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17 Oct, 17 tweets, 12 min read
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Collection of tweets/threads/content related to connection of #Sanskrit and East Asia (#China and other East Asian countries).

Sanskrit is a gift of #India to the world which played a pivotal role in East Asian civilization and culture.
(1) Overview of the Silk Route - life line of the voyage of Sanskrit in #China 👇
(2) Discovery of #Sanskrit in #China and role of Silk Route 👇
(3) How ancient #China received knowledge from #India in form of #Sanskrit Manuscripts ? A fascinating journey on Silk Route. 👇
(4) My article depicting arrival and discovery of #Sanskrit in #China with maps and related images.

A lesser known but a fascinating journey of Sanskrit.
vyasonmukh.in/2021/01/13/san…
(5) Relationship of #India and #China in ~7th c. CE depicting role of Sanskrit and influence of Indian culture 👇
(6) The oldest Buddhist Temple in #China was constructed to welcome #Sanskrit 👇
(7) The oldest printed item in the world is in #Sanskrit and from #China 👇
(8) Around ~600 CE, #China invaded #Vietnam and defeated its Hindu king.

Chinese King didn't forget to collect treasure of #Sanskrit Manuscripts as a mark of victory. 👇
(9) The oldest printed book in the world is from #China but is in #Sanskrit 👇
(10) A #Sanskrit play/drama, from India, reached to China in ~150 CE. It is the oldest such manuscript. 👇
(11) Dunhuang in #China is the biggest store house of #Sanskrit material rooted in India.
(12) Earliest Chinese translation of #रामायणम् is from #Sanskrit Manuscript.
(13) Along with राम, हनुमान also reached to #China via Sanskrit Manuscripts and became a protecting deity in Chinese culture. Detail in this thread 👇
(14) #China and #रामायणम् also connected via traveler Xuanzang (7th c. CE). Here also, the medium was Sanskrit Manuscript.
(15) ध्यान, a spiritual Hindu concept from #India reaches to various East Asian countries from ~6th c. CE onwards.
(16) Apart from Spiritual knowledge, #Japan received knowledge of many other fields too.

This portrait of Xuanzang is testimony and respect towards Indian knowledge coded in Sanskrit.

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6 Sep
नेति कौटिल्यः । Kautilya disagrees.

Facts -
1) No Historical evidence to prove CG Maurya died at Shravanabelagola.

2) Forget about Bhadrabahu, no evidence about connection of CG Maurya with any Jain monk in 297 BCE.

#History
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This Thread is a compilation of threads/tweets pertaining to refutation of propaganda/misleading statements and related explanation based on #नीतिशास्त्रम्.

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Also, ok is creating a derogatory term "Hyper Hindu".
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Dialogues with a vegetable vendor in simple #संस्कृतम्

शाकविक्रेत्रा सरलसंस्कृते संवादः ।

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• विक्रेत्रा = With seller/vendor
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This thread is a compilation of writing/threads/tweets on Kautilya's #अर्थशास्त्रम् (Arthashastra).

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Roots of योग are Hindu, not Jain.

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• Artifacts in योग positions (Sindhu-Sarasvati civilization) predate any Jain artifact (~4000 BCE/older)
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