I have been planning to write on Buddhism and Jainism, the two Great Religions of India apart from Hinduism. To begin with let me share information about the propagation of Buddhism around the world. Ashoka Maurya (/əˈʃoʊkə/; Sanskrit: अशोक मौर्य; 304–232 BCE), commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian … Continue reading Greeks Followed Buddhism Ashokas Edicts
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As I understand from the Ramayana, Lord Rama completed his last Journey on the earth , after the demise of Lakshmana, by entering the Sarayu River. I have come across information that Rama evacuated Ayodhya from the banks of by a Pushpaka Vimana flying North. Rama proceeded first with his Royal entourage and the people of Ayodhya followed suit. This process took three days
There are quite a number of theories that undermine the History of India by interpolating in the Indian texts,Misinterpreting them deliberately, as Max Mueller had done,honest misinterpretations and deliberate falsehood . They are. 1.Sanatana Dharma dates to 5000 BC. 2.Vedas are non sensical sound bytes. 3.The Puranas and the Ithihasas are pure fantasy. 4.Aryans entered from Khyber Pass, invaded India and enriched it. 5.Dravida Desa, the South of India were peopled by barbarians. 6.The south indians called Dravidians were constantly engaged at war with the Aryans of the North. 7.The Arynas were a superior race. 8.The Sanatana Dharma was resisted and in fact the southerners fought against them, especially the Tamils. 9.Hindus were primitive and did not have any basic idea of Science. 10.Denying the existence of great Indian Kings and where it is not possible, assigning them later dates in History. All these are falsehoods to undermine Hinduism and I have posted articles on each of them.
Indians believe the Timeline of India's History as explained by William Jones and his followers, though their theory on the dates assigned to events and persons have been proved to be incorrect by many references and most importantly by archeology. If one were to mistrust the Hindu scriptures, the Nastika System of jainism which denies the authorit of the Vedas, has provided informationwhich tallies with the timeline and events portayed by the Puranas. Secondly the Archeological finds dispprove the dates assined by William Jones and others and show that the events and people had happened/lived much before the dates indicated by them " Our history textbooks tell us that Magadha (not Ayodhya) was one of India’s first kingdoms and that Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries who lived in/ around Magadha around 600 BCE. However, when we visit the ........
But while studying the Puranas in the original one comes to know that the Puranas list the Rulers ,Dynasties, the Class of people who are to Rule the Bharata Varsha. A look. Vishnu Purana. The Dwapara Youga endedsha with Kheshemaka of the Lunar, Panadava Dynasty and the Surya Dynasty with Sumitra of Ikshvaku (the successors of Lord Rama's Dynasty) Yadava's Dynasty, of Lord Krishna's ends with Ribunjaya. After this Kali Yuga dawns. Ribhunjaya's Minister would kill Ribunjaya and crown his son Prathyodana and Praydyothana's Family shall Rule for 838 years. After this Bharata varsha will be ruled by Sisunabhan,Kakavarnan upto Mahanandi for 362 Years. Kshatriyas' Rule will come to an end with Maha Nandi marrying a low-caste woman and shall beget Nanda,, later this Dynasty shall be known as the maurya Dynasty. Nanda will kill many kshatriya Kings and will be like Parasu Rama in killing the Kshatriyas. This Nanda. aka Maha Padma and his eight sons will exterminate all the Kshtriya Kings and rule for about one hundred years These nine will be annihilated by Chandra Gupta, born of Mura, with the help of a Brahmin, Chanakya, aka Vishnu Gupta, Kautilya and Vatsyayan.
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