[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy
Rajen & Ajanta Barua
barua25 at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 30 14:43:40 CDT 2007
> You can check Ashoka's empire in any history book
> (handy reference --
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edicts_of_Asoka) and it
> shows that Ashoka's kingdom included present day
> Karnataka, Andhra and parts of TN.
The above does not show that
> I said: South was Under Maurya kings (Ashoka et al)
> which was BEFORE Moghols
The above also shows that Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputra in south were not included in Ashoka's kingdom.
Rajenda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <krish_gau at yahoo.com>
To: <assam at assamnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy
>I thought the basis of argument was if a land mass
> which is APPROXIMATELY equal to present India.
>
> You can check Ashoka's empire in any history book
> (handy reference --
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edicts_of_Asoka) and it
> shows that Ashoka's kingdom included present day
> Karnataka, Andhra and parts of TN.
>
> Sri Lanka -- give me a break.... we are discussing
> India .... at this level you can even bring up
> Malaysia, Indonesia what not !!
>
>
>
>
>>>I said: South was Under Maurya kings (Ashoka et
> al)
>>>which was BEFORE Moghols
>
>>Let us not reinvent the wheel of Indian history here.
>>, Tambapani (Sri Lanka) etc) was never
>>under Ashoka.
>>We know because these are his neighboring countries
>>where Ashoka sent goodwill ambassadors.
>>Rajenda
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <krish_gau at
> yahoo.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:28 AM
> Subject: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi-
> Bengal democracy
>
>
>
> Rajen-da
>
> Seems like you are having difficulty reading . Let me
> try to explain one last time -
>
> You Said: the South was never under any Indian kings
> except to some extent under the Moghols."
> I said: South was Under Maurya kings (Ashoka et al)
> which was BEFORE Moghols
>
> You Said: The pre British aggresions took place only
> in the North West India , in Punjab upto Delhi.
>
> I Said: Mughal aggression (pre British) included East
> and South India. This is History as well as supported
> by you (your quote: South was UNDER Moghols)
>
>
>>>When was India a sovereign country?
> Under Maurya. (It is Sovereign now too).
>
>>>What was the name of the country?
>
> Immaterial ... there was a landmass approx equal to
> current political boundary which was ruled by Mauryas.
>
>>>If the Indians fought back, then what seems to be
> problem?
> It gives heartburn to some people who would not have
> existed had Indians been annihilated like the Native
> Indians
>
>
>>>Read it again.
>>>What is the difference between what I say (red) and
> what you say (blue).
>>>I think you are confused about the meaning of the
> English words 'before' and 'under'. These are two
>>>different words with two different meanings.
> Rajenda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <krish_gau at
> yahoo.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:22 AM
> Subject: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi-
> Bengal democracy
>
>> The pre British aggresions took place only in the
>> North West India , in
>> Punjab upto Delhi.
>
> Read your post again Rajenda. "the South was never
> under any Indian kings except to some extent under the
> Moghols."
>
> (It is in fact incorrect that South never came under
> Indian king before Mughal). History says that a large
> part of South
> as well as East India was under Mughals during their
> peak.
>
>> Why the Indian could not fight back?
>
> India is a Sovereign country because they fought back
> .. unlike Native Americans who could not.
>
> When was India a soverign country?
> What was the name of the country?
> If the Indians fought back, then what seems to be
> problem?
>
>
>> And the British never actually attacked India.
>> The British were just happened to be there when
>> India was falling apart-at
>> least that is one way of looking at things.
>
> Please re-read History. Battle of Plassey, batle with
> Tipu .....
>
>
>
>
>>
>> >BTW, had there not been numerous aggresions (by
>> >Mughal, Brits etc) India would probably have been
>> in
>> >a much larger country
>>
>> The pre British aggresions took place only in the
>> North West India , in
>> Punjab upto Delhi.
>> What prevented the rest of India to stand on its
>> own?
>> I can't understand why Indians always blame its own
>> downfall on foreign
>> aggtressions in the north.
>> Why the Indian could not fight back?
>> And the British never actually attacked India.
>> The British were just happened to be there when
>> India was falling apart-at
>> least that is one way of looking at things.
>> Read history.
>> You must find your own answer what happened in
>> Indian history.
>> Rajenda
>>
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