Ashwamedh Yagya Continues as Brahmincal Hegemony Banks on Genocide Mathematics
INDIA is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power.It is the appetite of the to be Hindu super Power!
Palash Biswas
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INDIA is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power.It is the appetite of the to be Hindu super Power! Stiff hike in defence budget matches well with Zionist imperialism and MNC intersets as well as with the Post Modern Galaxy Manusmriti Order!Over the next five years, military analysts expect the country to spend as much as $US40 billion ($A50 billion) on weapons procurement, more than its current entire annual armaments budget, upgrading everything from artillery to tanks.This would transform India into one of the largest defence markets in the world. For American contractors — shut out of India for decades — the explosion in demand comes just as relations between Washington and Delhi acquire new warmth.
This is post modern Ashwamedh Yagya!
just annihilate the class enemies, they learnt long before the naxal slogan coined in 20th century!
The Justice M S Liberhan Commission, which has been probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid for 15 year, is going to let off BJP leader L K Advani lightly.CNN-IBN has had access to some key aspects of the Liberhan report, which will be ready in the next 45 days. From the present form of the report it appears that Advani will not be declared guilty of conspiracy in bringing the mosque down on December 6, 1992.CNN-IBN has learnt that there will be enough reference to Advani, who was the BJP president then, and his role as he spearheaded the rathayatra. But his complicity and involvement will be viewed as indirect.The Commission, which was set up 10 days after the mosque’s demolition, feels that it has enough evidence to suggest Advani had a role in demolishing the mosque but that was largely peripheral.He cannot even be accused of having instigated or incited the mob of karsewaks. So, in essence Advani is going to escape Justice Liberhan's wrath as the judge prepares the final draft of the report in Chandigarh.
Ashwamedh Yagya Continues and those who protest the Zionist BrahminicalSupremacy have to be massacred! Brahminical hegemony is rooted in not only in the discrimanating religious manipulation with Vedas and manusmriti, it is the Mathemetics of Genocide which feeds life to the rotten system! Enslavement would have been never possible, had the outcastes the opportunity of enlightenment! The Brahmins reserved all knowledge for them and banned education in any form for the Shudras and untouchables. Eklavya had to sacrifice his thumb to make Arjun , a Champion of Archery! Shambuk, a shudra was killed by Rama as he encroached in the arena of knowledge. And these Brahmins protest Reservation while they enjoyed the religious reservation for thousands and thousands years!
Ashwamedh Yagya is done to please Shiv Jee. In Ashwamedh Yagya, Raajaa has to send a decorated Yagya horse around to other countries with his trusted people and possibly army. Whoever kings accept the doer of that Yagya as their king, they leave the horse, but whoever do not accept his dependence they capture the horse and fight. Normally this Yagya is done only when the king is sure of his victory over all other kings. In Indian history some Ashwamedh Yagya are famous. Raajaa Sagar did it. Raajaa Raam did it. Indra did it to wash His sin of Brahm Hatyaa of Vritraasur. Raajaa Dashrath did it. A group of Muni did it for Raajaa Il to get him free from Shiv's Shaap [7/89-90].
PM sings nuke tune despite Left's veto.Twenty-four hours after a fragile peace deal with the Left parties Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not shy away from going public with his passion for the Indo-US nuclear deal.While, Muslim groups today welcomed the presentation of the follow-up action on the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee report in Parliament, but said the Government should also work to provide reservation for the most backward classes ...Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay is to submitted the Centre's Action Taken Report on the Sachar Committee report in Parliament on Friday. Tabling the statement in Lok Sabha, Antulay hailed the move saying, "It is a historic occasion and it is a historic statement."Last week, he had told Lok Sabha that the government had accepted all but three of the several recommendations and suggestions of the Sachar panel, all of which would be unveiled in Parliament.
In terms of "potential for growth, India is our top market, " said Richard Kirkland, Lockheed Martin's president for South Asia. But whether US companies can turn that potential into profits will depend on more than warmer diplomatic relations — it will depend on how they finesse the particular challenges of the new market. The stakes were clear this week when the Defence Ministry called for bids to fill an order for 126 fighter jets, a contract that could be worth $US10.2 billion.
Determined to build a domestic defence industry, India is requiring foreign suppliers to manufacture a sizeable portion of any military goods in India. American companies have been busily pairing up with locals. But so far, most partnerships are little more than agreements on future projects.
