It can be argued both ways – that Jews have got influenced by Hindus or that Hindus got influenced by Jews. And as long as the argument stays at this deadlock, it does not progress much in capturing public as well as scholarly imagination. So let me show that there is more resemblance than just two names here.

Abraham’s son Issac is none other Iswar aka Siva of the Hindus! the similarity of names and the concept cannot be missed. In Hindu legends, Iswar is the son of Brahma; he is even called Brahmaputra, meaning son of Brahma. And in Jewish legends, Issac is the son of Abraham.

Rebeccah, the wife of Issac, is none other than Ambica, the wife of Siva of the Hindus. Ambika/Rebecca – the names are quite similar. Rebeccah of Jews is portrayed as a pleasing and benign woman. And just like in Jewish legend, the Ambika of Hindus is actually a benign and pleasing goddess. Ambika/Amba is the most popular name of the Saivite Goddess in the Gujarat region, the place where the Yadavas used to stay in India at the time of Krishna.

The most revealing connection is that of Hagar, the handmaiden of Sarai. This is nothing but the tributary of river Saraswati, the river by name Ghaggar in India! Ghaggar/Hagar - the resemblance is overwhelming. And the relations they have with Sarai/Saraswati are quite revealing in themselves. Ghaggar is a tributary to river Saraswati and this relation of being tributary is being described as that of handmaiden. Saraswati is the mighty river and Ghaggar is small tributary to it. Similarly Sarai is the real mistress holding all the powers while Hagar is just handmaiden under her.

And what does the son Ishmael of Hagar signify? Ishmael is just a morphed form of Ishalay (Isha + Alay) meaning temple of Ishwar or Siva. Why would a temple of Siva be made the son of Hagar, the tributary of Saraswati?

This entire covenant of Abraham is nothing but an agreement amongst Yadavas that henceforth, they are not going to worship any god other than Krishna/Yahweh. Krishna was born among Yadavas and lived in India about 5000 years ago. He declared himself to be the Supreme God. He told his followers to abandon every other form of worship and worship him and him alone. This statement of his, to abandon all other Gods and forms of worship, is present in Indian holy scripture Gita even today. After his death, the Yadavas of India made an agreement among themselves that they are not going to worship any God other than Krishna. Having made such an agreement, it was necessary to show that they have discarded other gods of Hinduism. Which all gods did they discard? They listed down the entire Hindu pantheon as the descendants of Abraham! They are just symbolically representing the gods rejected as Abraham and his descendants in their scriptures. These gods named under Abraham are henceforth to be considered as humans and not as divine. And then they have woven all of their experiences in India, after Krishna’s time, into these legends, with Abraham and others as central characters. So the experiences of Abraham and his descendants are nothing but symbolic allegories of all the difficulties faced by Yadavas during their time of stay in India after Krishna.

So the gods who are rejected by Yadavas are listed under the covenant as different characters. Who all have they rejected? They have rejected Brahma (Abraham). They have rejected Saraswati (Sarai), they are no longer going to consider her as a goddess; if anything, she would be shown as a human woman who would be dependent on the grace of Yahweh/Krishna as much as the Yadavas are. They have rejected Siva (Issac). They are no longer going to worship him. They have rejected Ambika, Siva’s wife (Rebecca); she would henceforth be considered as human. Siva is an important god of the Hindu pantheon; his worship was strong in the Gujarat region. So it is likely that some Yadavas were reluctant to completely give up the worship of Siva. It might not be that they wanted to worship Siva alone, but they probably wanted to continue worshipping the Hindu religious trinity of Brahma/Vishnu/Siva and the Vedic Gods; they probably did not want to completely discard the worship of everyone, especially Siva. Such Yadavas have been left in India on the banks of Hagar river.

Yadavas were traveling from Gujarat region along the banks of Saraswati river towards Kashmir in search of water. As the famine drew stronger, it was necessary to find water, and people just about migrated to any place where they thought that they could find water. Right from the next day of Krishna’s death, they are likely to have had an agreement that they are no longer going to worship anyone other than Krishna. On their way to Kashmir, it looks like they had a disagreement in this regard. Obviously, the strongest of faiths can wither at the onslaughts of such dramatic famines of hundreds of years. And some Yadavas are likely to have lost faith in this new religion of theirs. They wanted to go back to the old Vedic religion where they worshipped all Vedic gods including Siva and mother goddesses. A disagreement arose, and such Yadavas who wanted to go back to the pre-Krishna religion were discarded. This separation probably took place on the banks of river Ghaggar, near some Siva temple. So they have recorded it in their scriptures in the form of Hagar and Ishmael. Jews did not take these people along with them to Kashmir, and later to Israel.

