He Found the Last Pagans of Afghanistan - William Watts McNair

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  • @speedwagon1824
    @speedwagon1824 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +482

    Some important info: The Kafiristani religion was an Indo-Iranian religion, just like Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Yazidism, etc. These all descend from a common religion, in which gods like Indra, Yama, Dyaus, Agni, etc (these are the sanskrit names, the names are different in different languages) were worshipped, in which religious poetry and fire was really important, etc. This is why there are so many similiarities between these religions.

    • @ajmulsharifi
      @ajmulsharifi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All bs😂 I’ve been to Nuristan and seen their old religions. They aren’t Hindus infact they where pagans who worshiped there dead tribe leaders or their grandparents.

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      They had their own Gods and legends as well,such as Gish,Dizeni and the 7 Panu brothers,but many of them might be lost to history.

    • @rollinghippo2940
      @rollinghippo2940 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      zoroaster are similar to Abrahamic religions not hinduism lol

    • @MichaelGeletka-nm6me
      @MichaelGeletka-nm6me 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      I’m no expert, but While Zoroastrianism has elements similar to the Abraham’s ones, it has “deities” similar to Hindu ones. Zoroastrians have demons called devas, which include Indra, and are like Hindu Devas. There was also a religion before Zoroastrianism which was also related to Hinduism.

    • @speedwagon1824
      @speedwagon1824 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      @@rollinghippo2940 Only in that they are monotheistic. Otherwise, they are much more similar to Hinduism, for ex, they revere fire and memorise very old hymns and use them in prayer.

  • @dominion9273
    @dominion9273 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    This is very good and well made, I hope the algorithm picks this up

  • @Daradajee
    @Daradajee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +193

    The area of Kafiristan Watts visited was the Bashgal Valley, which was tributary to Chitral. The Eastern portion of Kafiristan was controlled by the Mehtar of Chitral and they gave him a yearly tribute and fought for him in times of war. The Katoor Dynasty of Chitral was always very friendly with the non-Muslim tribes of the region, both the Kalash and the Bashgal Kafirs.

    • @Seerispure
      @Seerispure 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Take a look here
      1) Muslim killed and ra*ped Yazidi ( nature worshipers & fire worshiper) in Iraq 2014 genocide
      2) Muslim forcefully converted kalash people in pakistan and married them, in 1951 there was 50000-60000 kalash people in pakistan but now only 6000-7000 kalash.
      3) early Cristian killed Nature worshiper & fire worshiper) and named them pagan (polytheistic)
      4) alexander came in Bharat for fighting against porus he burned many pakistani village ( Bharat) he want to conquere India but his Army refused to attack on nand empire because alexender defeated porus but he struggled too much he got impressed from porus and become his friend but Nand empire so they returned to their past territory without fighting Nand empire,but their is story that alexender's minister went to chitral and learned kalash culture but Kalash have different ancestors.
      5) now Hindu word it is not originally from Indian literature because in Indian literature sanatana Dharma Bharat ved These things are mentioned. Hindu name given by Persian to people of East sindhu half pakistan and Northern India. there have two types of Hindava mentioned in Avesta one who slaughter cows, promote violence falsehood and second who prefers cow as sacred and protect them follow truth and wisdom and rigveda says the same thing. and second one who follows path of ahura mazda is called Aryans in Avesta
      Avestan: Vendidad 4.49
      "gavō khshāthrō ārmaitish khshāthrē ahurā mazdā"
      Who hurts the cow, hurts Ahura Mazda
      Rigveda 8.101.15
      "मा गामानागामदिति मा वधिष्ट मा पार्षदत् |
      मा निष्क्रीतिं पार्षदत् मा वधिष्ट मा गाम् ||"
      "May the cow not be slaughtered, may it not be killed, may it not be harmed.
      May its slaughter not be approved, may it not be killed, may the cow be protected.
      ( There have hundreds of verse like this in Rigveda avesta both)
      6) Sanatan Dharma and Bharat is original name it is mentioned in all hindu jain buddh litrature , Sanatan dharma Means eternal duty or eternal Order, it's a dharmic concept not Abrahamic concept. In japan India is called TENJIKU ( land of heaven) in Tibetan culture bharat is Called Phagsul & rgyagar & Sangyekyiyul ( land of Arya 8 sages atri bharadwaj kashyap etc..& land of dark sprituality & land of budhha)
      7) sanatana Dharma ( Hindu jain buddh... ) worship nature, worship duality nothing is god everything is god, worship murti ( Sagun god with shape) , worship parabramh ( nirgun god without shape) concept of superiority oneness , diverse idiology means sanatan dharma. One devote of Shiva mainly in south india worship him with music dance art devotion and another devote of Shiva worship him as form of nature mainly in Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh laddakh and uper North area of India-Pakistan ( bharat)Pashupatinath seel founded in harrapan civilization god of animals god of gods. Ancient Dharma civilizations culture of Bharat. Vishnu Shakti Also.
      8) During colonisation a britisher Edward Burnet Tylor gave animism word to animal worshiper ( Nature is supreme) in 1871 , this word is Also used by Georg Ernst Stahl between 1710 to 1730 something for spirit , before 17-18century there was no word like animism.....
      9) it doesn't matters that who is old only thing matters that are they connected or not, they all Kalash,Yazidi ( pre Indo-Iranian people) , Hindu Jain Buddh, Zoroastrianism, pagan, tengist are part of same culture.
      To all and for converted who Is identifying as Nuristani
      1) Muslim killed and ra*ped Yazidi ( nature worshipers & fire worshiper) in Iraq 2014 genocide
      2) Muslim forcefully converted kalash people in pakistan and married them, in 1951 there was 50000-60000 kalash people in pakistan but now only 6000-7000 kalash.
      3) early Cristian killed Nature worshiper & fire worshiper) and named them pagan (polytheistic)
      4) alexander Never came in Bharat for fighting against porus he burned many pakistani village ( Bharat) he want to conquere India but his Army refused to attack on nand empire because alexender defeated porus but he struggled too much he got impressed from porus and become his friend but Nand empire so they returned to their past territory without fighting Nand empire,but their is story that alexender's minister went to chitral and learned kalash culture but Kalash have different ancestors.
      5) now Hindu word it is not originally from Indian literature because in Indian literature sanatana Dharma Bharat ved These things are mentioned. Hindu name given by Persian to people of East sindhu half pakistan and Northern India. there have two types of Hindava mentioned in Avesta one who slaughter cows, promote violence falsehood and second who prefers cow as sacred and protect them follow truth and wisdom and rigveda says the same thing.
      Avestan: Vendidad 4.49
      "gavō khshāthrō ārmaitish khshāthrē ahurā mazdā"
      Who hurts the cow, hurts Ahura Mazda
      Rigveda 8.101.15
      "मा गामानागामदिति मा वधिष्ट मा पार्षदत् |
      मा निष्क्रीतिं पार्षदत् मा वधिष्ट मा गाम् ||"
      "May the cow not be slaughtered, may it not be killed, may it not be harmed.
      May its slaughter not be approved, may it not be killed, may the cow be protected.
      ( There have hundreds of verse like this in Rigveda avesta both)
      6) Sanatan Dharma and Bharat is original name it is mentioned in all hindu jain buddh litrature , Sanatan dharma Means eternal duty or eternal Order, it's a dharmic concept not Abrahamic concept. In japan India is called TENJIKU ( land of heaven) in Tibetan culture bharat is Called Phagsul & rgyagar & Sangyekyiyul ( land of Arya 8 sages atri bharadwaj kashyap etc..& land of dark sprituality & land of budhha)
      7) sanatana Dharma ( Hindu jain buddh... ) worship nature, worship duality nothing is god everything is god, worship murti ( Sagun god with shape) , worship parabramh ( nirgun god without shape) concept of superiority oneness , diverse idiology means sanatan dharma. One devote of Shiva mainly in south india worship him with music dance art devotion and another devote of Shiva worship him as form of nature mainly in Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh laddakh and uper North area of India-Pakistan ( bharat)Pashupatinath seel founded in harrapan civilization god of animals god of gods. Ancient Dharma civilizations culture of Bharat. Vishnu Shakti Also.
      8) During colonisation a britisher Edward Burnet Tylor gave animism word to animal worshiper ( Nature is supreme) in 1871 , this word is Also used by Georg Ernst Stahl between 1710 to 1730 something for spirit , before 17-18century there was no word like animism.....
      9) it doesn't matters that who is old only thing matters that are they connected or not, they all Kalash,Yazidi ( pre Indo-Iranian people) , Hindu Jain Buddh, Zoroastrianism, pagan, tengist are part of same culture.