The Americans' interest in India goes beyond weapons. India also has booming markets in civilian aviation, shipping and infrastructure.
India is virgin territory for US armaments makers. Decades of Cold War-era distrust, followed by sanctions, made it a no-go area of sorts.
Under the Bush Administration, sanctions have been lifted and military ties have deepened. In July, the two governments announced a controversial civilian nuclear energy agreement.
Under the accord, the US will share nuclear technology with India. It requires a radical, India-specific exception to US law, and underscores the Bush Administration's commitment to "help India become a major world power".
Manufacturing Faith
- Ram Puniyani (EKTA, Committee for Communal Amity, Mumbai)
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RSS resolution at the end of Banglore convention asked the Muslim community to buy the goodwill of majority community for its own safety and good. Similarly many a spokespersons from this Sangh Parivar have been asserting that since the Hindus are the majority, since Ayodhya is a THE holy place for them, a la Mecca, the Muslims should strike an out of court settlement with VHP and hand over the 'site' to Hindus for building the temple of Lord Ram. Many 'advisers' have gone on to say that it is the Muslim arrogance, which is responsible for the Ayodhya imbroglio and the accompanying violence in the society.
The assertions made on this wavelength are manifold. To begin with it states that Ram is a symbol of Indian Nationalism that Ayodhya is to Hindus what Mecca is to Muslims and finally since Ram was born precisely at the spot where Babri mosque was standing so the site must be handed over to Hindus i.e. to VHP, to Ram Jamn Bhumi Nyas, controlled by RSS. In this scheme of things RSS is synonymous with Hindus. Most of these are constructs which have very little to do with truth.
Ram is a mythological figure, Valimik wrote the epic with Ram as a Hero. Interpretations and worship for Ram is not uniform in different sections of Hindu community. There is no archeological evidence to show that at the time when Ram is supposed have been born there was any human habitation around Ayodhya. Archeology does not substantiate the Ram legend in any way. The popularisation of Ram cult began with Tulsidas who wrote Ramayana in Avadhi dialect of Hindi and people at large could access this book. Before that, story of Ram was available only in Devbhasha Sanskrit so its prevalence was restricted to the upper caste only. As such, Ram is not the only holy figure in Hindu pantheon. Lord Krishna, Brahma Vishnu Mahesh and a large number of Holy figures are prevalent in Hindu mythology and in Hindu psyche. The choice of Ram as THE holy deity may be a bit deliberates one. The other side of this praise for Ram is seen in the interpretation of Ram legend by Phule, Ambedkar and Periyar. Phule saw Ram as the representative of the conquering Aryans, one who was the upholder of gender and caste hierarchy. The story of Shambuk as upholder of upper caste ethos is more than obvious. Just to recall Shambuk was killed by Lord Ram as he was doing penance, an act, which was not permitted to the low caste. Similarly Ram had no hesitation in oppressing Tadaka to insulting Shurpnakha or banishing his pregnant wife Sita on the suspicion of her fidelity.
Ram was never accepted as a symbol of Indian Nationalism in the struggle for Indian independence. This struggle based on the secular values kept the holy deities in their sacred precincts while concentrating on the issues of this world, freedom from the clutches of British colonial powers etc. To say that Ram is THE prophet of Hindu religion as Mohammad is the prophet of Islam is not true. All the Prophetic religions have one prophet, while Hindu pantheon has innumerable Holy figures competing for the Number one slot. So whatever the birth place of Ram it can not be compared with the Holy places like Mecca, Bodh Gaya or Jerusalem as those places are the one's belonging to the 'sole' holy place for the believers of those religions. This can be done only by undermining the status of other holy deities like Lord Krishna, Vishnu or Shiva, which may not be acceptable to many a Hindus who follow them.
Coming to Ayodhya if one spares some thought to the issue, the manipulation of the Hindu Right in raising this as an 'issue of faith' etc. will make it clear that history has not much to do with the issue and what is of paramount importance for the Kar Seva politicians is the political benefits rather than the religious sentiments. Mir Baqui who got the mosque built could not have gone against the sentiments of his chief, Babur. In Babar's reign there was a strong growth of syncretic traditions, while he got the Jain temples of Gwalior demolished on the grounds of nude idols being there. Baburs' will to Humanyun advises him to respect other religions especially, Hinduism, as his subjects are Hindus. Babur himself was no bigot and he gives a good account of his respect for other religions in his Baburnama. During his reign, in the Guru-Khattri shrine in Peshawar Hindus offered their hair as an offering, and in Kachwa Muslim lived among Hindu Yogis and there was a lofty idol house standing next to a Mosque in Gwalior.
