Comments on: Who was the real “Ashoka the Great”? http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/ Dedicated to "Bharat" and "Dharma" Wed, 23 May 2012 07:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ramaswamy http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-364425 Ramaswamy Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:16:46 +0000 http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/?p=610#comment-364425 Dear Shantanu, Hari Om! With reference to dating Indian History, Paramacharya of Kanchi in the course of his discourses regarding Adi Shankaracharya, it seems, has dealt in detail with various proofs of westerners as poorvapaksha. He analyzes their intention, motivation and refutes their arguments and establishes Adi Shankaracharya’s period from 509 BC to 477 BC instead of the generally accepted 788 AD to 820 AD. Reference of ‘Sandrocottus’ and ‘Chandragupta’ & ‘Samudragupta’ are dealt in detail along with Indian references from Puranas, Shankara Vijya books, Raja Tarangini, Buddhisht & Jain literature, Indian historians etc. It is available in volume 5 of ‘Deivattin Kural’ in Tamil. Also available in English. What inspired me is that finally he mentions that research of truth must be for the sake of knowing truth. Not to lose our temper over people with different opinions; instead respect them before analyzing them. Ultimately, in the context of the discourse, we should be more bothered more about the teaching of Adi Shankaracharya. The following links are from www.kamakoti.org. Brief history of Kanchi Peetham in English: http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html List of topics from 5th volume i.e. index: http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/5index.htm The particular page from the above index where the age or era of Adi Shankaracharya starts http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/d-san120.htm. This link then continues for further 26 (not long) pages. But last 2 pages are in tamil. Checked with their English pages (Hindu Dharma in the Home Page). That contains translations of 2nd Volume only. Not sure if available in the net anywhere else. Ramaswamy Dear Shantanu,

Hari Om! With reference to dating Indian History, Paramacharya of Kanchi in the course of his discourses regarding Adi Shankaracharya, it seems, has dealt in detail with various proofs of westerners as poorvapaksha. He analyzes their intention, motivation and refutes their arguments and establishes Adi Shankaracharya’s period from 509 BC to 477 BC instead of the generally accepted 788 AD to 820 AD.

Reference of ‘Sandrocottus’ and ‘Chandragupta’ & ‘Samudragupta’ are dealt in detail along with Indian references from Puranas, Shankara Vijya books, Raja Tarangini, Buddhisht & Jain literature, Indian historians etc. It is available in volume 5 of ‘Deivattin Kural’ in Tamil. Also available in English.

What inspired me is that finally he mentions that research of truth must be for the sake of knowing truth. Not to lose our temper over people with different opinions; instead respect them before analyzing them. Ultimately, in the context of the discourse, we should be more bothered more about the teaching of Adi Shankaracharya.

The following links are from http://www.kamakoti.org.

Brief history of Kanchi Peetham in English: http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html

List of topics from 5th volume i.e. index: http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/5index.htm

The particular page from the above index where the age or era of Adi Shankaracharya starts http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/d-san120.htm. This link then continues for further 26 (not long) pages.

But last 2 pages are in tamil. Checked with their English pages (Hindu Dharma in the Home Page). That contains translations of 2nd Volume only. Not sure if available in the net anywhere else.

Ramaswamy

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-359004 B Shantanu Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:08:21 +0000 http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/?p=610#comment-359004 From Dr Kosla Vepa's book (' #4 above), "The Pernicious Effects of the Misinterpreted Greek Synchronism in Ancient Indian History": <i>The Mauryas ruled for a total of 316 years, and were replaced by the Sungas. The Kanvas who succeeded the Sungas were themselves overthrown by the Andhra, who in turn ruled for a period of 506 years. The followed the reign of the Sri Guptas for a period of 245 years, also referred to as the (last of the) Golden ages of Bharata. It was Samudragupta of the SriGupta dynasty, who was known as Asokaditya Priyadarshin. The inscriptions of Asoka belong to this Gupta emperor and not to the Asoka Maurya who came to power 218 years after the Buddha.</i> From Dr Kosla Vepa’s book (‘ #4 above), “The Pernicious Effects of the Misinterpreted Greek Synchronism in Ancient Indian History”:
The Mauryas ruled for a total of 316 years, and were replaced by the Sungas. The Kanvas who succeeded the Sungas were themselves overthrown by the Andhra, who in turn ruled for a period of 506 years. The followed the reign of the Sri Guptas for a period of 245 years, also referred to as the (last of the) Golden ages of Bharata. It was Samudragupta of the SriGupta dynasty, who was known as Asokaditya Priyadarshin.

The inscriptions of Asoka belong to this Gupta emperor and not to the Asoka Maurya who came to power 218 years after the Buddha.

]]> By: Shalu Sharma http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-357778 Shalu Sharma Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:33:53 +0000 http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/?p=610#comment-357778 Very interesting. Ashoka was one great personality. One of the very best in fact. Very interesting. Ashoka was one great personality. One of the very best in fact.

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-354434 B Shantanu Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:42:05 +0000 http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/?p=610#comment-354434 Placing this link here for the record: A Paper by DR Kosla Vepa on <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12314897/The-Pernicious-Effects-of-the-Misinterpreted-Greek-Synchronism-in-Ancient-Indian-History" rel="nofollow">The Pernicious Effects of the Misinterpreted Greek Synchronism in Ancient Indian History</a> Placing this link here for the record: A Paper by DR Kosla Vepa on The Pernicious Effects of the Misinterpreted Greek Synchronism in Ancient Indian History

]]> By: Ranbirsingh http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/07/23/who-was-the-real-ashoka-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-106274 Ranbirsingh Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:33:07 +0000 http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/?p=610#comment-106274 Since last year or so I am getting to learn how Indian history has been deliberately distorted by western historians like max mueller.Actually I am a Congress supporter and am shocked to see how they continue with the same distorted history in our education system.I think I'll have to change my support to other parties. Since last year or so I am getting to learn how Indian history has been deliberately distorted by western historians like max mueller.Actually I am a Congress supporter and am shocked to see how they continue with the same distorted history in our education system.I think I’ll have to change my support to other parties.

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