    • @Dev_Gurjar_Singh
      @Dev_Gurjar_Singh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      They were not the people of the idol worshiping Arab barbaric civilization. They were the people of India's Sanatan Dharma. In India's Sanatan Dharma and philosophy, there is worship of God in many ways along with idol worship. They were the remaining people of ancient India and religion. Who had preserved their religion in those areas. But Islam is against the mixed civilization of Arabic ideology. Whereas Hindu civilization takes all the people along. Many beautiful cultures have been destroyed because of Abrahamic religions. Present America, Australia, New Zealand, Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabic pagan, Sabian, Jewish, Yozidian civilization, Roman, Russia, North African civilization, South African civilization, Spanish civilization, all have been destroyed by Abrahamic religions. Nature and God will make them pay for it in the coming times.

    • @zahranmohammad3880
      @zahranmohammad3880 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@Dev_Gurjar_Singh world class yapper

    • @Dev_Gurjar_Singh
      @Dev_Gurjar_Singh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@zahranmohammad3880 When there is no answer, you say yapper.

    • @zahranmohammad3880
      @zahranmohammad3880 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Dev_Gurjar_Singh its not that deep bro

  • @buddy.boyo88
    @buddy.boyo88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

    > we just want to exist in peace
    > abrahamists : so you chose violence

    • @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR
      @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Haha Throughout the Human history

    • @NoMan-pp1jq
      @NoMan-pp1jq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      “No man was allowed to marry until he took the life of a Muslim” sounds peaceful… not 😂

    • @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR
      @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NoMan-pp1jq Yes Peacefulls destorying the world Islamic state etc and False Victim Card of A-Religions

    • @AlistaTudor
      @AlistaTudor 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      the curse of Abraham

    • @worstplayer4521
      @worstplayer4521 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@NoMan-pp1jqu can't blame them

  • @davidanspach1624
    @davidanspach1624 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    This was very good in every respect and won my subscription. Your use of quotes from the people involved is the kind of touch a lot of these sorts of channels are lacking. And it's a topic I hadn't known about even being a history buff.
    Especially considering you're just getting started in this game, you should be proud of yourself.

    • @Lukejb2Butterworth
      @Lukejb2Butterworth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      well not really considering he ignored the famous book Kafirs of the Hindu Kush which contained the pictures of Kafiristan he claimed did not exist

  • @ankurmohan4863
    @ankurmohan4863 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    How peaceful, beautiful, rich and lovely these lands would have been had they chosen to remain Hindu or Buddhist....

    • @m.i856
      @m.i856 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If wishes were horses. Mister it is mentioned here that they were warlike people. Afghanistan and it's adjoining territories were warriors and not peaceful at all before or after Islam. You people talk as if there was no war before Islam. Read your own hindu history. Maybe the British conquered India by way of giving you visas and citizenship to the UK.

  • @alborzkalash
    @alborzkalash 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +326

    A Kalash here from Chitral, Pakistan. This was an interesting video, and I hope we see more of this content on TH-cam. I need to add some things here: Kafiristan was not always a part of Afghanistan. In fact, it was an autonomous region under the protection of the Chitral Kingdom, and often Kalash chiefs were made governors of Kafiristan by our Katoor kings. Kafiristan was occupied by the Afghans when Chitral came under the British influence, and the Afghans broke the peace treaty between Chitral and Afghanistan. The Katoor kings were our biggest patrons, and they were the ones who protected the Nuristanis from conversion by invaders; it was not only because they were isolated. When the Afghans attacked Nuristan, many Nuristanis moved to Chitral and continued their religion. The last one converted, if I remember correctly, in the 1980s.
    Another thing: all of the images you used here are of us Kalash, not Nooristanis. Anyways, I enjoyed it and learned something new today. 👍🏻
    Also, to my Indian brothers in the comment section, we Kalash are not Hindus. Our religion is much older than Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. 🙏🏻
    Greetings from Chitral ֎ 🇵🇰

    • @GaurangAsthana
      @GaurangAsthana 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      what do u even know about hinduism to say anything is older/newer? Also, Hinduism is a dharma not religion, they are different things. There's solid proof of hindu deities being worshipped as far back as indus valley civilisation and who knows how further back it goes. So I'd also suggest the same to u as well, don't try to put forth any claims about Hinduism either.
      I have no interest claiming kalash religion as part of hinduism. A few internet videos don't represent us. Do what u want.

    • @GreatManTheoryYT
      @GreatManTheoryYT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Yes, for obvious reasons there are no real pictures of Kafiristani pagans besides the Kalash.

    • @vikashsharma-eq2eq
      @vikashsharma-eq2eq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      Hinduism is a very diverse religion, or we could also say that it's the absence of organised religion. For example the gods and practices of different regions in India are very different from each other.
      The primary god mentioned in video (imra) sounds very similar to god Indra, who is the king of all devtas (other gods).
      I wish you well my brother.

    • @wifil532
      @wifil532 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Love from Gilgit bro, hope you're keeping your traditions safe. ❤ Can u give me some reference readings about Kalash history and culture. Some books or some research papers, thanks.
      @alborzkalash

    • @addyaddy614
      @addyaddy614 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      @@GaurangAsthana Proof? Trust me bro😂
      Until the indus valley language is completely decoded nobody can say for sure what their religion was or even that they were religious at all.

  • @nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008
    @nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was one of the coolest stories I've ever had the privilage of learning about! Love this kind of content.
    It brings with it such a sense of wonder, of appreciation for the beauty of this world.

  • @digitalbase9396
    @digitalbase9396 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Fascinating, this must have been the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling’s novella “The Man Who Would Be King” which became a 1975 film starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine.

    • @francescocantoni5665
      @francescocantoni5665 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I opened the video with that in mind

    • @Zyzyx442
      @Zyzyx442 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      yeah same here

    • @Buster_Piles
      @Buster_Piles 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      A wonderful film.

  • @infosplus1772
    @infosplus1772 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Zoroastrianism started from ancient Balkh empire, which is located in northern part of Afghanistan 🇦🇫

    • @najibullahghafori3739
      @najibullahghafori3739 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      definitely, we afghans were mainly zoarastrian, zoarastrianism was found in Afghanistan and imported to iran from here

    • @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk
      @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      there are still 2500-2900 Zoroastrians in Afghanistan as of now

  • @thinkingcitizen
    @thinkingcitizen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    At 19:14, McNair notes the supreme being of these Kafiristan people is 'Indra' , the ancient Hindu/Vedic god still worshipped in India (and Nepal and Pakistan) today . So they were practicing some kind of ancient Hinduism...

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Indra was a river God of the Waigal valley Nuristanis,also Indra is from the Pre vedic,so it's not Hindu, Nuristani religion descended from the pre Vedic religion,that doesn't make it Hindu.
      Nuristanis had different supreme gods depending on the Valley,for instance the Bashgal Valley Nuristanis' supreme God was Gish,the God of War and Raids,while Ramgal and Presul valley Nuristanis worshipped Imro,the God of the sky.

