But you are not god that I should accept your assertions without proof. It just shows your ignorance and your rather illogical approach. eg I am an anthropologist, so you should believe me!!! What baloney.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Arnab Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Blog | Jharkhand Video | Jharkhand Network > > > > Sorry if I sound snobbish but as a trained and practicing anthropologist I > do not need references from Wikipedia to refute an argument!! > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dear Arnab >> >> Can you give some references for our comment "Hindu fanaticism has >> destroyed centuries of Buddhist scholarship in ancient universities in >> India >> during the Hindu revival. " >> >> While there may have been isolated incidences of intolerance -- >> generally buddhist, jain, hindus lived side by side peacefully india. >> So please do disseminate distorted information >> >> Here is some information on how the famous buddhist learning centre of >> Nalanda was destroyed >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalanda >> >> Decline and end >> In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by Bakhtiyar Khilji[20]; >> this event is arguably seen by modern Brahiminist scholars as a >> milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. Legend has that the >> only thing Khilji asked was if there was a copy of the Koran at >> Nalanda before he sacked it. The Persian historian Minhaz, in his >> chronicle the Tabaquat-I-Nasiri, reported that thousands of monks were >> burned alive and thousands beheaded,[21] and the burning of the >> library continÂued for several months and "smoke from the burning >> manuscripts hung for days like a dark pall over the low hills."[22]. >> When the Tibetan translator Chag Lotsawa (Chag Lo-tsa-ba, 1197 - 1264) >> visited the site in 1235, he found it damaged and looted, with a 90 >> year-old teacher, Rahula Shribhadra, instructing a class of about >> seventy students, apparently with the support of a local >> Brahmin.[23][24]. >> >> Ahir considers the destruction of the temples, monasteries, centers of >> learning at Nalanda and northern India to be responsible for the >> demise of ancient Indian scientific thought in mathematics, astronomy, >> alchemy, and anatomy.[25] Ling and Scott, however, point out that >> centres of learning were already declining, before the presence of >> Muslims.[20] Fortified Sena monasteries along the main route of the >> invasion were destroyed, and being off the main route both Nalanda and >> Bodh Gaya survived. Many institutions off the main route such as the >> Jagaddala Monastery in northern Bengal were untouched and >> flourishing.[citation needed] >> >> Here is on the qutb minar >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_complex >> >> The first mosque built in Delhi, the "Quwwat al-Islam" was built after >> demolishing the Jain temple built previously by Prithvi Raj and >> leaving certain parts of the temple outside the mosque proper.[2] This >> pattern of iconoclasm was common during his reign, although an >> argument goes that such iconoclasm was motivated more by politics than >> by religion.[3]It was the first mosque built in Delhi after the >> Islamic conquest of India and the best surviving example of Ghurid's >> architecture. >> >> Expansion of the mosque continued after the death of Qutub. His >> successor Iltutmish extended the original prayer hall screen by three >> more arches. By the time of Iltutmish, the Mamluk empire had >> stabilized enough that the Sultan could replace most of his >> conscripted Hindu masons with Muslims. This explains why the arches >> added under Iltutmish are stylistically more Islamic than the ones >> erected under Qutb's rule. >> >> The mosque is in ruins today but indigenous corbelled arches, floral >> motifs, and geometric patterns can be seen among the Islamic >> architectural structures. >> >> To the west of the Quwwat ul-Islam mosque is the tomb of Iltutmish >> which was built by the monarch in 1235. > > > > -- > Arnab Sen > Flat # 2622, Sector C Pocket 2 > Vasant Kunj > New Delhi 110070 INDIA > Phone: (+91) 9811004308, (+91 11) 26124928 > >
