Kosla.Vepa

This is exactly what i mean by altering the mind set of the Indic people. It is clear that Macaulay has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The interesting aspect of this post is that no evidence is offered other than Ludi Rocher who (and his wife Roseanne) are members of the history establishment in the west that is to put it mildly very eurocentric. I wil give examples on request. The notion that any Occidental can make a better determination of Indian history than the most scholarly Indian themselves is part of the change that Macaulay has wrought. This is the reason why i wrote the South Asia file the charge has been made that 'Some Indian guys try to push Indian dates as far back as possible,' Since when is that a federal crime ? The issue has niothing to do with wishes, it has to do with the integrity of the author who is making the claim.The real issue is whether such an author is making a valid claim. But to make such a determination, requires a lot of reading and thought. Far easier to dismiss the Indian author , with a flourish, as someone who wishes to push the dates back. My observation is that what a person wishes has nothing to do with history and is irrelevant to the argument. If every person on the planet was punished for having wishes, the entire population of the planet would be behind bars. I am not making a moral judgement on those who exhibit such a high degree of Macaulayism, merely that the existence of such people in large numbers among indians simply makes my point. I am reminded of Napioleons dictum 'Attribute not to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence the quote Ashoka's date is clearly known beyond doubt by his inscriptions. Oh yeah ! says who. Remember that the entire chronology as enunciated is wrong. when read carefully, the inscriptions say nothing about an absolute date which other inscriptions like the Aihole inscription in karnataka do. I woulsd like exact quotes that establish the date of Asoka to be in the 2ns/3rd century BCE. I am in the process of writing a monograph on 'The Greek synchronism and its pernicious effects on Indian History' and how it has effected the Indic mind I am willing to serialize the draft copy of this forthcoming book in this site , should there be an interest in doing so. In the meantime i strongly recommend getting The south asia file at the link above (sorry guys i am not allowed to post a link but do a Google on my name and you will see the citation . I will have several copies of the book on sale at ICIH2009 on January 9-11 at the India International centre which i am convening. I wihs i had more time to respond, but i am frightfully busy until the end of the conference. The book is available in black and white and in color. The B & W runs around 30$. It has plenty of reference material that is not easily available elsewhere.