    • @Jenvlogs404
      @Jenvlogs404 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@Tabish_Nooristani Hinduism had different phases and pre Vedic was one, it’s also a combination of natives, these philosophies are similar to those in Himachal…etc.

    • @SafiyaExMuslim
      @SafiyaExMuslim 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@Tabish_Nooristani why to bluff and lie? Indra is vedic god . They were Hindus.. why to cry and lie like this???

    • @aryayashwantmehta
      @aryayashwantmehta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thinkingcitizen go to Punjab. Names will be like mahinder, Gurinder, sukhinder, Inder , etc

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt They don't lol
      I bet you've never talked to an Afghan.

  • @elainethomson7146
    @elainethomson7146 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is new to me and extremely interesting. Thank you.

  • @trancearoundtheworld
    @trancearoundtheworld 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was hooked with this video. Keep up the great content my friend.

  • @fridtjofroosevelt1736
    @fridtjofroosevelt1736 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Incredible story, I hope you do more of these !
    Very Kipling-esqe

  • @fredmcnair8458
    @fredmcnair8458 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Terrific documentary on William Watts McNair: Virtue is its own Reward

    • @fredmcnair8458
      @fredmcnair8458 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am a 20th century McNair living in the USA 🇺🇸. I am the first-born of an immigrant mother from Persia/Iran who is(92 1/2) a daughter of a Bakhtiari tribal chieftain’s son.

  • @4ajustpeace
    @4ajustpeace 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Thanks for posting. I recently finished Eric Newby's 1958 book, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, about his and companion Hugh Carless' journey to climb Mir Samir. Didn't get to the top, but wrote a fascinating and humorous book about their adventures through the region. Please consider writing about women travelers as well. Somewhere I've an old book written by two women who traveled through western China in the 1800's or the turn of the century. If I can find it I'll post it later. Again, thank you.

    • @GreatManTheoryYT
      @GreatManTheoryYT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks, always looking for new ideas so will definitely consider them if you can remember their names

  • @sk-xz1nv
    @sk-xz1nv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This journey would make a great movie imo. Great video 👍

  • @sidharth27raina
    @sidharth27raina 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    an interesting video indeed. Really nice. I agree that the algorithm should pick this up and share amongst all feeds. My request to the owner would be to share some links or coordinates of the places talked about in this video. watching these places through google maps is comforting to some of us. We would like to relive the journey through google maps.

  • @Mulkhonmerxuri
    @Mulkhonmerxuri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    As a native Chitrali I really enjoyed this video ❤❤❤

    • @Dev_Gurjar_Singh
      @Dev_Gurjar_Singh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      They were not the people of the idol worshiping Arab barbaric civilization. They were the people of India's Sanatan Dharma. In India's Sanatan Dharma and philosophy, there is worship of God in many ways along with idol worship. They were the remaining people of ancient India and religion. Who had preserved their religion in those areas. But Islam is against the mixed civilization of Arabic ideology. Whereas Hindu civilization takes all the people along. Many beautiful cultures have been destroyed because of Abrahamic religions. Present America, Australia, New Zealand, Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabic pagan, Sabian, Jewish, Yozidian civilization, Roman, Russia, North African civilization, South African civilization, Spanish civilization, all have been destroyed by Abrahamic religions. Nature and God will make them pay for it in the coming times.

    • @Mulkhonmerxuri
      @Mulkhonmerxuri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Oh @Dev_Gurjar_Singh, let me enlighten you with some *accurate* history lessons. The Kalash tribe, contrary to your understanding, was actually defeated by the Raees people who came from China. It was our esteemed Mehtars (kings) who nobly preserved their community from various outside threats. Even today, the Kalash face attacks from Afghans at the frontiers, but the local Muslim community, who have always cherished them, continue to offer protection and support.
      And let's clear up another misconception: the Muslims of Chitral are not outsiders. We are the original inhabitants of the region who converted to Islam. Our history is long and rich, evolving from fire worship to the establishment of the Kalash civilization. Then came the Raees kings from China who made our people their slaves. Finally, the noble Muslim Monarchs, or Mehtars, entered the scene and heroically defeated the Raees kings. So, next time, try to get your facts straight before making such claims 😊😊

    • @aryanhassan4659
      @aryanhassan4659 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      ​@@Mulkhonmerxurisouth asian history is often hijacked by hindoesss😂

    • @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR
      @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aryanhassan4659 Yup, and They are also the Long Lost Tribe of Judahs Like another 10,000+Other Tribes and they Descended From Adam 4,500 Years Ago and They Started Worshiping Prophets as Pagan Gods Shang Di Shnagdi-Tianzhu or Tianzhy is Shamadi of Abharamics and the True God of Abharam even Kukis Nagas etc are Jews-Christian before they Converted to Paganism Primitive worship and Then Descended From Heaven Through Came the Messiah the Faceless Prophets and these People were Borned now Through Arabs Abharamics Claims are wild and their angels satan Biblical Judgement day is more wilder but not even that wild the Things they have done and are still doing to others and They Loves to combat between each Other G-@-z is the best example For the Holy Lands Imao 3000-3500 years for the Holy Lands Abharam did not even existed at that time even

    • @KnickGurr
      @KnickGurr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@aryanhassan4659south Asian history is Hindu , its truth

  • @unoriginal_username1
    @unoriginal_username1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What an amazing video ! Subscribed and can’t wait for more

  • @theeccentrictripper3863
    @theeccentrictripper3863 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Came for the story, stayed for the religious flame war in the comment section lol.
    Damn fine video brother, we shall watch your career with great interest.

  • @myfishisnothappy1595
    @myfishisnothappy1595 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're a man of knowledge. It has been a pleasure listening.

  • @abbasalchemist
    @abbasalchemist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This was superb!

  • @DannyArcher337
    @DannyArcher337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful that you have made this video

  • @therandomdude1
    @therandomdude1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    this was a very good put together video . Keep up the good work bro.

  • @DSej3ou
    @DSej3ou 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Well made! An enjoyable watch!

  • @jameswells554
    @jameswells554 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My first tour in Afghanistan (2004) I served alongside an ASF (Afghan Security Forces; pre-Karzai) whose village had only finally converted to Islam from Paganism during his Father's early Childhood. And yes that is exactly the region of RC East where we were operating. I tried to get some more information about it, and he said "it is said they worshipped Demons/Devils(the translation was a bit muddied the Terp was a bit confused himself about the meaning of the word used), and Fire.
    The description of the people doesn't quite hit the mark; I found the Nuristani to be remarkably striking in their features. They are, to use an archaic turn of phrase, a Handsome Race of People; and they are Daring to a Fault in Combat. One of our ASF was shot through both feet, and his legs were riddled with shrapnel; six weeks later he was back out on Patrol with us. These guys would almost beg to be allowed to go join a fight even if it was Green on Green, and they could tell who was fighting whom by the area we could hear shooting going on. "Don't worry, Boss; it's just fight over grazing for goats", or "Fighters, can we go?".

    • @Nabil-js5xu
      @Nabil-js5xu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its seem that you had a great time in Nuristan.

    • @xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322
      @xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Met one nuristani person at Ft Polk JRTC and his physical appearance definitely made me think that their claim of being descended from Alexander the great's army might have some legitimacy due to his appearance being similar to the likeness of Greek statues. He was pleasantly surprised I knew that origin myth.

