Dronagiri is a village in Uttarakhand, where worshipping Hanuman is taken as an offence.

The Bhutia tribe residing in the village, used to worship the mountain, which Hanuman took to Lanka.

Hence, for this Hanuman is not liked here.

Anyone who worships Hanuman is thrown out !

मनोजवम् मारुततुल्यवेगम् जितेन्द्रियम् बुद्धिमताम् वरिष्ठम्।
वातात्मजम् वानरयूथमुख्यम् श्रीरामदूतम् शरणम् प्रपद्ये॥

'I take refuge in the messenger of God Rama, one who is as swift as wind, one who has controlled his senses, who is the most intelligent & is the chief of vanras'.

Look between letters X and V on your keyboard!

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T.W.Rhys Davids (1843-1922) was an English indologist.

An ICS officer, he was a great scholar of Buddhism.

Some of his works are:

-- Jatakas Tales;

-- Buddhist India;

-- Buddhism: Its History & Literature;

-- The Sects of Buddhists, etc

In RV X 154,2 there is a reference to tapas or tapasya of different kinds, such as:

1) Austerities like 'krichchhra-chāndrāyana, whereby the ascetic becomes invincible (anādrishya) ;

2) Sacrifices, whereby he attains heaven ; and

3) Penances of highest order called 'mahat'.

#Genealogy

Rajaraja Chola:

Father: Sundara Chola
Mother: Vanavan Mahadevi

Wives: Thiripuvāna Mādēviyār, Dantisakti Vitanki + 6 more

Sons: Rajendra Chola, Araiyan Rajarajan

Daughters: Kundhavi Alvar

Grandsons: Rajadhiraja Chola +8 more

Grand-daughter: Ammangadevi

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Japanese documents, 'Nihon Kōki' & 'Ruijū- Kokushi', mentions 2 separate ship-wrecks in 799-800 AD, from which two Indians washed ashore.

From their belongings were found cotton seeds, which were planted in Japan.

Thus, Indians introduced cotton to Japan.

There were restrictions on liquor sale in Mauryan era.

However, drinking was permitted free & outside the licensed liquor shops on the occasions of festivals, social gatherings & religious worship, for a period of 4 days.

There were fines, if this limit of 4 days was crossed.

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Dashrath Sharma (1903-1976) was a historian, and an expert in the history of Rajasthan.

A product of Delhi University, Dr. Sharma published more than 400 reasearch papers. Some of his books are:

- Rajasthan Through the Ages

- Early Chauhan Dynasties, etc.

Bad omen for Con party and their associates...

Election results are 42 days away

BJP wins Surat Lok Sabha seat, unopposed.. !!

'The advent of Maurya dynasty marks the passage from darkness to light for the historian. Chronology becomes definite, almost precise; a huge empire springs into existence, unifying the innumerable fragments of distracted India..'

'Oxford History of India', V.A. Smith, pg 107

#Genealogy

Raja Bhoj:

Uncle: Munja

Father: Sindhuraja
Mother: Savitri

Wife: Leelawati

Son: Jayasimha-I

Grandson: Udayaditya

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Atisa Dipankar (982-1054 AD) was a famous alumni of Vikramsila University, who went to Tibet to propagate Buddhism & wrote 'Bodhipathapradipā'.

He was welcomed in Tibet with a famous drink named 'Chai'.

Sophytes or Saubhuti, was a king of Punjab region during Alexander's time.

He presented 150 dogs to Alexander, who were known for their fierce strength & courage.

To test their strength, Sophytes made two of these dogs fight against a lion in front of Alexander.

Jogalthambi, near Nashik is known for the largest hoard of silver coins dated to 2nd century.

Jogalthambi Hoard' consists of 13,250 coins, out of which 9,270 coins were re-struck by Satkarni over the coins of Nahapana.

Re-struck coins indicates victory of one king over another.

'Age of The Nandas & Mauryas'

I finished this one yesterday

Its a brilliant depiction of political, economic & cultural life of that age.

Dr K.A Nilakanta Sastry has superbly articulated his views on that period with special emphasis on art, language, literature.

Must read!🙌

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Georg Bühler (1837-1898) was a German scholar.

Professor at Elphinstone College, Mumbai, Dr. Bühler translated 'Paiyalachchhi' - the oldest prakrit dictionary, & also translated Dharmasastras.

He drowned in mysterious circumstances at Lake Constance, Austria.

Someone has edited Wikipedia page of Kanishka -III.

He is now a Jat !!🙌🤦🤦🤣🤣🤣