The history of Aitharaju Family and Niyogi Brahmins in generall
The purpose of this blog to highlight and post the complete history of the Aitharaju family and the Vallabhi village in general and the history of Niyogi Brahmins in general.
I know you would be thinking, why is it important to know the history of our family/our village? Because its important to know the roots of our origin, knowing the history of our family is as important as knowing the name of your great-grandfathers.
Now I began a long journey to search the roots of the Aitharaju family, and how the search actually began is quite a funny story.
As I a member of Quora, with 140 followers I would frequently get attacked by Dravidian trolls for being "Aryan" and "Brahmin". It was their hate messages that actually brought the thought in me to began the search for our roots.
So let's began, with the research I have and the sources I gathered. Following is the condensed history of the Aitharaju family:
First and foremost the Aitharaju family belongs to the Telugu Niyogi Brahmins community.
So we know that Aitharaju family is part of the Niyogi Brahmin community. The Niyogi Brahmin community is part of the Indo-Aryan race and has a rare R1A1 gene, that is generally passed down from the father.
People with the R1A1 gene have ruled much of the world, during a certain period. And are known to have immense intelligence and exceptional warrior skills.
So now we clearly know the Aitharaju belongs to the Indo-Aryan race.
Lets put aside the Aryan invasion theory brought by Periyar a Brahmin hater. Indo-Aryans came from nowhere, but where actually born in the Sarasawati River Valley.
The Sarwaswati River Valley was somewhere in present day northwestern India and Eastern Pakistan.
So we can safely assume that our ancestors/ the ancestors of the Aitharaju family were living in the Sarwaswati River Valley, and migrated to the Telugu land much much later. Now it is unclear in which period our ancestors migrated.
The original Indo-Aryans had the R1a1 gene, and many of them migrated to Europe and Central Asia and began conquering those regions.
Now there are two phases of migration to the Telugu land of both non-Brahmins and Brahmins:
1.According to the RigVeda, The Andhra tribe migrated from the River Yamuna in Northern India after the death of Lord Krishna, they migrated to the Telugu land.
The Andhra tribe (which included Brahmins) descended from Rishi Viswamitra and were under Lord Krishna but fought with Kauravas during the Mahabharata war, because as promised by Lord Krishna the Kauravas got to use his army.
After Lord Krishna's death. The Andhras migrated into the present Telugu land.
The first river they saw they named Godavari. The second river they saw they named Krishna, after their mentor Lord Krishna.
The name "Telugu" itself comes from the word Trillinga. The Telugu land was called Trillinga desam, because of the three Lord Shiva Temples that were borders of the land of the Andhras land. Kaleshwaram in Karimnagar now, Bhimeshwaram in West Godavari now, and Srisaliam in Kurnool now acted as borders of the Telugu land. Hence the name "Trillinga". The word Trillinga slowly turned into Telungu when the Cholas invaded this land and couldn't pronounce the word Trillinga properly and turned into Telungu with their Tamil accents. Telungu eventually became Telugu which eventually became Telangana under Nizam rule.
2. The second wave of migration was exclusive to Brahmins. No other caste migrated. The second wave began during the Kakatiya times. When the Kakatiya rulers, brought in Brahmins from the North to serve in their courts as administrators, and even army generals. The reason for this was quite simple, after a minor dispute the local Brahmins refused to work for the Kakatiyas. Thus, Kakatiyas brought in Brahmins from the North to fill in the vacant posts. Brahmins were in fact invited and treated with immense respect in the Kakatiya courts.
Now it is pretty tough for us to tell in which migration wave, the ancestors of the Aitharaju family migrated. But we can guess by the records we have that it was perhaps the second wave in which the Aitharaju family migrated in.
Inscriptions found in Mahbubnagar speak of a "Aitharaju Pradhini" and even kings/rulers who belonged to the Brahmin community.
Now when the Kakatiya empire fell and Islamic invasions began into the Telugu land. Small regional Hindu kingdoms were born in order to fight the Islamic conquest. Generals and Vassals who once owed their loyalty to the fallen Kakatiya empire, broke away from each other and formed small separate kingdoms.
Now many Niyogi Brahmins were also kings for these small kingdoms, and much of these Brahmins were actually new migrants from the North (not part of the first original Andhra migration)
Because the Niyogi Brahmins who were part of the original Andhra migration were largely restricted to non-military roles although exceptions like Gautamiputra Satakarani (who was a Brahmin part of the original Andhra migration wave) are there.
Conclusion:
After Mahbubnagar the Aitharaju family ancestors migrated to the Khammam-Godavari basin perhaps for agriculture purposes. But I rather guess they came for land, and water. At present though much of the Aitharaju family is spread out everywhere in the world. Its safe to assume the majority is in Hyderabad.
Because after the non-warrior/Ksthtriya castes took power, and the Islamic empires began forming in the Telugu land. Niyogi Brahmins gave up military occupations and settled down as farmers with huge amounts of land, which they later used dominate the early Independence Andhra politics.
So from the Saraswati River Valley to Hyderabad. The Aitharaju family has had a long journey indeed, they were immensely respected at certain times for being Brahmin and were immensely hated at a certain time for being Brahmin.
The incidents our ancestors faced during migration and after migration. Their experinces can never be fully known. But just the overall history of the family makes me excited.
It is a long journey indeed for the family. But this blog won't end here. In Part 2, we shall explore more about genetics, and trying to find out the exact locations in which the ancestors of the family once lived.