    • @SafaM-ne8zm
      @SafaM-ne8zm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why did you lose some sandal wearing taliban fighters? lol

    • @राजन्यसिंहवर्मा
      @राजन्यसिंहवर्मा 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322सिकन्दर कभी भारत नहीँ आया था एशिआटिकसोसाइटी बनने के समय से ही यह भ्रम फैलाया गया है और अबतक अनवरत चलाया हुआ है जिसे नाटकोँ वार्तालाप सिलेबस द्वारा भूलने नहीँ देते हैँ। चन्द्रगुप्तमौर्य लगभग साढ़ेतीनसहस्रवर्षपूर्व हुआ था अढ़ाईसहस्रवर्षपूर्व नहीँ। अब एक नया भ्रम फैलाने लगे हैँ कि सिकन्दर से उस समय किसी मठ के प्रधान शङ्कराचार्य मिले थे।।

  • @obiwankenobi1784
    @obiwankenobi1784 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    They were hindus, now only 2 of them remain in afghanistan one of whom is over 90 years of age and the other has his family settled in india

    • @groundzero5708
      @groundzero5708 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      They dont follow vedas

    • @obiwankenobi1784
      @obiwankenobi1784 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@groundzero5708 they do but other hindu sects out right reject the vedas as fake and most hindus don't even read them

    • @obiwankenobi1784
      @obiwankenobi1784 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@groundzero5708 first of you dont know about that and secondly neither do many hindu sects- lingayats, sarnaists etc. Most hindus probably wouldn't have even read one word of the vedas.

    • @emperorpalpatine9841
      @emperorpalpatine9841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      They are not Hindus.

    • @obiwankenobi1784
      @obiwankenobi1784 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@emperorpalpatine9841 learn what is hinduism first

  • @ca0984
    @ca0984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    correct me if im wrong but is the religon of nuristan (kafiristan) still followed by the kalash in pakistan? or a very closely related version

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ca0984 A very closely related one actually.
      Also,many aspects of the Kalasha religion were borrowed from the Pre-Islamic Nuristani people of Bashgal valley,such as the wood carvings.

    • @sshelsahel2079
      @sshelsahel2079 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even in nuristan still but not wide spread

    • @Shourya899
      @Shourya899 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How many People Follows it Estimates?​@@sshelsahel2079

  • @HarshSingh-zj2bf
    @HarshSingh-zj2bf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    This was the original religion of Afghanistan , & the majority buckled under the Muslim attacks & converted, but what you call pagan religion, these people retained there religion

    • @سيلفرالسبستي
      @سيلفرالسبستي 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It wasn't? Before islam was dominant, zoroastrianism and buddhism were.

    • @HarshSingh-zj2bf
      @HarshSingh-zj2bf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@سيلفرالسبستي well Hinduism was the original then came the Buddhism came Emperor Ashok declared as the national religion & Afghanistan was part of India then though they all started praying to Buddha there culture remained the same , same happened in India & they reverted back to Hinduism soon

    • @سيلفرالسبستي
      @سيلفرالسبستي 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt ? What does that even mean

    • @Seyfullahalasiya
      @Seyfullahalasiya 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt are you drunk or something?

    • @Seyfullahalasiya
      @Seyfullahalasiya 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt that's only average Pakistani and indian

  • @Brookigetit
    @Brookigetit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved it ❤

  • @missourimongoose8858
    @missourimongoose8858 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Those wooden statues of men and woman at 19 min looks alot like the wooden idles that were found in a german bog, thats pretty cool

    • @ekesandras1481
      @ekesandras1481 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What is a German bog? I think they look more like traditional Hungarian wood carvings.

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are ancestral statues of Nuristani people,not idols of Gods.

    • @awakenedaristocrat
      @awakenedaristocrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      RESEARCH THE INDOEUROPEANS- we are all aryans, same culture, literally

    • @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk
      @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tabish_Nooristani What"s Your religion now and are there Pagans Polytheists in Nuristan and Kafiristan as of Now Just Like in Iran and Iraq Mazdhayanis,Mithraism and Yarksanaism etc as of Today is it same in Afghanistan Too Like in Iran and Iraq do Animists,Polytheists still exists there

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk I'm muslim.
      All Nuristanis are muslims,the last pagan animists of Nuristan converted to Islam in the mid 1930s in Chitral where they were refugees from the forced conversions back in Nuristan.

  • @Hindustaniyoddha089
    @Hindustaniyoddha089 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a great channel

  • @bookaufman9643
    @bookaufman9643 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This reminds me of a story that I saw on a video that I can no longer find on TH-cam. I think it was from the British show chronicle but it might have been from a different one but it was about the first non-arab to ever see Petra. The guy had to take like 2 years to learn the right language and grow his beard and everything and then find a guide to take him through this area where he would have been killed instantly if they thought he was an infidel. It was an amazing journey and I wish I could find the episode but it's somehow gone. I think they called it rose red City but there's so many references to Petra that are called that that the search doesn't help. TH-cam does this thing where if you don't watch a video in a certain amount of time they take it out of your categories and so it's gone from that so I cannot find it anymore. It was an epic story though and the guy was nearly discovered a few times but he was a master of the language and survived to relate the story to a British archaeological and geographical group. One of those Victorian British explorers clubs

    • @GreatManTheoryYT
      @GreatManTheoryYT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can’t say I’ve seen the video you’re referring to but sounds like it was about Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

    • @bookaufman9643
      @bookaufman9643 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GreatManTheoryYT I believe it was. The last name rings a bell anyhow. It was a great episode with that kind of semi posh British narration. It was on a list I had that I called sleeping histories which were stories that I tended to fall asleep easily to. I'm not saying that they were boring or anything like that, they were all really good stories but also relaxing. It was kind of a strange thing because he approached somebody important from a geographical society with this idea of becoming the first non-muslim to see these areas and the things he had to do to even prepare for this mission were above and beyond. I think he had an unfortunate end and died of illness very young. This is all going off of the memory of a video I haven't seen in probably at least three or four years.

  • @axim7900
    @axim7900 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great vid, thanks for enriching our livez

  • @sol90981
    @sol90981 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Moment i heard kailash i am sure they followed indian religion either hinduism, jainsim ,sikh or bhudhist kailash is a place in indic religion like Jerusalem is for jews,christian and muslims it is place were respective religons legends meditate to attain supernatural strength

    • @mehak-GB
      @mehak-GB 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      U should come out of this inferiority complex. Nuristanis I talked never claim themselves related to Hindusim. Even they say that Hindusim was not there when their religion was there. Each valley had their own gods which donot are Hindu gods or vedic gods even. So donot be like China or others

  • @Rizkay2050
    @Rizkay2050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fort you have shown as Fort of Dir at 11:29 (onwards) is Baltit Fort in Karimabad Hunza in the presentday Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

  • @ozziebugga9725
    @ozziebugga9725 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you, this video filled in a question I had been wondering about since learning of the Kaffirs conversion and conquest as a result of the border delineation between Aghanistan and The raj.

    • @Dev_Gurjar_Singh
      @Dev_Gurjar_Singh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      They were not the people of the idol worshiping Arab barbaric civilization. They were the people of India's Sanatan Dharma. In India's Sanatan Dharma and philosophy, there is worship of God in many ways along with idol worship. They were the remaining people of ancient India and religion. Who had preserved their religion in those areas. But Islam is against the mixed civilization of Arabic ideology. Whereas Hindu civilization takes all the people along. Many beautiful cultures have been destroyed because of Abrahamic religions. Present America, Australia, New Zealand, Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabic pagan, Sabian, Jewish, Yozidian civilization, Roman, Russia, North African civilization, South African civilization, Spanish civilization, all have been destroyed by Abrahamic religions. Nature and God will make them pay for it in the coming times.

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ozziebugga9725 I'm Nuristani,I can answer any questions you have.

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dev_Gurjar_Singh No Pre Islamic Kafiristani/Nuristani called their religion "Sanatan Dharma" lol.
      They even had different Gods and legends depending on the valley and ethnicity.

    • @ajuuran2890
      @ajuuran2890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Dev_Gurjar_Singhcry about it pagan

    • @Jareers-ef8hp
      @Jareers-ef8hp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ajuuran2890He’s a dravidian jeet who thinks his ancestors were aryans 😂😂

  • @notadoctora7956
    @notadoctora7956 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Nicely put together. It's a shame they weren't videos of the actual place. But I can imagine how expensive that would be!

