Where is Priyadrasi from? Was : A short note on Asoka

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Dear all,

 

Whoever Priyadarsi was, it is clear that he had taken a large number

of people as captives in the war of Kalinga.

 

IApparently, he had used them for gold digging, as most of his edicts

aare placed in gold bearing areas.

 

If we look at those places where Orissans have settled from ages

immemorial, it would be apparent that Asoka had hailed from such a

place.

 

In my view, there is only one place apart from the widely accepted

Pataliputra and it is Suvarna girl (or Kolar fieds in Karnataka)

 

If there is any information with regard to this, I request the groups

members to please post.

 

Kishore patnaik

, " Kishore patnaik "

<kishorepatnaik09 wrote:

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> > Asoka was a man of great tact.

> >

> > There was a great revolt against the oppression by the officers

in the

> > province of Taxila, who were a republic before being brought

under the

> > rule of the empire of Bimbisara. Asoka was sent there as Viceroy

to

> > quell the same, which he did to a great aplomb, without using much

> > force or inviting resentment from the people of Taxila. In fact,

he

> > might have been fondly remembered into the later days as

priyadarsi(?)

> > by these people, connected to Iranians, as evinced by an Aramaic

> > edict found in Taxila.

> >

> > He was later sent to Ujjain as the regent there by his father.

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> I have forgotten to mention that both Ujjain and Taxila are great

> empires just 150 or 200 years before Asoka. I am yet to explore when

> they have come under the aegis of Mauryans.

>

> Kishore patnaik

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