;
Thanks for Reading :)
I know you would be thinking, why is it important to know the history of our family/our village? Because its important to know the roots of our origin, knowing the history of our family is as important as knowing the name of your great-grandfathers.
Now I began a long journey to search the roots of the Aitharaju family, and how the search actually began is quite a funny story.
As I a member of Quora, with 140 followers I would frequently get attacked by Dravidian trolls for being "Aryan" and "Brahmin". It was their hate messages that actually brought the thought in me to began the search for our roots.
So let's began, with the research I have and the sources I gathered. Following is the condensed history of the Aitharaju family:
First and foremost the Aitharaju family belongs to the Telugu Niyogi Brahmins community.
So we know that Aitharaju family is part of the Niyogi Brahmin community. The Niyogi Brahmin community is part of the Indo-Aryan race and has a rare R1A1 gene, that is generally passed down from the father.
People with the R1A1 gene have ruled much of the world, during a certain period. And are known to have immense intelligence and exceptional warrior skills.
So now we clearly know the Aitharaju belongs to the Indo-Aryan race.
Lets put aside the Aryan invasion theory brought by Periyar a Brahmin hater. Indo-Aryans came from nowhere, but where actually born in the Sarasawati River Valley.
The Sarwaswati River Valley was somewhere in present day northwestern India and Eastern Pakistan.
So we can safely assume that our ancestors/ the ancestors of the Aitharaju family were living in the Sarwaswati River Valley, and migrated to the Telugu land much much later. Now it is unclear in which period our ancestors migrated.
The original Indo-Aryans had the R1a1 gene, and many of them migrated to Europe and Central Asia and began conquering those regions.
Now there are two phases of migration to the Telugu land of both non-Brahmins and Brahmins:
1.According to the RigVeda, The Andhra tribe migrated from the River Yamuna in Northern India after the death of Lord Krishna, they migrated to the Telugu land.
The Andhra tribe (which included Brahmins) descended from Rishi Viswamitra and were under Lord Krishna but fought with Kauravas during the Mahabharata war, because as promised by Lord Krishna the Kauravas got to use his army.
After Lord Krishna's death. The Andhras migrated into the present Telugu land.
The first river they saw they named Godavari. The second river they saw they named Krishna, after their mentor Lord Krishna.
The name "Telugu" itself comes from the word Trillinga. The Telugu land was called Trillinga desam, because of the three Lord Shiva Temples that were borders of the land of the Andhras land. Kaleshwaram in Karimnagar now, Bhimeshwaram in West Godavari now, and Srisaliam in Kurnool now acted as borders of the Telugu land. Hence the name "Trillinga". The word Trillinga slowly turned into Telungu when the Cholas invaded this land and couldn't pronounce the word Trillinga properly and turned into Telungu with their Tamil accents. Telungu eventually became Telugu which eventually became Telangana under Nizam rule.
2. The second wave of migration was exclusive to Brahmins. No other caste migrated. The second wave began during the Kakatiya times. When the Kakatiya rulers, brought in Brahmins from the North to serve in their courts as administrators, and even army generals. The reason for this was quite simple, after a minor dispute the local Brahmins refused to work for the Kakatiyas. Thus, Kakatiyas brought in Brahmins from the North to fill in the vacant posts. Brahmins were in fact invited and treated with immense respect in the Kakatiya courts.
Now it is pretty tough for us to tell in which migration wave, the ancestors of the Aitharaju family migrated. But we can guess by the records we have that it was perhaps the second wave in which the Aitharaju family migrated in.
Inscriptions found in Mahbubnagar speak of a "Aitharaju Pradhini" and even kings/rulers who belonged to the Brahmin community.
Now when the Kakatiya empire fell and Islamic invasions began into the Telugu land. Small regional Hindu kingdoms were born in order to fight the Islamic conquest. Generals and Vassals who once owed their loyalty to the fallen Kakatiya empire, broke away from each other and formed small separate kingdoms.
Now many Niyogi Brahmins were also kings for these small kingdoms, and much of these Brahmins were actually new migrants from the North (not part of the first original Andhra migration)
Because the Niyogi Brahmins who were part of the original Andhra migration were largely restricted to non-military roles although exceptions like Gautamiputra Satakarani (who was a Brahmin part of the original Andhra migration wave) are there.
Conclusion:
After Mahbubnagar the Aitharaju family ancestors migrated to the Khammam-Godavari basin perhaps for agriculture purposes. But I rather guess they came for land, and water. At present though much of the Aitharaju family is spread out everywhere in the world. Its safe to assume the majority is in Hyderabad.
Because after the non-warrior/Ksthtriya castes took power, and the Islamic empires began forming in the Telugu land. Niyogi Brahmins gave up military occupations and settled down as farmers with huge amounts of land, which they later used dominate the early Independence Andhra politics.
So from the Saraswati River Valley to Hyderabad. The Aitharaju family has had a long journey indeed, they were immensely respected at certain times for being Brahmin and were immensely hated at a certain time for being Brahmin.
The incidents our ancestors faced during migration and after migration. Their experinces can never be fully known. But just the overall history of the family makes me excited.
It is a long journey indeed for the family. But this blog won't end here. In Part 2, we shall explore more about genetics, and trying to find out the exact locations in which the ancestors of the family once lived.
;
Thanks for Reading :)
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