And then, after they broke away from this faction, the Yadavas then had a serious discussion amongst themselves about their religion. Once again they took oaths amongst themselves that henceforth they are not going to worship anyone else other than Krishna. In order to prove that they abide by this agreement, it is likely that various measures were taken by the Yadavas. For example, any idols of Siva or other gods had to be thrown away; such other idols should not be kept with anyone. From then on, no one would even utter the name of Siva and other gods. This has been symbolically represented in their scriptures when Isaac is taken to Mount Moriah and is offered as sacrifice to Yahweh. Mount Moriah is nothing but Mount Meru of Vishnu/Krishna. Vishnu/Krishna is believed by Vaishnavites to reside there. Abraham took Isaac there and offered him as sacrifice, before he was stopped in the last minute. This is symbolic representation of the fact that, in favor of Vishnu/Krishna, they would henceforth give up Issac/Iswar/Siva worship completely; his worship is given up as a sacrifice unto/in favor of Krishna. The sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Meru is an allegory that is representative of an agreement between the Yadavas, whereby any small remnant of Siva worship is thenceforth given up by them completely; and they would henceforth have nothing more to do with his worship.

They have rejected Brahma, Saraswati, Siva, and Ambika/Parvati. Who else did they reject? Obviously, Siva’s sons Ganesh and Skanda have to be rejected. And they have been rejected. Issac’s sons Jacob and Esau are none other than Siva’s sons Ganesh and Skanda!

Ganesh is many a times called Jaiganesh in the north. In fact, people are named as Jaiganesh, and this particular habit of prefixing jai is a peculiar habit of this deity alone. For other deity names, they also append Sri along with Jai, JaiSriram for example. Moreover, no one is named as Jaisriram. However, I have seen people being named as Jaiganesh. Jai means "hail." They have done a lot of cutting the names right in the middle. For example, we can see that the long name of Saraswati is cut right in the middle and only Sarai portion of it is retained. Similarly, in Ishwar, only Ish has been retained and a consonant has been suffixed, to get Isaac. Similarly, in Jaiganesh, only Jaiga has been retained and a consonant has been added to it as suffix to make it Jagob or Jacob. Similarly, Siva’s other son is named as Swamy. Not many are aware of it that Siva’s second son is named as Swamy. I once read an article of a Tamil scholar who claimed that the word Swamy originally belonged to Skanda. Later on, it started being applied to all other gods. So, for example, Tirupati Balaji is called Venkateswara swami. After pointing out all of this, the scholar claimed that this is indicative of the fact that Venkateswara Swamy and Skanda are one and the same; and likewise all forms of worship are different manifestations of the same god, he argued. Esau is none other than Swami (again cut in half like other names), Siva’s second son. In south India, Ganesh is considered elder to Swami. However, in north India, he is considered to be younger; Swami is considered as elder.

The resemblance between the characters is quite striking. In Hindu legends, Swami is a warrior god; he is fit and agile and served as the commander general of the armies of gods. This fits in with the description of Esau, who is said to be an agile and able hunter. Obviously, Jewish forefathers could not write that Esau is the chief of armies of gods, because they wanted to consider Esau as human in their legends. The legend needed to be suitably modified to fit in the new realm. Similarly, in Hindu legends, Ganesh is a rotund personality who is no where near as agile or as able as his brother. However, he is said to be high in intellect. This is quite similar to the description of Jacob. Jacob is not so able, but is considered to be an intellect.

There are several legends that show that Ganesh and Swami/Skanda fought with each other for various things. Ganesh’s original name is Vignesh (lord of obstacles), not Ganesh (lord of ganas). How did he get this name? The legend runs as follows:

Once Siva and Parvati decided to make one of their sons as the chief or lord of the ganas of Kailas (warriors or attendants who accompany Siva and live along with him on Mount Kailas, their heavenly abode). Considered to be an extremely important post, both the brothers fight for the post. In order to break the deadlock, it is declared that whoever goes around the world and comes back first would be made the lord of the ganas. Skanda immediately starts on his peacock and goes around the world at a fast pace and comes back in seven days. To his surprise, however, his brother Ganesh is happily seated munching sweets on Mount Kailas, is declared as the winner of the contest, and is given the title of Ganapati/Ganesh or the lord of the ganas. How did he get the title? Simple. As per scriptures, circulambulating around one’s parents seven times is considered equal to circulambulating the world. So after Skanda went away, Ganesh promptly bowed down to his parents and ambulated around them seven times. That was it, he won the contest! Skanda felt cheated by this development, and he goes away from Kailas to far away place in the south.

