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| The '''Mitanni''' appear to have been a people of Indo- |
The '''Mitanni''' appear to have been a people of Indic origin who ruled a vast kingdom in West Asia in the second millenniium BC. They seem to have venerated Vedic Deities and their nobility used Indo-Aryan names, and worshipped Indo-Aryan Gods. | ||
| more specifically Indo-Iranian. They seem to have venerated Vedic Deities | |||
| Tadukhipa, the second queen of the Egyptial Pharaoh Akhenaten was a Mitanni princess, the daughter of the King Tushratta (Tushyaratha or Dasharatha). | |||
| and their nobility used Indo-Aryan names, and worshipped Indo-Aryan Gods. | |||
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| http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Hurrian_Kingdom_of_Mitanni.html | http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Hurrian_Kingdom_of_Mitanni.html | ||
| * http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/akhena.pdf | |||
Revision as of 19:16, 24 July 2003
The Mitanni appear to have been a people of Indic origin who ruled a vast kingdom in West Asia in the second millenniium BC. They seem to have venerated Vedic Deities and their nobility used Indo-Aryan names, and worshipped Indo-Aryan Gods.
Tadukhipa, the second queen of the Egyptial Pharaoh Akhenaten was a Mitanni princess, the daughter of the King Tushratta (Tushyaratha or Dasharatha).
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- The History of the Ancient Near East
http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Hurrian_Kingdom_of_Mitanni.html