PHOENICIANS ARE EXCILED RESIDENT OF GANGES RIVER

Phoenicians are exiled residents of bank of river Ganges as quoted by Herodotus.

The name Phoenicians come from phani or followers of serpent king vasuki. The ancient trade in Bharat extended to many countries beyond the seas and many trib...es were found settled in different part of the world. Naag-vithi is a lane between equator and tropic of cancer. Thus, all persons engaged in international marine trade were called naag. In india too, we find many places associated with term ‘nag’; like –Nagpur in Maharashtr, Nagerkoil and Nagapattanam in Tamilnadu, Nagavali river in Orissa. Many kings of Orissa are Nag-vanshi as it was major center of marine trade. The Nairs of Kerala are Nagvanshi.
Another sign of common link is khuntia title in diverse parts of world. Any ship coming to coast is fixed with pillar (khunta) with a rope. So the person docking the ship, unloading material and storing it were called khuntia in Orissa, khunte in maharashtra and kunte in Nigeria, Ghana etc on west coast of Africa.
The Ved have also described frequent wars by Dev Indra to punish the pirates called panis (rigveda 8/64, 10/108 etc). Panis have been equated with similar tribe Phoenicians.
The rig ved-a history showing how the Phoenicians had their earliest home in India, a Bengali essay on the subject by rajeswar gupta, 1902-
1. The expression revatá paniná (4/25/7) shows that the panis were rich and mercantile tribes.
2. The expression paner maneeshán (3/58/2) shows that the panis were wise.
3. Abasam panim (6/61/i) would show that the panis were given to introspection.
4. The rik (7/6/3) tells us that the panis did not perform any yajnas or sacrifices; were garrulous, arrogant or haughty; had no respect for yajanas and were dasyus i.e., idlers or robbers. According to sáyana they were usurers also.
5. In (1/33/3) the word pani is used for traders. Mr. Dutt, evidently following the European scholars, adopts the meaning of the term as traders in this rik. It is therefore clear that the panis were a trading people and sold things for their value.
6. The rik (6/51/14) represents the panis as gluttons. For their voracious eating they were regarded as monsters. The word is also explained to mean illiterate traders. A nation of traders of those ancient days recalls the Phoenicians of old, for they were the only trading people then. In those days the phoenicians were known as the panis. The Aryans spoke of them as the panih and the Romans as the punic.

 Pani means trade, currency. Apani =market place. Pani were traders, among them some were robbers or pirates. They will be found only where there is center of marine trade. Moreover, indra was lord of east, so panis are found only in orissa. Similar panis were on west coast of asia, north europe, and in place called today as nebraska (usa).
They were stealing ‘gau’(cows) which can mean wealth , cow, ray of light, organs, place of creation or yajna including earth. In context of trade, go means highest denomination of currencies. Donation by kings was always in terms of ‘gau’.But 10 lakh cows cannot be given to a person, it can be 10 lakh rupees. Dhenu was smaller currency. Later on, common terms were pani and nishka. The metal for nishka was called nickel . Within trade circles there were brahmanas also, called pani and panigrahi. In orissa there are two tribes named 'dambi' and 'pani' who are politically quite advanced.