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Sachar Committee
The Sachar Committee, headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar, had found that Muslims lag behind on all socio-economic indices, such as education, health and employment.
The Cabinet had earlier discussed the Prime Minister's 15-point programme to implement the Sachar Panel recommendations.
The Centre, however, remained silent on the Sachar Committee's recommendation favouring reservation for the most backward in the 150-million strong community.
The Government intends to initiate special coaching and scholarship schemes for minority students. The center also wants to identify Muslim-dominated districts for running special schemes.
As per the recommendations in the report, an Equal Opportunities Commission will be set up along with a nomination procedure for their political involvement at the grassroots.
The Government also intends to set aside a portion of priority sector loans, especially in agriculture and industry, for minorities. Public sector banks will open more branches in Muslim concentrated areas and 15 per cent of the priority sector lendings will go to Muslims in the next three years.
It will try improving basic amenities in 90 identified minority concentrated districts and 338 towns.
The Sachar Committee, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in March 2005, had made comprehensive recommendations for "setting the community on the road to progress".
It pointed out that the percentage of Muslims in Government employment was a mere 4.9 per cent of the total 88,44,669 employees, indicating that all was not well for the 150 million Muslim population in the country.
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The Legacy of the Arabs and the Hindus
Hitherto, most Sheikhs and Sayeds boast of their light skin complexions and will not marry into a Black Aboriginal family. Even though these descendants of Arabs and Caste Hindus identify themselves as ethnic Bengalis, they have always looked down upon native Bengalis as "Village Kalus"(another term for "nigger") and remain highly bigoted with regard to skin color. In modern times, Arab Sayed landowners have collaborated with the Brahman landowners to slaughter the tribal Santhals and Kols for financial gain via acquisition of tribal land. Most Muslim Aborigines from the village are in destitute poverty and remain illiterate; they typically work as housemaids and servants of the Arab Bangladeshis especially in places like the Chittigong district. They have no concept of their Aboriginal/tribal ancestry and have made no attempt to join hands with their tribal brothers that are raped and tortured every year by Hindu landowners all throughout Bengal, east and west. Most Islamic scholars in Bangladesh have written out the pre-Islamic past brainwashing the Black Bengalis into believing that they are dark skinned Arabs and are racially distinct from the Austroloid tribals. Today, the residual "untouchables" that did not convert to Islam perform the most inhuman and menial forms of labor as sanctioned by the Bangladeshi government. They are forced to work with human carcasses and clean human feces from the street gutters as their ancestors have done for centuries under Hindu oppression.
The introduction of a Caucasoid racial element into Bangladeshi society has had one of the most devastating effects on the development of the country. Most upwardly mobile and successful men tend to marry tall, and lighter skin women with long noses. The influx of India's openly racist film industry has done more to shatter whatever moral ethos the Black Bengali women carried before the Aryans and Arabs came to Bengal, Black is not beautiful in Bangladesh although 90-95% of the population is black Austroloid.
Following Bangladesh's independence in 1971, there has been a strong lack of political unity within Bangladesh because most politicians and government leaders are bigoted Caucasoids that only seek to better the financial standing of the Sayed and Sheikh elite rather than work for the better welfare of the people. Persons such as Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina are extremely corrupt and have done absolutely nothing in terms of social programs for the poor and illiterate Black majority.
