Sanatan Shastar Vidiya
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Sanatan Shastar Vidiya (hereafter referred to as the "Vidiya", i.e. science) literally translates as the “Timeless Science of Weapons”. It is the battlefield science of the traditional north Indian warrior and ruling classes known as the Kshatriya. It is a martial science as ancient as India itself. According to tradition, its mythological and prehistoric origins can be traced back to Lord Shiva - the primordial shamanic God of India. It evolved with the earliest of the Shiva worshippers - the Pasupatis - the original wild men of India. The Vidiya was systemised between 6th century BC and 5th century AD in the ancient Indian university city of Taxila. From there the art spread through the North Indian warrior caste of the Kshatriya. In time as the original Kshatriya faded away in history a new warrior classes emerged to guard the borders and rule its people. Foremost amongst them were the valiant Rajputs, Jats, Gujars, Marathas, Sikhs etc. Note, from the times of Emperor Akbar as Rajputs and Mughal martial cultures amalgamated many Muslims also practiced the Vidiya. Even in the Sikh armies there had always been Muslim warriors known as "Mureeds". For centuries the Vidiya flourished in North India; then came the calamity of the British Raj. It is in this oppressive era that the indigenous martial science of North India faded away. The last time that remnants of this Vidiya was utilised was by Indian warriors (the Sikhs) in hand to hand trench, jungle, and urban combat in World War I and II, and during the inhumane partition of India in 1947. ...
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