This legend has other variations. For example, in another variation, they were fighting for the two grand daughters of Brahma. Whoever wins the contest gets both their hands in marriage. In another variation, something else. But all these legends carry the same framework. There is something to be gained for which Skanda leaves home and goes out. In his absence, the less able Ganesh wins the booty through guile/wisdom. And needless to say, this is the same framework that was adopted for the fight of Jacob and Esau in the Jewish Bible. Abrahamic legacy is the booty to win, to attain which, the more able Esau goes out. In his absence, Jacob wins the booty through guile/wisdom. On his comeback, Esau feels extremely cheated. In both cases it is about the title and legacy. Ganesh in Hindu legends becomes the lord of ganas, whereas Jacob in Jewish legends gets the title of Israel and is bestowed with Abrahamic legacy. The legends of the Jewish bible have been appropriately modified to fit them with human beings. The legends of Hindus are obviously pertaining to godly figures. So they needed to be suitably modified so as to fit them and show them as legends about mortals. Some modifications were done here and there to fit the legend of godly figures into the legends of mortals. For example, to justify the attainment of title by Jacob, they have shown Esau as a bad figure; otherwise it would be difficult to justify the guile with which Jacob had acted.

They have rejected Brahma, Saraswati, Siva, Ambika, Ganesh, and Skanda. Who else? Well, the Vedic gods. Even they need to be rejected and discarded. Obviously, they would have taken a decision to discard all Vedic gods as well? And the answer to that is yes. They have rejected the Vedic gods as well!

At the ripe old age of 137 years, Abraham is said to have married another woman, termed as concubine, named Ketura. And he is said to have fathered six sons through her. And the names of these six sons along with their meanings are as follows :

Zimran – Celebrated, Vine Dresser

Zokshan – Hardnes, knocking

Medan – contention, conflict

Midian – Strife, Judgement

Ishbak – Leaving

Shuah – Ditch, Humiliation

Let us start with Ketura. Ketura is none other than Hindu goddess Gayatri, considered to be the mother of Vedas. Ketura/Gayatri – the two names are very close phonetically. The most important Gayatri mantra (hymn) of the Hindus belongs to her, it is in her name. She is considered to be the second wife of Brahma, second to Saraswati in importance. And this nicely tallies with Ketura, Abraham’s second wife.

And Gayatri being considered as the mother of Vedas, the Vedic gods have been represented as her sons in the Jewish legends. The six sons of Abraham through Ketura are none other than the Vedic gods of India.

Showing the connection between the six sons and the Vedic gods requires some linguistic analysis; it would not be possible to show the analysis here, as it requires some development of the subject. Just to capture the results of the analysis, Zimran is Devendra, Zokshan is Daksha, Medan is Marut, Midian is Mithra, Ishbak is Aswins and Shuah is Rudra. Aswins represent the twilight time in Vedas; they represent the aspect of leaving the night and entering the day – this attribute of "leaving" has got associated as the meaning of Ishbak in Jewish scriptures. Mithra is the god of friendships and pacts; so his name got associated with "judgement" in Jewish scriptures. Daksha was a hard and stubborn task master, one who led to the death of his own daughter because of his stubbornness; so his name got associated with "hardness." Devendra is the most celebrated king of Indian scriptures; so his name got associated with "celebrated." Maruts are soldiers of Devendra’s army; so this name got associated with "contention" and "conflict" in Bible. Siva is not the only Rudra; there are other Rudras apart from him, though he is the most prominent Rudra. As per Indian scripture Gita, Siva is one among the eleven Rudras. So even though Siva was already mentioned earlier, Rudra is once again mentioned here. Rudra means someone who is supremely angry, and one who destroys. So his name got figuratively associated with "ditch" and "humiliation."

One important thing to notice is that they have not listed elements of nature (fire, wind, water ..) and Sun and Moon in this list of six sons; probably they considered these to be the manifestations of God on earth.

All six sons of Ketura are Vedic gods! Since she is the mother of Vedas, they have been listed as her sons. It is said that Abraham sent them to the east, far away from his son Issac. This symbolically represents the fact that they had left the worship of these Vedic gods in the east, in India. The Jews no longer wanted to have anything to do with these Vedic gods.

To put it succinctly, the entire covenant with God of Abrahamic religions - including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - is nothing but an agreement amongst Yadavas to worship only Krishna/Yahweh and to reject all other Hindu gods in favor of Krishna. Suddenly forsaking the Vedic religion and Vedic gods would have been difficult for the masses. So Jewish elders like Moses prepared their scriptures in this fashion, showing other Vedic gods to be humans with human like frailties and weaknesses. Portraying the other Vedic gods in this fashion reduced the halo around them, and made it easy for the masses to forsake their worship. This was how some of the Jewish scriptures were prepared by Jewish elders.