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19 Dec, 5 tweets, 4 min read
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Bagastan #Inscription of #Iran and its connection with Gandhara (Ancient #India) & Hindu Kush (उपरिश्येन) mountains

• Antiquity : ~500 BCE
• Patronage : Darius, Achaemenid Empire

• Pic 1 - Location of Bagastan in Iran
• Pic 2 - View of the Inscription

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 7th line of the Inscription mentions गन्धार (Gadaara in Persian) as a part of Achaemenid Empire.

Darius, in this Inscription, mentions about ~23 territories under his control. Gandhara is his eastern most territory.
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 Gandhara (गन्धार) was part of 16 महाजनपद of ancient #India (~600 BCE).

Later it was part of Indian #Maurya Empire (~310 BCE) as its North-Western territory.

Due to its placement (West of River Sindhu), it was always a place of conflict between Indian and foreign powers.
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 Interrstingly, Akkadian translation of this #Inscription replaces गन्धार with Paruparaesanna (#Sanskrit उपरिश्येन - Beyond the Eagle/Hawk) due to the sky kissing mountains of this territory.

These mountains, unfortunately, now popular as Hindu Kush (Killer of Hindus).
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 This thread by @BharadwajSpeaks explains Sanskrit name उपरिश्येन of Hindu Kush mountains in detail.

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14 Dec
शुंग वंश के पतन के पूर्व (~75 BCE के पूर्व), #संस्कृतम् क्या कभी भी बोलचाल की भाषा रही थी ? अवश्य रही थी ।

संस्कृत विद्वान और पद्मश्री कपिलदेव द्विवेदी के विचार, प्राचीन प्रमाणों के साथ, इस सूत्र में रख रहा हूँ ।

पढिए, जानिए और अग्रेषित करें । 🙏

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@ निरुक्तकार यास्क (~700 BCE)

• संस्कृत को "भाषा" कहा है और वैदिक संस्कृत से पृथक् माना है (न इति प्रतिषेधार्थीयो भाषायम् - निरुक्त 1.2)

• संस्कृत के प्राच्य और उदीच्य भेदों का उल्लेख + लौकिक संस्कृत से वैदिक शब्दों की निष्पत्ति (भाषिकेभ्यो धातुभ्यो ... निरुक्त 2.2)
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@ पाणिनि (~500 BCE)

• वैदिक संस्कृत को छन्द और लोकबोली के लिए भाषा शब्द का प्रयोग और दोनों के बीच का अंतर भी स्पष्ट किया ।

• पूर्वी भाषा के लिए प्राचाम् , उत्तरी के लिए उदीचाम् आदि का प्रयोग ।
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18 Nov
Can I use the same argument of @D_Roopa_IPS (Firecrackers are not old enough practice/absent in "ancient" texts to count it as Hindu) for वाचस्पत्यम् कोश ?

वाचस्पत्यम् referred by Nityanand in his tweet is a work of 19th century. It is in "modern" category.
If you @D_Roopa_IPS ji insisting to have proof from ancient sources about firecrackers then you can't take support from modern sources.

Moreover, if one random tweet from someone is good enough for you to endorse yr claim, then it shows yr bias, nothing else.
Also @D_Roopa_IPS ji,

• Is Dr. Swamy an ancient person ?
• What is his credential to even speak on this topic ?
• How is he a leader ? Which govt. portfolio is he handling ?

Again it shows yr selective bias to prove yr point.
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24 Oct
According to "Jain mythology", Chandragupta Maurya was a Jain.

But as per Itihasa and History, this is a blatant lie. Not a single contemporary record confirms him being Jain.

This is why this myth is not part of standard #History books. Nobody in academia take it seriously.
• Not a single "Contemporary Record" says Bhadrabahu ever meet to Hindu Maurya Emperor

• Converting him into Jain fold is a pure "Jain Tradition/myth" started after 1200+ yrs of Chandragupta Maurya.

Not a single Hindu source says he accepted Jainism.
Had Smith or anybody found a single evidence, he would have presented.

But he didn't. Why ? Because no such evidence exists even today.

Stop circululating motherhood statements as History.
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6 Oct
कौटिल्य के #अर्थशास्त्रम् में वर्णित शत्रुवध (Destruction of Enemy) के विभिन्न प्रयोग (Concerning Secret Practices).

• Target Person - अधर्मिष्ठ (Unrighteous).
• Aim (हेतु) - चातुर्वर्ण्यरक्षा (Protection of 4 वर्ण).

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घातक विष को विश्वसनीय म्लेच्छों के द्वारा शत्रु के वस्त्रों में लगवाना ।

Deadly poison to be introduced on articles/clothes by trusted म्लेच्छ people.

Note the use of म्लेच्छ people in such an atrocious but important task.
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चितकबरा मेंढक, जंगली तीतर, कानखजुरा, छिपकली आदि के चूर्ण का धुआँ तत्काल ही प्राणघातक होता है ।

Smoke of the powder of speckled frog, centipede, lizard etc. can instantly kill the person.
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23 Jun
What an agenda driven portal @Wikipedia is !

In this thread, you will see an example how they are trying to paddle fake agenda by citing "laughable/substandard references" in the field of #History

• Wiki Page - Battle of Haldighati
• Fake Agenda/Claim - Mughal Victory

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To substantiate the claim "Mughal Victory", two references are cited

• 1st ref. - The Mughal Empire at War (pic 1)
• Writer - Andrew De La Garza (pic 2)

This book released in 2016 only and has only 4 lines for this battle p56 (pic 3)

Issues with this citation are ...
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Issues in 1st citation -

• Cited reference is absolutely insufficient as it doesn't contain any primary material to support claim of Mughal victory

• Writer has no credential on his name to get cited on subject like "Battle of Haldighati".

Now coming to 2nd reference
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9 Jun
This is a case of false interpretation of सूत्र literature like #अर्थशास्त्रम् and trying to misquote कौटिल्य

This happen when u don't know #संस्कृतम्

Here, I will put facts from the same chapter दासकर्मकरकल्पम् (3.13)

दास is not slave. How ? Read in this thread

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 The very first सूत्र in this chapter says :
उदरदासवर्जमार्यप्राणमप्राप्तव्यवहारं ...

Except उदरदास (The one who is दास out of his compulsion), nobody from 4 वर्ण can be made दास

Violation of this rule attracts various levels of दण्ड ... Highest is प्राणदण्ड.
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 Above rule is made crystal clear in next सूत्र - न तु एव आर्यस्य दासभावः

As a general rule, nobody from आर्य (ब्राह्मण/क्षत्रिय/वैश्य/शूद्र) can be made दास

कौटिल्य further states
म्लेच्छानाम् अदोषः प्रजां विक्रेतुम् आधातुं वा (but मलेच्छ, who is out of आर्य fold, does it)
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