Swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism & Jainism and a symbol of ancient religion which is in the form of equilateral cross having four legs bent at 90 degrees. The name Swastika is derived from the Sanskrit word swastika which means “lucky or auspicious object”.
10 Amazing facts about symbol Swastika are as follows:
1. According to researchers Swastika symbol is older than Aryans and also with Indus Valley Civilisation.
2. As Swastika is known for its auspiciousness and is a symbol of peace and continuity, Hitler co-opted it for his twisted Aryan Supremacy theory.
3. Swastika is older than 11,000 years and also traced its spread to Western and Middle-Eastern civilizations.
4. Amazing fact is that a Ukraine Swastika is believed to date back 12,000 years to the Paleolithic Age.
5. During the course of discovery researchers came to know about Swastika is that the Rig Veda generally associated with Aryan civilization which is much older than it may be dating back to Pre- Harappan times in the form of Shruti and was orally handed down through the Indus valley Civilization.
6. In Pre-Harappa times Swastika found is most mature and geometrically ordered in the form of seals.
7. Around same time of Pre-Harappa, traces of Swastika was also found in the Vedas. From all these evidences researchers concluded that the Indian Civilization is far more ancient than what is written in the history books.
8. Researchers team also showed that Swastika is migrated from India through the Tartar Mongoloid route via Kamchatka to the Americas( the plethora of Swastikas in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations), and through the western land route to Finland, Scandinavia, British Highlands and Europe where the symbol is present in varying shapes of the cruciform.