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@notadoctora7956 we do have videos from non muslim Nuristanis that escaped the initial conversion during the late 19th century.
      Check out Georg Morgenstein's videos from the 1920s.

    • @craigmclean8858
      @craigmclean8858 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tabish_Nooristani I did but can't bring up anything here. Did you mean here?

  • @retf054ewte3
    @retf054ewte3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I should say "Kafiristan" is misspelled and mispronounced.
    the correct word is "Kafaristan". the word Kafar means infidel or unbeliever. "Kaf" as pronounced in "Car". those people in that area were actually Pagans (they believed in some indian religion) as in video says correctly, but Muslims called them Kafar (unbeliever)

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They didn't believe in a Hindu religion,their beliefs descend from the pre Vedic religion,but that doesn't make it Hindu at all.

    • @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj
      @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Tabish_Nooristani God Indra is A hindu god google it. They were Ancient Hindus.

  • @crissmilton5007
    @crissmilton5007 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel will go fur, if remains in this path.

  • @rahulj.005
    @rahulj.005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Only the Hindus are remained of ancient cultures, religions and traditions, everyone else is dead or converted.😢 Except for Zoroastrians but most of them are in India now too and which are also declining.
    Only Hindus ownered their ancesters sacrifice by keeping it alive and thriving. Our ancestors hymns are still echoing even after 4000 years.🙏

    • @oneman80840
      @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@rahulj.005 hope you guys convert more salam from Afghanistan 😘 Hindu goo khor

    • @rollinghippo2940
      @rollinghippo2940 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      until india cleaned the ganges River, no one will have a good view of Hinduism

    • @rahulj.005
      @rahulj.005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@rollinghippo2940 Ganges is not the only river in India BKL MC.

    • @ziyadpepe6291
      @ziyadpepe6291 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ancient culture?.
      You mean like the one show up in India Instagram reels?.

    • @rahulj.005
      @rahulj.005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ziyadpepe6291 No, that's what young generation trying to copy Western culture. Instagram is not an Indian culture.

  • @legendnaveendelu7209
    @legendnaveendelu7209 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Afghanistan was originally Kandhar. So yeah there were hindus in Afghanistan in the past.

    • @SafaM-ne8zm
      @SafaM-ne8zm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there was Buddhism and Zoroastrianism in Afghanistan, not some shytty hindu shyt

  • @atrikroy9160
    @atrikroy9160 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Peacefool imperialism 😊

    • @shedadbaluch
      @shedadbaluch 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Saar Ashoka wazzz chad nd peaceful saar

    • @digitalbath6057
      @digitalbath6057 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@shedadbaluchpeacefool still bombing kids saar. Peacefool still bowing to Arab rppist saar.

    • @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR
      @DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWAR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@shedadbaluch Yup Buddhist Kings Ashoka Bhindushara Kanishka etcs Kings and warriors Slained/ Sl@-Yed Poor Jains Hindus ajiviks and the Role model of BHimtas

    • @Concerned_one
      @Concerned_one 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@DRONAPRATAPSINGHTAWARTAWARso what? It doesn’t justify what the Muslim invaders did.

    • @oneman80840
      @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Concerned_one lol invaders? It was Afghans themselves who converted other Afghans… educate yourself

  • @raphieI
    @raphieI 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video!

  • @Achintyanath
    @Achintyanath 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Afghanistan was Hindu kingdom but now Hinduism has been eliminated from there. Nobody talks about genocide and elimination of Hindus from Islamic nations.

    • @Dunno-bz9ng
      @Dunno-bz9ng 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Not really it was Buddhist and Zoroastrian at some point but Hinduism wasn't as big as you are trying to imply.

    • @emperorpalpatine9841
      @emperorpalpatine9841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mostly Buddhist

    • @PiyushMani-dr1hy
      @PiyushMani-dr1hy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ​@@Dunno-bz9ngMr. before Buddhism could emerge there, there was Gandhara is was a Mahajanpada or amongst 12 great kingdom of Ancient India, imp characters like Gandhari and Shakuni in Mahabharata were from Gandhara!

    • @Dunno-bz9ng
      @Dunno-bz9ng 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@PiyushMani-dr1hy your point is valid as long as we are talking about religion existing. But the comment above is implying that it was a widely practiced religion by the people of a more centralised type of Kingdom and that's not the case.

    • @PiyushMani-dr1hy
      @PiyushMani-dr1hy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Dunno-bz9ng yes it might not be a widely practised religion post emergence of Buddhism, but before that Hinduism existed in its full form in Afghanistan, even a lot of Shastric Literature ( Scriptures of Hinduism) have been found from that place, after Kanishka's rule patronage to Buddhism was given, but Brahmins have had their share of Ashramas, Gurukulas and institutions established, Hindu Shahi rulers till 9th century were able upkeep Hinduism there!

  • @pinky-uh3lx
    @pinky-uh3lx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    why show ladakh and the Northern areas of pakistan in the backdrop???? Its so misleading.

    • @ismailchoudhary7441
      @ismailchoudhary7441 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really bro I think we should start showing the palaces we really have instead of propaganda. The age of conquest is over.

  • @yeawhateverrrrr
    @yeawhateverrrrr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thats actually really interesting! Is there by chance a relation between the Kafirs and the Hephthalites?

  • @PabloValle-gi4ik
    @PabloValle-gi4ik 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Whats is the music of the start? I'm enchanted by these flutes.

  • @almurabitun
    @almurabitun 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    It's called Nuristan now since they became Muslim

    • @spartacus551
      @spartacus551 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

      They didn't become Muslim. They were forced to convert to Islam.

    • @StockyDude
      @StockyDude 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      @@spartacus551Well, they became Muslim through forced conversion.

    • @qpdb840
      @qpdb840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@StockyDudethey speak Nuristani which is a very unique language between Eastern, Western Iranian languages and the Indic languages

    • @Shaftalooooo
      @Shaftalooooo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Islam destroyed them

    • @badart3204
      @badart3204 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spartacus551that’s how the majority of Islam spread. Middle East is Muslim just like they are now Muslim

  • @taybak8446
    @taybak8446 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well presented!

  • @unkownhistory7660
    @unkownhistory7660 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Btw a similair ethnic group the Kalash of pakistan still practice a similair animist religion today

    • @awakenedaristocrat
      @awakenedaristocrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its NOT ANIMIST!!!!

    • @awakenedaristocrat
      @awakenedaristocrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      aryans never worshipped animal spirits, rather the high gods

    • @unkownhistory7660
      @unkownhistory7660 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@awakenedaristocrat hmm good point

  • @sriharshacv7760
    @sriharshacv7760 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    That is the nature of that religion.

  • @perendieug6342
    @perendieug6342 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Is it worth mentioning that they are forced to convert to islam.

    • @Jareers-ef8hp
      @Jareers-ef8hp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cry more jeet

  • @AmanKumar12138
    @AmanKumar12138 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It seems so called Kafirs by Afganis were the last Hindus of Afganistan. Hindus have lost much of their land to Islamists due to massive Islamic invasion.

  • @selvarajsubrammanian9242
    @selvarajsubrammanian9242 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Mother nature still saves many indigenous people

  • @richardnicklin654
    @richardnicklin654 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cracking video.

