[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

If you want to know the
> truth try the test which I mentioned .... put a map of
> India on map of Ashoka's kingdom and you will clearly
> see that presnt KArnataka, AP and parts of TN were
> ruled by him.

Nobody is denying that. 
But that is not the whole South India. 
The Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputra in south were not included
in Ashoka's kingdom.

During the British Raj, India was divided into many many small kingdoms.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <krish_gau at yahoo.com>
To: <assam at assamnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:16 PM
Subject: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy


> Someone with closed eyes will not see even the
> obvious. 
> 
> No point in any more debate.  If you want to know the
> truth try the test which I mentioned .... put a map of
> India on map of Ashoka's kingdom and you will clearly
> see that presnt KArnataka, AP and parts of TN were
> ruled by him.

> Rest ... it is upto you if you want to believe History
> or create your own history
> 
> As for British India ... again you can refer to
> History book to get your facts straightened.
> 
> Actually,  it is you who need to look for a cure for
> Heartburn ... India is united and will remain united
> inspite of heartburn of some.
> 
>>>The above does not show that
> 
>>>Means the above does not show that your statement
>>>is true that it included 
>>>the south.
>>>The above also shows that Cholas, Pandyas,
>>>Satyaputras, Kerelaputra in south 
> were not included in
> Ashoka's kingdom.
> As well as the whole NE is not iincluded in Ashoka's
> empire which was the 
> largest Mauryan empire.
> In fact it shrank after that.
>>>The present geographical area of India was never
> under one country whichever 
> way you look at it.
>>>Not even under the British which contained many many
> small kingdoms.
>>>Now you can split hair and try to cure your
> heartburn.
> Rajenda
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <krish_gau at
> yahoo.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 3:00 PM
> Subject: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi-
> Bengal democracy
> 
> 
>>> shows that Ashoka's kingdom included present day
>>> Karnataka, Andhra and parts of TN.
>>
>>>The above does not show that
>>
>> I will let netters decide that. Or you can easily
>> visualise it by tracing a map of India of same size
>> and superimposing on this map.
>>
>>>The above also shows that Cholas, Pandyas,
>> Satyaputras, Kerelaputra in south were not included
> in
>> Ashoka's kingdom.
>>
>> As I said ... we were discussing APPROXIMATION.  If
>> you exclude NE, Ashoka's kingdom included 90% of
>> landmass which now form presnt India (including
>> South).  I guess 90% is a good approximation.
>>
>> If you talk about Exact political boundary, over
> half
>> of today's countries will not pass your test.
>>
> 
> 
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