origin of fish symbol:Tamil to INDUS valley via rajasthan

OUR ancient ancestors are migrated from south (tamil) to north (rajasthan) in vedic period , they are dravidian ? or Aryan ?

what is the symbol of FISH is about ?

MANU- MATSYA- VILLAVAR-MEENAVAR - MEENA different dynasty with same culture (vedic) with same symbol

INDUS VALLEY AND ITS FOUNDER ARE THE DRAVIDIAN ? WAS OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS HAD a common symbol oF fish , Fish sign shows in indus valley is represent that they are also a kingdom of Matsya (fish Vishnu First Avatar).

start from Tamil to INDUS valley via rajasthan

Villavars were the primary rulers among the Dravidians. Villavars (Bowmen who used a bow as their main weapon) were archers who emerged from the ancient martial clans of India. The Tamil Villavars were also known as or Eyinars in Pandyan Kingdom Ezhinar in the Sri Lanka and Chera Kingdom respectively.

Alwar, Alvar, Aluvar or Alva are the titles shared by all the Villavar tribes.

Contents

• Meenas or Matsya (Rajasthan)
• Chera Kingdom
• Pandyan Kingdom
• Villavars and Meenavars (minavar)
• The North Indian Villavars
• Bhil Meenas of Rajastan
• Fate of the Meenavars
• References

Meenas of Rajastan

In the ancient times Rajasthan was ruled by a dynasty of Meenas which had the emblem of Fish like the Pandyan kingdom of the south. The Meena kingdom ruled the east of the river Jamuna roughly corresponding to the modern Jaipur and Alwar (ruler) areas.

The meena kingdom (Fish kingdom) was called Matsya Kingdom in Sanskrit was mentioned in the Rig Veda. The Bhil Meenas could correspond to the Dravidian Villavar (Chera) and Meenavar (Pandya Kingdom)respectively and may descend from indigenous Dravidian rulers (Alwars) originally.

Most of the Bhil Meenavas were aryanised even during the Vedic Period (1500 BC) and were considered as Vedic Tribes and had adopted Indo-Aryan languages but a minority of the Bhil (tribal) Meenas still talk Dravidian as their mother tongue. Bhils and Meenas are included in the Kshatriya Varna.In the later days the Bhils and Meenas mixed with the Pardeshis or Rajputs who were Scythian, Hepthalite or other Central Asian clans. The Scythian mixed Meenas and Bhils remain as Rajput subclans while the Meenas and Bhils who were displaced by the Scythian invaders and Muslims have mixed with the tribal Bhils and form ,

The Bhil (tribal) meenas who still talk a Dravidian tongue and still considered as Rajputs.

Bhil meenas are also found in parts of North eastern India and Sind area of Pakistan. The Bhil tribals, The Billavas of Tulunadu of Karnataka, The Villavar Clans of Kerala who founded the Chera Kingdom all are Villavars. The Ezhavas or Illavas of Kerala are also descendents of this Villavar tribe of Kerala. The Villavars of Kerala and Illavars of Sri Lanka after whom Eeelam or Heladipa is named were relatives.

Chera Kingdom

Chera Kingdom Flag symbol was Bow & Arrow:

The Chera king had the title Villavar Kon indicating Villavar clans founded the ancient Chera Kingdom. The Emblem on the flag of Cheras was Bow and Arrow and Holy symbol Is fish, same as matsya dynasty . The Chera kingdom was founded by the integration of various Villvar tribes such as Vanavar, Puraiyar, Velliar and Pazhuvettaraiyars. After the arrival of Nagas the Villavar(Ezhava) culture who cherished Patriarchy and Monogamy was replaced by Matriarchy with Polyandry as the norm. Soon around the 12th century the Chera dynasty came to an end when the last Chera King along with his relatives became a Muslim. In the later periods the Nagas dominated Kerala while the Villavar tribes were pushed down to occupy a lower stratum.

Pandyan Kingdom (Present Madurai, Tirunelveli and Ramanthapuram)

Titles : Maran, Valudhi and Chezhiyan
     Capital: Madurai
     Royal Emblem: Fish

     Port: Korkai

The flag of the Pandiyan kingdom had fish as the emblem. same as ancient Matsya Kingdom

The Pandiya Kingdom symbol was Twin Fish

The Meenavars of Pandyan Kingdom was the allies of the Villavars. The Meenavars (fishermen) had some role in the founding of the Pandyan kingdom at Korkai.

The Mara Nadars or Nadalvars who were the main dynasty of the ancient Pandyan kingdom could be of Villavar stock too.

Villavars and Meenavars (minavar)

The Kalitokai, an ancient Tamil work, mentions the association of the Villavars(Bowmen) and their allies Meenavars(Fishermen)(known as Matsya Kings in "Mahabharatha") who fought a fierce battle against Nagas.

When the Villavars and Minavars were defeated by the Nagas in the Central India, the Present day Maharashtra, Chatthisgarh and Madyapradesh area was lost to the Villavars and Nagas occupied it.

The North Indian Villavars

Rajputs regard the Bhils though tribals one among them. The North Indian Villavar clans might have been assimilated by the Rajputs. Until recently during the coronation of Rajput princes their foreheads had to be smeared by the blood drawn from the thumb of a Dravidian Bhil tribal to authenticate their authority.

Fate of the Meenavars

Meenavars might have mixed with Parada or Paratarajas or ParvataRajaKulam, an Indo-Scythian clan and got alienated from the Villavar clans. Mudirajus or Mudaliar a Kalabhra aristocracy who once ruled Chera, Chola and Pandyan kingdoms as Muvendars regard Paratas as one of their own clan. Now at the present day, Meenavar caste has been spread up to eight divisions, the major tribes are Maravar and paravar(parathavar), who were ancient rulers of land and seas of Pandya kingdom. Parataraja

References

^ V., Kanakasabhai (1997). The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago. Asian Educational Services.

^ Perumal Thirumozhi

^ Pandyan Inscription

^ [C:\Documents and Settings\winxp\Desktop\History\Book 2 Cosmos Taprobane Brachman India Cosmas.mht# Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography (1897) pp. 23-90. Book 2 ]

^ Villavar