  • @joebidet2050
    @joebidet2050 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I❤central asian history
    The most interesting yet least studied discussed
    East meets west
    Musical chairs intrigue

    • @JaydenW.
      @JaydenW. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      central asian and central african need more vids

    • @OkarinHououinKyouma
      @OkarinHououinKyouma 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It is South Asian history. Everything north to Afghanistan is Central Asia

    • @thinkingcitizen
      @thinkingcitizen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Since this is Afghanistan technically this is South Asia, the pagans/kafirs were following an ancient Hinduism

    • @joebidet2050
      @joebidet2050 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@OkarinHououinKyouma I knew someone would say that
      At one time north Afghanistan was bmac

    • @f34rbeast32
      @f34rbeast32 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@OkarinHououinKyouma not really, the Historical defining border between South Asia and Central Asia was the Hindu Kush Mountains; with anything South of it being South Asian and anything North of it being Central Asian; while the Central Hindu Kush regions were usually more Central Asian influenced by South Asia

  • @이동연-c6d
    @이동연-c6d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    A Man Would Be King makes me come here.

    • @pattywolford
      @pattywolford 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too

    • @diprogamer3294
      @diprogamer3294 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it's clear where they got the inspiration from

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They = Rudyard Kipling.

    • @HarshSingh-zj2bf
      @HarshSingh-zj2bf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@이동연-c6d man who would be king does not give a true picture,the British tried to show there superiority,

  • @morwickchesterham3875
    @morwickchesterham3875 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    5:05... 'Kaffir' doesn't mean heretic, it means infidel... The Kaffiristanians finally got defeated and had Islam shoved down their throats by Abdur Rahman Khan, after he got modern firearms from the British...

    • @Jareers-ef8hp
      @Jareers-ef8hp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      GOOD, go cry more jeet

    • @morwickchesterham3875
      @morwickchesterham3875 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jareers-ef8hp What's good? Shoving a stone-age religion down people's throats... you know... the stone-age religion where they worship a rock in the middle of the desert, five times a day. Booga! Booga! Allah Malaka!

    • @Sonnabet
      @Sonnabet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Jareers-ef8hpdo you ever question why you think that is good?

    • @Jareers-ef8hp
      @Jareers-ef8hp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sonnabet Of course, I like many other people have been raised in liberalism my whole life, the fact I believe the Shariah is supreme and should be enforced is a testament to me questioning all I have been raised to believe.

    • @Sonnabet
      @Sonnabet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jareers-ef8hp so your belief is a reaction to another belief. You see how these are connected? Where is your soul conscience?

  • @pauldiffenderfer
    @pauldiffenderfer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you for your report Sir !!!

  • @AbdulHafeez-cq6oo
    @AbdulHafeez-cq6oo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THE GREAT CONTRIBUTOR

  • @petertodorov1792
    @petertodorov1792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SIr George Scott Robertson's expedition to Kaffiristan was way more important for scholars of the Kam people

  • @loshadkinloshadkin725
    @loshadkinloshadkin725 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Man how much I wish I was born back in those days just so I can pull something along the lines of Mr McNair‘s adventure

    • @HarshSingh-zj2bf
      @HarshSingh-zj2bf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@loshadkinloshadkin725 you can still have adventure, only the style of Adventure has changed

    • @loshadkinloshadkin725
      @loshadkinloshadkin725 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HarshSingh-zj2bf true that. I’m planning to go to Afghanistan as a matter of fact as soon as I make some money.

    • @hamidhamidi3134
      @hamidhamidi3134 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These times were the most terrible times in the history of the region. the English helped Brutal dictators like Abdul Rahman Khan to commit genecides and forcebly convert the Kafirs, take many of them as slaves etc. many of the problems in Afghasnitan goes back to these times.

    • @HarshSingh-zj2bf
      @HarshSingh-zj2bf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hamidhamidi3134 That is not true no the British were not successful in converting, about 10 to 12 percent of population was converted by the Malach or the Muslims, the Muslims were called Malach by the Indians which means non believers & filthy , but the rate of production of children by Muslims is very high because of 4 wife’s , now the population of Muslims in India is almost 18 %

    • @loshadkinloshadkin725
      @loshadkinloshadkin725 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hamidhamidi3134 I can agree there, the British in their greed and chase of power screwed up the disposition not only in Afghanistan, but in most parts of Eurasia. By justice south Turkestan, as well as the rest of Turkestan, Hazarajat and Kafiristan should’ve gone off to the Russian Empire, which would’ve saved them from genocides and religious radicalisation.

  • @HighWealder
    @HighWealder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating

  • @Jenvlogs404
    @Jenvlogs404 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In humane and hope they respect their roots and learn the truth of how were manipulated one by one, the entire mountain range is called HinduKush or where thrown from, hope ones in Chitral flee and the only way right now as no future.

  • @ChannelBerpindah
    @ChannelBerpindah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The man who would be kings.

  • @Harry-gy4fp
    @Harry-gy4fp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I belong to nooristan, and know all our history. But these Hindus would start bullshit and say that all afghan were Hindus. Some in the comments says that nooristani are kalash but we are not. We have different languages, even every valley in nooristan have their own language. Our ancestors were pagan not Hindus and now we are so happy that our ancestors accepted Islam.

    • @theallseeingeye9388
      @theallseeingeye9388 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahh you happy your ancestors entire culture and traditions have been wiped off the slate and your people culturally subjugated to adopt the ways of the Arab tribes of the middle east?
      Im happy me and my people have been Arabised........

    • @LeenaQurishi
      @LeenaQurishi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ikr!
      I have a question if you don’t mind me asking 😅
      In the video they mentioned the blue eyes and blonde hair, I have seen some people in Nuristan have indeed blonde hair and blue/green eyes but I think it’s because of the Alexander The Great, when he came to Afghanistan with his soldiers and married there etc etc that’s why cause they were white now people in Nuristan(not all people) looks white. Is that true? (It’s ok 👍🏻 if you don’t know 😊).
      BTW I’m from Laghman your neighbor😊

    • @nilipertamaprakoso4156
      @nilipertamaprakoso4156 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Keep crying. Hindus (aka the indigenous religious people of the area from Afghanistan to Assam and from Kashmir to Sri Lanka) will keep spreading the light of our indigeous truth to everyone. Pagan is not even an indigenous Afghani word, it is a Yahoodi word which comes from Christianity. You have no idea about your own language, your own terms and your own identity, and you are showing nothing but a fake pride to desperately hide your pain of being completely enslaved and humiliated for thousands of years by foreigners from the Middle East. Now you hate your own brothers and sisters from India just because THEY survived while you guys got DEFEATED.
      Okay, keep crying. But we Hindus will not stop spreading the truth. Kalashas ARE Hindus, the word Kalash itself is a Hindu term. We will carry the light of Vedas, Puranas, Sanskrit, Hinduism and Indianism across South Asia once again and kick out this Arabian-influenced racism and disjoint unity among the people of this land.

    • @oneman80840
      @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@Harry-gy4fp salam azizam, I agree I’m from Panjshir it’s annoying to see these Hindus they just look desperate.

    • @Harry-gy4fp
      @Harry-gy4fp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@LeenaQurishi most of us are blonde and have blue eyes, cause of the climate there in nooristan, not because of Alexander the great. U can study the 12 class history book, which says that: mughul and Greek people didn't even come to nooristan cause of it's special geographical location، let alone to conquer nooristan. If u have read the 12 class history book properly, they used the wordصعب العبور for nooristan, which means the way that is deep, so Alexander the great didn't even come there then how did they have childern with our women? and u r laghmani, it's so sweet to have Langham chal here 😄😄

  • @thomaseriksen6885
    @thomaseriksen6885 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating story I knew nothing of

  • @kgzb123
    @kgzb123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    blue eyes and blonde hair r not Aryan features.
    The Aryans who migrated to India from Sintashta-Andronovo had black hair and brown eyes mostly.
    The most Aryan community of South Asia(Rors of Haryana) hv black hair and dark eyes, meanwhile kalash or Nuristani hv light features, it simply due to natural selection or genetic mutation.
    Even High AASI-IVC groups like Chitpavans hv lighter eyes.

