( A sculpture portrait of Ashoka from the Buddhist site of Sannati in Karnataka) Ashoka for all reasons remains one of the most enigmatic rulers in Indian history. His story has been venerated and time and again we have been told about this pious , just and powerful ruler who repented for his sins , cared deeply for his citizens and ushered in a golden era of Indian polity and though. While there is a lot of facts regarding Ashoka's story ,there is unfortunately ,a good deal of propaganda surrounding his life A lot of these of course has been used for political purposes, and sadly not everyone is quite aware about it ,and have accepted the general narrative on Emperor thanks to our Marxist historians blissfully writing tales as the truth in our history book. Let's try to see first what part of Ashoka's Life the truth is. He was most certainly the most famous of the Mauryan Emperors and his patronage to Buddhism turned the religion from a minor sect to a world religi
(This original rant was supposed to be a Facebook post but I ended up making a blog and thought of screaming here instead . I will hereafter use this place for more unnecessary screaming. Please bear with my rants and my illiberal use of the English Language ) As someone who enjoys reading up on Indian history and culture in my spare time I am part of many groups that claim to provide a platform for the same. Unfortunately, quite a few of them are dominated by people who make or discuss posts which are nothing short of pure Fantasy. An example: ' Indians knew of the Nuclear Bomb 1 Million Years ago'. If this isn't bad, you should try looking at the comments that follow with a good many of them believing this. Granted that such posts do provide a good amount of traction because of it's bombastic nature but the amount believing it is where I find the most problematic part. Problematic because they believe that this country's history has been hidden awa