India ties

Hindu Japanology

Awakening of interest - esp after Admiral Togo’s victory
- “Here again a certain resonance was felt in bhArata. The great patriot Lokamanya Tilak who had discovered ancient evolutionary connections between the Shinto pantheon and that of the Indo-Europeans tacitly admitted that Hindus may learn from the uShAputra-s. Some of his followers even went to Japan to study their ways. With that things had come a full circle, over 1200 years ago the emperor Shomu had personally welcomed a bharadvAja brAhmaNa from Southern India who performed the installations of indra, sarasvatI and others.” [MT13]
- Bagha Jatin’s grandson was named after Admiral Togo. [TW]
- Indian children honestly adored Admiral Togo and General Nogi.”, parents lined up to buy their pics in vain. [TW]
- Locals donated to help Japanese soldiers. [TW]
Archive reference collection here.

Japanese hindu deities
- bauddha-s carried several hindu memes and deva-s to japan.
- video of several prominent deities - YT.
- Prominent sAmurai swearing by Indra and vaishravaNa [RJ15].
  - Example: Homa to vaishravaNa, in front of an image of marIchi, by kAgeTora/ Uesugi Kenshin a daimyo of the Sengoku YT2 (identification by MT), also a devotee of vaishravaNa.
Sanskrit influence on japanese alphabet arrangement pdf.