Andorra speaks of its inhabitants’ remote past through this world heritage site which stands in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. It is locked in the Iberian peninsula; and historians thus think that Charlemagne has created this microstate. It was ruled by Count of Ugril until 988. Andorra’s epic identity is not linked to either Charlemagne or to Ugril.
Unesco finds ‘…between the land and humankind, between their resources and their needs; among these, bornes or small huts with vaulted stone roofs, some of which are still used by shepherds; orris in ruin, stables and cheese dairies, houses with side barns where grain and hay were stored; traces of terraced fields and foundries; low stone walls and paved tracks, etc…..agricultural centres in mid-mountain areas, ….the Catalan Forge…’.
Andorrra, Madrin, Perafita and Claror identify four different ancient places of importance; it seems migrants from four or more different places came and settled here. Among them, Andras were the most prominent one as they came from a royal stock whose name like the Iberians is linked to the epic period. In both the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, they were the Andhaka people to whom Homer mentions as Androcles; their ancient was at ‘And’ or ‘Anda’, a place in the ancient Kosala or Cos. Seat or Roman administration at Caesarea is very close to Anda and Andhakavana. They are two different places also but neighbourly to each other.
Scholars look to Greek historian Polybius(The Histories, III,35,I) for its origin; he mentions them as Andosins; they were neither the Iberians nor the Romans. Pali sources have preserved some authentic historic accounts on these people who people who tried to kill Prasenjit, the King of Kosala whiel he was passing through the forest of Andhaka; Basque, which refers to Baskala of Indian puranas, was neighbourly to Basileon and Antilo. Anorra refers to Ana-varta or Ana-totta in Anupa country, which was the capital of Hittite. Ur in Basque identifies Ur, the royal seat of Gilgamesh, and Azar, father of Abrahma. It was also the Avestan seat of the Mithradates. Anus were the same as On tribe of the Bible.
In Pali literature, name of Andhaka-vana(means ‘forest’ of Andhakas) is seen; the Arabic al-durra and the andurrial of Navarro-Aragonese refer to the same same place called Anda. But what they mean there is that they speak of the Anu-tribe’s settlements on the border of the Andhakas who were identified as Chin people. Howe/How country sat on the border of the Anda country. Moors were the Mauryas or the Moeris people. Name of Pyrenees also marks Pyrr/Pyra or Priya \, wife of Rama, a primordial king who ruled in Rama-grama. Arindam was also a king here like Rama. Indal was its neighbour as well.
Charlemagne or Charle-magne finds its origin in two names : ‘Cholas’ and with goddess ‘Mangala’; both the names attached to Kosala kingdom. Endor is different from Andor; they mark two different places, and Anda did not identify themselves as Midianites. Madrin refers to Median or Medean or Medea or Median or Madra; all names identify themselves with one name ‘Madra’ of the epics. Claror is as same as Cholas or the Chedis who also ruled in Kosala for some time. Perafita similarly, pinpoints the Parbata people, another tribe who were then living in a place in this name which was a mountainous country. Perafita is not the same as Perinees. The latter was neighbourly to Bucaphalus of Alexander’s history, and was neighbourly to Caesarea. Both rama and Pyrr suffered from leprosy, and went to Canaan or the City of Sun for their natural treatment. Canaan thus was not far away either from ancient Rome or from Anda or the seat of royal administration of Kosala. Margineda, Ariege and Segre are identified with the ancient Mriga-dala or the Deer Park, Ariege is same as the Aggara people, and Segre identifies the ancient Sagada on the bank of the river Indus.
Unesco again says, ‘The Madriu-Perfita-Claror Valley is a microcosm that illustrates the way in which man has harvested the mountain resources over the past millennia. It also reflects the persistence of an ancient communal system of land management’.
Urn culture should be seen along with the culture of Issan or Essenes; it is typically linked with the Buddhist faith as well as with stature making traditions of the ancient world.
© All rights reserved, 2022, Akhil Kumar Sahoo. Design : Maskin Coder India