The archaeological evidence should be considered far more important than long family trees given in the Puranas because Puranic tradition can be used to date Ram of Ayodhya to 2000 B C but diggings and extensive exploration in Ayodhya do not show any settlement of the time.
The Mahabharata, Although Krishna played an important role in Mahabharata, inscriptions and sculptural piece found in Mathura dating back to 200 BC and 300 AD do not attest to his presence. Because of this, ideas of an epic based on Ramayana and Mahabharata have to be discarded.
RE:Great Hindu Historians - Do some work the all books has been written not more than 150 year make scientific test for the most ancient books if available.
by Perv Sharma on Apr 08, 2007 05:40 AM Permalink
Truth Finder
Isn't it a Truth that Mohammed began his not so glorious career by looting Caravans
RE:Great Hindu Historians - Do some work the all books has been written not more than 150 year make scientific test for the most ancient books if available.
by Mike Gandhi on Apr 08, 2007 03:57 PM Permalink
DO YOU THINK KRISHNA (WORLD BIGGEST TERRORIST)WAS GLORIOUS WHO RAPED HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT GIRLS ? EVEN HE DID NOT SPARED HIS OWN SISTER SUBHADRA . SHAME TO ALL YOU WORSHIPPING TERRORIST AND RAPIST AND INCEST.
The %u201Carchaeological evidence should be considered far more important than long family trees given in the Puranas because Puranic tradition can be used to date Ram of Ayodhya to 2000 B C but diggings and extensive exploration in Ayodhya do not show any settlement of the time.%u201D
The Mahabharata, %u201CAlthough Krishna played an important role in Mahabharata, inscriptions and sculptural piece found in Mathura dating back to 200 BC and 300 AD do not attest to his presence. Because of this, ideas of an epic based on Ramayana and Mahabharata have to be discarded.%u201D
ENGLISH IS NEITHER OUR MOTHER TOUNGE NOR FATHER TOUNGE. OUR MOTHER AND FATHER TOUNGE IS URDU. OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE IS HINDI. WE DONT FEEL SHAME IF WE WRITE ANYTHING WRONG IN ENGLISH. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR ENGLISH. MAY BE YOUR FATHER TOUNGE IS ENGLISH.
RE:FOR THE ATTENTION OF CG NAIR
by Perv Sharma on Apr 08, 2007 02:59 PM Permalink
Mike Gandhi - your name is a true reflection of your name - Islam's Prophet's Grandfather is a Jew whereas Father a Christian so the name Mike fits U right
The Marathi newspaper gave considerable space to the political reforms carried out by Mussolini, in particular the substitution of the election of the members of Parliament with their nomination and the replacement of parliament itself with the Great Council of Fascism. Mussolini%u2019s idea was the opposite of that of democracy and it was expressed by the dictator%u2019s principle, according to which %u2018one man%u2019s government is more useful and more binding%u2019 for the nation than the democratic institutions.
Is all this not reminiscent of the principle of %u2018obedience to one leader%u2019 (%u2018ek chalak anuvartitva%u2019) followed by the RSS?
Finally, a long article of August 13, 1929, %u2018Italy and the Young Generations%u2019, stated that the Italian young generations had succeeded the old one to lead the country. That had resulted in the %u2018fast ascent of Italy in every field%u2019. The article went on to describe at length the organisation of the Italian society according to fascist models. The principal reasons of the discipline of the Italian youths were strong religious feelings, widespread among the population, attachment to the family, and the respect of traditional values: no divorce, no singles, no right to vote for women, whose only duty was to sit at home, by the fireplace. The article focussed then on the fascist youth organisations, the Balilla and the Avanguardisti.
One can easily come to the conclusion that, by the late 1920s, the fascist regime and Mussolini had considerable popularity in Maharashtra. The aspect of fascism which appealed most to Hindu nationalists were, of course, both the militarisations of society and what was seen as real transformation of society, exemplified by the shift from chaos to order. The anti%u2013democratic system was considered as a positive alternative to democracy which was seen as a typically British value.
Now let us deal with Aurangzeb's imposition of the jizya tax which had drawn severe criticism from many Hindu historians. It is true that jizya was lifted during the reign of Akbar and Jahangir and that Aurangzeb later reinstated this. Before I delve into the subject of Aurangzeb's jizya tax, or taxing the non-Muslims, it is worthwhile to point out that jizya is nothing more than a war tax which was collected only from able-bodied young non-Muslim male citizens living in a Muslim country who did not want to volunteer for the defense of the country. That is, no such tax was collected from non-Muslims who volunteered to defend the country. This tax was not collected from women, and neither from immature males nor from disabled or old male citizens. For payment of such taxes, it became incumbent upon the Muslim government to protect the life, property and wealth of its non-Muslim citizens. If for any reason the government failed to protect its citizens, especially during a war, the taxable amount was returned.
It should be pointed out here that the zakaat (2.5% of savings) and %u2018ushr (10% of agricultural products) were collected from all Muslims, who owned some wealth (beyond a certain minimum, called nisab). They also paid sadaqah, fitrah and khums. None of these were collected from any non-Muslim. As a matter of fact, the per capita collection from Muslims was several fold that of non-Muslims. Further to Auranzeb's credit is his abolition of a lot of taxes, although this fact is not usually mentioned. In his book Mughal Administration, Sir Jadunath Sarkar, foremost historian on the Mughal dynasty, mentions that during Aurangzeb's reign in power, nearly sixty-five types of taxes were abolished, which resulted in a yearly revenue loss of fifty million rupees from the state treasury. Other historians stated that when Aurangzeb abolished eighty types of taxes, no one thanked him for his generosity. But when he imposed only one, and not heavy at all, people began to show their displeasure.4