    • @joebidet2050
      @joebidet2050 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Kgzb123
      You sir are correct
      A well read educated man
      A rarity amongst those who comment on yt 😊

    • @SlaveOfDevas
      @SlaveOfDevas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      The dark hair is a myth. Light brown hair and brunetteish hair were common. Even today in india many have very light brown hair.

    • @sriparnoghosh2424
      @sriparnoghosh2424 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually yes ..my mother has deep brown hairs ...mine father's is deep black ..I got hair with very deep brown shade...
      ​@SlaveOfDevas

    • @SlaveOfDevas
      @SlaveOfDevas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sriparnoghosh2424 That is what I'm talking about. Even my little brother has them and they are on the lighter shade. Not to forget many folks who had even lighter brown hair that I have seen

    • @singatakberpura
      @singatakberpura 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aryan migration has been debunked 😂

  • @RoyFJ65
    @RoyFJ65 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Most likely Scythians.

    • @awakenedaristocrat
      @awakenedaristocrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no but closely related. They were aryans too

  • @kylegovender6211
    @kylegovender6211 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a south african
    You have no idea how funny that name is

  • @nilipertamaprakoso4156
    @nilipertamaprakoso4156 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Beautiful video. Goes on to show how foreign Arabian and Iranic people shamelessly dominated over South Asia and tried to remove our cultural and linguistic imprint to make us subservient to them using excuse of monotheism and Islam.
    Too bad this beautiful region got succumbed to the ugly discriminatory politics and war waged by Muslims. This makes me, as a Hindu Indian, even more strict and patriotic about my country and strongly connected to my own religion, language and culture. Forced monotheism, Abrahamic values and their languages have NO PLACE whatsoever in India. Even our 200M Muslims today used Sanskritized language when indulging in intellectual debates, we are not interested in Arabizing or Iranicizing ourselves. India is its own Ummah, and by Krishna's grace we survived for a reason.

    • @SS-eu2ef
      @SS-eu2ef 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yesss God bless India, islam is nothing but a political idealogy that destroys cultures and ask’s ppl to surrender their nationality and all that for what 😂. Islam has only extended the arab desert culture; hell it’s even destroyed arabian paganism as well in the process. I honestly can’t stand it anymore

    • @dreameater8796
      @dreameater8796 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hindu, or gandu ?

  • @edwardjantyndorf4174
    @edwardjantyndorf4174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was told that this culture still survives in what is called Nuristan.

  • @KamleshYadav-hv8wd
    @KamleshYadav-hv8wd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As well as Science and education will spread..the religious dogmatism will mate its final fate..

    • @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk
      @Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      of Abharamics Rigth Because Most-East Asian Developed Countries are Folk,Shintoism,Daoism,Taoism Buddhism Followers Japan,Vietnam,China,Taiwan,Singapore and South korea are examples of It

  • @realtalk6195
    @realtalk6195 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kafir means Disbeliever (or Unbeliever).
    It's completely different from Heretic which is Zindiq.

  • @joban8177
    @joban8177 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    ☪️ancer

    • @naim_sulaimankhel
      @naim_sulaimankhel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cringe comment.

    • @TonyStark-mm6qy
      @TonyStark-mm6qy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@naim_sulaimankhel Womp womp 🤣🔥

    • @naim_sulaimankhel
      @naim_sulaimankhel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TonyStark-mm6qyare you dog?

    • @TonyStark-mm6qy
      @TonyStark-mm6qy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@naim_sulaimankhel Are you pig bullah? 🤣🔥

    • @dunkendohnuts5841
      @dunkendohnuts5841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@naim_sulaimankhel it takes a dog to know a dog

  • @BugiAnsari
    @BugiAnsari 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    North Pakistan: Kalash Kafirs: A rider figure of the Kafirs, formerly placed in cemeteries in memory of important deceased persons. -

  • @Lukejb2Butterworth
    @Lukejb2Butterworth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    There are plenty of pictures from Robertsons Kafir's of the Hindu Kush book that show shrines , effigies & the local female horned headdress . There is all so a detailed description of the Imra temple at Parun valley that was the holiest temple in all Kafiristan . There is all so the photos taken by the Norwegian ethnologist Morgenstierne who visited & photographed & studied both the kafir refugee villages in the Kalash valleys & the mixed Kalash and Kati Kafir valley of Urtsun .

    • @Tabish_Nooristani
      @Tabish_Nooristani 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Urtsun valley Kailash were tributaries to the Nuristani Kafirs,but they eventually lost control of it after their invasion by the Mehatr of Chitral.

    • @Lukejb2Butterworth
      @Lukejb2Butterworth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tabish_Nooristani Nuristani Kafirs ??? that would be Kafiristani's . And it was Nuristanis who attacked in the late 1930s & killed most of the valleys last Pagans thus making the Islamic take over complete in the valley .That at least is what the last Pagan a lady called Mranzi who was the daughter of the last Urtsun priest - Chief And who married into the Biriu valley Kalash after the conversion of her valley .

  • @hmstar
    @hmstar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One mistake. Swat too was semiautonomous princely state.

  • @Truthhurts7937
    @Truthhurts7937 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Correction: The name Afghanistan is a British creation and did not exist until the late 1800's. The original name is Aryana, Khorasan, which has a history of over 7000 years. the British named the land Afghanistan, land of the Aughan or Pashtun, to use the Aughans in the Southern regions for the conquest of the land of Aryana Khorasan. Today everyone in that land is misidentified as Aughan because of the British.

    • @agnelomascarenhas8990
      @agnelomascarenhas8990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Modern Afghanistan is founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, who worked for Nader Shah of Iran, Nader Shah was responsible for sacking of Delhi 1737.
      The name Afghan exists since 7th century AD. An Indian mathematician refers to them as "Apagana". Aspa and Asba are Persian and Farsi respectively for horse.

    • @Truthhurts7937
      @Truthhurts7937 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@agnelomascarenhas8990 that is based on misinformation

    • @yearmonth200
      @yearmonth200 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Lol then why there was an pashtoon emperor in 1700 named Mahmoud afghan

    • @irfanaliyousufi3714
      @irfanaliyousufi3714 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True ❤

    • @user-Rayyan123
      @user-Rayyan123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now khosrasan is just a occupied territory of Pashtuns 🗿

  • @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj
    @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Indira is a god of rain in Hinduism i think there were ancient Hindus 🚩❤.

  • @YoniBaruch-y3m
    @YoniBaruch-y3m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a child I remember reading a National Geographic article about the Kalash Kafirs. Suggestion was, they were Greek, and the Persian empire had moved any captured Greeks to the far end of the empire from Greece. Thus the European look and unislamic behavior patterns.

    • @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj
      @SidhantDhagare-gw3fj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were ancient people like Hindus and zoroastrians. Their Gods like yama and indira are hindu gods.

  • @llluminum
    @llluminum 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I’m enthralled by the Content but not the narrators voice. This might be a symptom of the new generation, but the narrators lack of inflection, invokes boredom with the subject. This is my observation, and hopefully invokes a change in the narrators ability to imagine the authors first-hand experience.

    • @daugustus
      @daugustus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Men are less manly these days

    • @goatvision6908
      @goatvision6908 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The subject is excellent but the narrator has neither knowledge of the area nor the languages. He even mispronounced Strachan, and that is a Scot's name, which should be known to a reasonably educated American. To listen to such mangling of the language can scarcely be relaxing or instructive. The videos have no footage of Nuristan. It is all taken from areas further East. A Kalash viewer may be able to speak to the footage of the people.

    • @randybobandy4801
      @randybobandy4801 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Speak for yourself. I find people who are too interested in themselves and the sounds of their own voices exhausting. No doubt including yourself based on your snide comment

    • @awakenedaristocrat
      @awakenedaristocrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1000%. Compare old narration voices with new ones, the difference is INSANE and really shows how feminized we have become

  • @lostcities2023
    @lostcities2023 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Interesting...

