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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heo_Hwang-ok

Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Sounds a bit similar to the Khmer lineage story.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

cool.

igotthisguitar · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject:

Yes, amazing the things we never learn.

Wonder how much OTHER history runs contrary to the official line?

Likely just a few little misplaced antecdotes scattered here & there.

in_seoul_2003 · Joined: 24 Nov 2003

Hmmm... an Indian princess marrying a Korean man not a Korean princess marrying a foreign man?

Is this real history or just the front page of the Korea times?

Yesterday · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject:

Yes - I knew (heard about it a few years ago) - about the Indian princess who came to Korea and married the Korean King....

at that period of time - it was the "in thing to do" for koreans royals and nobility to import Indian nobility and marry them....

(They were considered very artistic and pretty)....

apparently - thats why many korean people now - have the "dark skin - and dark brown hair/eye" - not the common chinese yellow skin/black hair....

it is often those korean people with the dark skin that are discriminated against here in korea by other koreans - but are often found beautiful/handsome by foreigners........

ITS also further proof of how MIXED-UP - "Korean pure blood is"...

hence why most koreans try hard to forget about their Mongo, Chinese, Japanese and India ancestors........

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I bet they used to stare at her a LOT.

Wondering · Joined: 23 May 2007 Location: Seoul

Troll_Bait · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:25 am Post subject:

manlyboy · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:51 am Post subject:

My wife's family claim descendency from Gaya. She just told me that King Suro had ten sons and that he gave two of them the Indian wife's family name so it could live on.

Troll_Bait · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:11 am Post subject:

Your wife must be of the Gimhae Kim clan.

annabel · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Location: Daegu

Cool, never knew that.

Maybe that's why my skin colour looks so much like many Koreans'- I'm half Indian.

Was thinking when I first arrived in Korea that I might have to deal with racism more than the average english foreign teacher after seeing it rampant in my classes, since I'm a bit darker than most foreigners. But I was told by my students "no teacher, ok... same-same". I've noticed a few whiter than me, and a few darker. Guess I must blend in quite a bit; I've even been mistaken for being a Korean before, when someone couldn't see my face.

What a pity. Seems like the culture was more open to different races in ancient days than it is now... even if she was confined to the women's quarters, just the fact that she was married to a king and considered beautiful seems more open minded than the way things are now...

igotthisguitar · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:32 am Post subject:

i totally dig the Buddhist connexion.

Anyone ever been to MILUKSA?

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

Well, before we get all warm and fuzzy and think about how open Korea was to foreign influence, remember that it was the ancient Koreans who civilized all of Asia:

http://www.asia-watch.com/archives/114

So, our Indian princess was just, you know, coming home.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

You know, I know a girl from Jeolla and I've also been curious why her appearance was darker, with a brownish hair and thicker eyebrows. Now maybe I know.. Cool