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. >The south (the Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, >Kerelaputras, 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam at assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://assamnet.org/pipermail/assam_assamnet.org/attachments/20070930/f7dd2a96/attachment.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous message: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy Next message: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More information about the assam mailing list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