  • @oneman80840
    @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    All of these Hindu nationalist trying to claim Afghans😂 being called a Hindu in Afghanistan is an insult for us 😂

    • @nilipertamaprakoso4156
      @nilipertamaprakoso4156 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hindu nationalists are not claiming Afghans. They are claiming the land and its culture. All you slaves of Mecca and Madinah are free to leave that land and go sulk beside that Meccan black box where thousands died this year.
      Being called Hindu in Afghanistan being an insult SHOWS HOW BADLY the Middle Eastern people defeated you, enslaved you and brainwashed you. Now you are just trying to hide your shame by bullying your own brothers and sisters from India because THEY protected their culture, language and religion while Afghans became the SLAVES of Saudi Arabians. Good luck, but we will not keep quiet anymore. Jaya Shri Ram. Jayatu Gandharadesham (Afghanistan is temporary, Gandhara desh is permanent)

    • @LisaMartin1995
      @LisaMartin1995 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Hahaha 🤣 being called Afghanistan and Pakistan is more insult for any human being 😂😂

    • @itsoblivion8124
      @itsoblivion8124 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Go to a foreign country and then call yourself aphgan and then see the reaction.
      Some aphgans often pretend as indian in foreign countries

    • @oneman80840
      @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@itsoblivion8124 nobody wants to be Indian bro 😂 no need to insult us Hindui goo khor kuss madar highly recommend you look at the meaning of “Hindu Kush” mountains

    • @oneman80840
      @oneman80840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@itsoblivion8124 I have,nothing happened…nobody wants to be Indian bro 😂 (no need to insult us) Hindui goo khor kuss madar highly recommend you look at the meaning of “Hindu Kush” mountains

  • @sdufg
    @sdufg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    isnt this the man who would be king.

  • @musa7010
    @musa7010 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Many psuedo historians here. Kafiristanis of Afghanistan converted to Islam in 1890s. Today the area is called Nooristan. But now Kalash region of Pakistan is called Kafiristan due to pagans living there

    • @Ross-nd6xi
      @Ross-nd6xi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      They were forced to convert. Also calling the Kalash "pagans" shows your bias.

    • @user-Rayyan123
      @user-Rayyan123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are simply called kalash valley in Pakistan

  • @mercpindi5522
    @mercpindi5522 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good

  • @sonichug3372
    @sonichug3372 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    Hindus are the ancestors of every person. It is because it is the oldest living civilization and it is very vast and endless.

    • @zakialmahin7278
      @zakialmahin7278 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      Kafiristani pagan traditions outdate even Hinduism and Zoroastrian religion and so it is safe to say that they were the earliest aryan and Indian ancestors. So they were not Hindus and Vedic. They were the ancestors of Hindu and Vedic religion

    • @apostatethegreat.9398
      @apostatethegreat.9398 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@zakialmahin7278 This again proves, Eslam is violent and intolorent in it's original form.

    • @ABO-Destiny
      @ABO-Destiny 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      Certainly not mine. Maybe of baboons and chimpanzies

    • @__Man__
      @__Man__ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Nuristani religion alreasy existed before Hinduism and the source for Hinduism other than Harappa and Dravidian Paganism.

    • @ABO-Destiny
      @ABO-Destiny 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      ​@@zakialmahin7278
      There is nothing called hindu religion. A collection of local traditions who lived east of river Indus and some of whom had adopted Vedic textbooks of Indo Europeans were called hindus by persians and those groups adopted that name because they did not have any common identity and needed one.

  • @1Grandoptimist
    @1Grandoptimist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kafirstan also had a portion in nooristan Afghanistan. This is before the creation of Pakistan . All countries are creations of the crown and all are corporations

  • @luongo7886
    @luongo7886 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!!
    It's so sad to hear another beautiful anicent culture being wiped out by CRUEL islam. God knows how many precious knowledge was destroyed by islam.

  • @PTI_USA
    @PTI_USA 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    such a cool show

  • @sabkabaap1758
    @sabkabaap1758 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Basically Hindus with Greek and Persian influenced culture amalgamation

  • @luxinvictus9018
    @luxinvictus9018 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Similar story to the Cathars

  • @bhootpurvmanusya
    @bhootpurvmanusya 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ai videos from UK are a booming industry. as musk claimed.

  • @batwayne3037
    @batwayne3037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Alhamdulillah

  • @fattiesunite2288
    @fattiesunite2288 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Hindus when they hear theyre not the oldest pagan religion: 🥺🥺🥺🥺 WAAAA SAAARR

    • @thinkingcitizen
      @thinkingcitizen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      at 19:14 in the video, he notes that McNair wrote that their supreme being was 'Indra' which is an ancient Vedic god and still very common in Hindu Vedic tradition today. And it is very well known that Chitral was part of Ancient Gandhara, which is mentioned in Ramayana. Even on Wikipedia it states that the Kafiristan people followed an ancient Hinduism

    • @NoMan-pp1jq
      @NoMan-pp1jq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thinkingcitizensince you seem to know about the topic I always wondered how are modern Hindus able to reconcile between knowing of ancient Hinduism and the dates Hinduism says of their gods? I also read online that ancient Hindus believed in Vedas only so in your belief do you think the Gita and other Hindu scripture work with Vedas?

    • @Avantika005
      @Avantika005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol hindu are not pagans we are Vedic we follows vedic teachings we have vedic and oldest civilization we are the oldest vedic civilization in the world

    • @pranavingale6850
      @pranavingale6850 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Muslims after learning there are non muslims - Allahu Akbar boooom😂😂

    • @fattiesunite2288
      @fattiesunite2288 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thinkingcitizen if your only source is wikipedia then im sorry i cant take you seriously.

  • @Crazysonicccc
    @Crazysonicccc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rig Veda Vedic text culture Bharata stretch from India to Persia those where all aryan lands from 4 brothers Hinduism Zoroastrian religion and other pagan Vedic beliefs

    • @user-dostiBaniRaheBus
      @user-dostiBaniRaheBus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brahmin = foreigner = not Indian

    • @Crazysonicccc
      @Crazysonicccc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-dostiBaniRaheBus well the name India only existed 70 years ago no buddy ever called them self india or Indian lol Brahmins were Sanskrit aryan tribes who ruled Bharat what is now Pakistan -North India Dravidian Tamil are a different tribe who are from south india

    • @user-dostiBaniRaheBus
      @user-dostiBaniRaheBus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Crazysonicccc Brahmin = nice story teller. fictional story maker + lack of any evidence= Brahmin

    • @user-dostiBaniRaheBus
      @user-dostiBaniRaheBus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Crazysonicccc give archaeological evidence of Ram

    • @shivamsingh9142
      @shivamsingh9142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Crazysoniccccya it actually bharat .by that logic evey human in india are foreigners becz all of them have Aryan dna 🤡 greater in percent or lesser in percent.

  • @almurabitun
    @almurabitun 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Dear Nuristanis, the whiteman is NOT your friend.

    • @StockyDude
      @StockyDude 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Apparently, neither are the Muslims who conquered them and forced them to convert to Islam.

    • @LeenaQurishi
      @LeenaQurishi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@StockyDude if you don’t mind me asking where are you from?

    • @mirwaiszazai9044
      @mirwaiszazai9044 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠@@StockyDudedo you scare of your birth place where are you from so we can recognise you ?

    • @StockyDude
      @StockyDude 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mirwaiszazai9044Why do you need to recognise me? My country of origin is irrelevant to the discussion. If you cannot prove my argument wrong, then you lost. It’s that simple. The only reason you want to recognise me is because you want to send your terrorist friends to find me. You yourself are probably a terrorist.

    • @mohd.shaheersiddiqui6792
      @mohd.shaheersiddiqui6792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@StockyDudeyes 😎