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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. The '''Mitanni''' were a people of Indic origin who ruled a vast kingdom in West Asia in the second millennium 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). 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 Mitanni were a people of Indic origin who ruled a vast kingdom in West Asia in the second millennium 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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