The strange thing is the story from the past. I have heard of this strange village Malana near Kullu. There remains a remnant of Colonel Alexander, and is there a pedigree to this far in this distant village? If the storyteller weaves a compelling story, these stories will attract you to a cocktail party, sometimes leaving a permanent impact. And in this case, the army officer surely did so. Likewise, I read an interesting article on the origins of Thiyyas based on the North Malabar of MM Anand Ram's book "Crete to Kerala". Both of these stories are prolonged on the possibilities though not adequately supported by the facts.
Marana, I was told by this army officer, on cocktail, Alexander Soldier was the place that remained in India. They lived a single life, leaving old habits in management and unique form. In the case of their own governance conflict, the two parties to the conflict were told that each throat brought a slit goat. Those who first killed the goat lost the conflict. Because I thought that this had to see the place, the idea of seeing a tribe connected with a foreign civilization was beyond words and attractive.
I went to the web to check Malana and found quite a bibliography with reasonable detail. The connection with Alexander's soldier was thin. Wikipedia said that there was the least possibility because there was an objection that these soldiers had evacuated to the Karash Valley in Pakistan. The genetic typing of the recent Malani population shows the influence of Indian Allian over the influence of the Greeks, showing Greeks over 1000 years ago. I tend to trust the scientific approach more. All about what I read about Marana was not attractive even if I said it too few. Wikipedia's straight quotes
"The village administration is democratic and believed to be the world's oldest republic.
The social structure of Marana is actually in villagers. Incredible faith in Jamblu Devta. Management of the whole village is controlled by him through the council of the village. There are 11 members in this council, he is recognized as a representative of the Jumble who dominates the village with that name. His decision is ultimate in any dispute, the authority of the outside is never needed. Throughout this conference Maranis operated a direct democratic political system very similar to the political system of ancient Greece. Therefore Marana was named Athens in Himalaya]
Maranis (residents of Marana) declare their culture, customs and religious beliefs. Although they can see some trajectory of modernization, they generally do not want to change.
Malana people think that everyone except Malanis is inferior and can not touch it as a result. Visitors to the town of Marana must stick to a given road and pay special attention to not touch the walls, houses, or people there. If this happens, visitors are expected to pay the amount of loss covering the sheep massacres to purify those filthy. People of the Malani may touch dirty people and homes as long as they obey the prescribed purification ceremony before entering the house or before eating. Malanis can not accept foods cooked by people other than Malanis. Unless they are out of the valley (that Deva can not see them). Although Maranis may provide visitor food, all tools must receive a rigorous purification ceremony before using again. "
That's why you have it ... It's interesting about Maranis.
But where was the reference to the goat's sacrifice to settle the dispute? Was the army man just talking about it? Since references to these conventions have been made on other web links, it turned out that he had points. They refer to Jamblu Devta, a sacred temple of Maranis where the walls of the temple bear the etching of the complete armored elephant, horse, warriors' battle scene. I believe that some anthropologists express the battle between Alexander and King Porus.
Unfortunately, the fierce fire in January 2008 burned nearly half of Malana village and sacred temples, so we can not see this ancient monument.
The romantic aspect of each of us is not cold scientific evidence, I believe in the legend! As stated in the study by MM Anand Ram, there is a similar similarity in the story that Greeks settled in North Malabar as a catastrophe in Crete.
As with Marana, this is reasonable proof ... broken pottery, house arch, worship method, physical characteristics etc. Unfortunately, unlike Malana, little or no research has been done on the web. Even books by Dr. Lam can not be used, and it seems that it can not be used in the future.
So, should we remove references from the Greeks of Crete to the strains of the Northern Malabian Tia community? Unlike in Malani, Thiyyas in North Malabar is socially integrated with other parts of the country, has been widely migrated, brokerage and regional marriage is taking place. Many of them have different features from Malabar's more equitable skins and others, but the connection with the Greeks is now rare and sometimes irrelevant. But this is a legend of a romantic story and I certainly will continue to emerge around the cocktail circuit and generations' coming bonfire.