Baby Naznin, "The Black Diamond," a famous singer of
Bangladesh. She is one of the few modern Bangladeshi
women to embrace Pan-Africanism in South Asia
The Need of The Hour: Pan-Africanism in Bangladesh and All of the Black World
During the African-American Holocaust of North-America, the Black descendants of slaves were forced to engage the cruel Anglo-Caucasian oppressor without any assistance whatsoever from the world at large, it was largely a local effort and a astonishing one indeed for many victories were won and many intellectuals were produced to assist fellow Blacks worldwide. In the coming decade the Black race as whole faces new and precarious predicaments such as HIV, crime, illiteracy, and infant mortality. These are only but a few to name, but the local populations on average cannot possibly solve them without help from their blood brothers and sisters from across the globe. With the Aborigines of Australia, The Philippines, and Andaman Islands nearing extinction along with massive proliferation of AIDS in Africa, Pan-Africanism is the need of the hour! According to the article "Pan-Negroism and the Tamil-Sinhala Conflict in Sri Lanka" written by Hadwa Dom of the Dalitstan Journal, the collaboration between Blacks has been proven effective in the struggle for humanity and the right to exist. In this effort, Nelson Mandela has provided military manpower in aid of the indigenous Black LTTE rebels in Sri Lanka leading to several important military successes. Only time can tell whether globally, the Black race will survive into the next millennium.6 I am confident that it will.
*Horen Tudu is a Bangladeshi-Santhal born and raised in the United States. He is a staunch Pan-Africanist and research specialist. His work emphasizes on the Dalit and tribal historical/political situation of Bangladesh and India. He may be contacted at horentudu@yahoo.com
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References
1) "BANGLADESH TOWARDS 21ST CENTURY", published by the Ministry of Information, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. ASNIC
2) "The Bible of Aryan Invasions 1500 BC - 1000 AD Vol. 2" by Prof. Uthaya Naidu
3) "The Bible of Aryan Invasions 1500 BC - 1000 AD Vol. 3" by Prof. Uthaya Naidu
4) Ibid.
5) "BRAHMIN GOLD The Plunder of Paradise Vol.III Exploitation of Individual Nations" by Shankar Nadar
6) "Pan-Negroism and the Tamil-Sinhala Conflict in Sri Lanka" Dalitstan Journal Volume 1, Issue 3, December 1999 written by Hadwa Dom
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Also see following:
HISTORY NOTES: CASTE AND RACE IN INDIA
LECTURE NOTES: THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN INDIA - A PHOTO ESSAY
HISTORY NOTES: THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN INDIAN ANTIQUITY
NOTES FROM A BROTHER IN INDIA: HISTORY AND HERITAGE
NOTES FROM A BROTHER IN INDIA: THE BIGOTRY OF HINDUS WITH REGARD TO SKIN COLOUR
HISTORY NOTES: DR. CHEIKH ANTA DIOP AND THE CULTURAL ROOTS OF THE DALITS: INDIA'S BLACK UNTOUCHABLES
NOTES FROM A BROTHER IN INDIA: BIGOTRY OF HINDUS WITH REGARD TO SKIN COLOUR & HISTORY AND HERITAGE
HISTORY NOTES: A PLEA FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
TRAVEL NOTES: LOOKING AT INDIA THROUGH AFRICAN EYES
HISTORY NOTES: PAN-AFRICANISM IN SOUTH ASIA
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Chandragupta Maurya
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: ??????????? ?????), sometimes known simply as Chandragupta (born c. 340 BCE, ruled c. 320[1] – 298 BCE[2]), was the founder of the Maurya Empire. Chandragupta succeeded in bringing together most of the Indian subcontinent. As a result, Chandragupta is considered the first unifier of India and the first genuine emperor of India.[3] In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandracottos or Andracottus.
Prior to Chandragupta's consolidation of power, small regional kingdoms dominated Northwestern India, while the Nanda Empire dominated the Gangetic plain.[4] After Chandragupta's conquests, the Maurya Empire extended from Bengal and Assam[5] in the East, to Afghanistan and Balochistan in the West, to Kashmir and Nepal[6] in the North, and to the Deccan Plateau in the South.[2]
His achievements, which ranged from defeating Alexander's Macedonian satrapies and conquering the Nanda Empire by the time he was only about 20 years old, to defeating Seleucus Nicator and establishing centralized rule throughout Southern Asia, remain some of the most celebrated in Indian history. Over two thousand years later, the accomplishments of Chandragupta and his successors, including Ashoka the Great, are objects of great study in the annals of South Asian and world history.
Origins
Maurya Empire
The Maurya Empire at its largest extent under Ashoka.
Imperial Symbol:
The Lion Capital of Ashoka
Founder Chandragupta Maurya
Preceding State(s) Mahajanapadas, mainly Magadha
Languages Sanskrit
Pali
Prakrit
Greek (northwest)
Aramaic (northwest)
Religions Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
Capital Pataliputra
Head of State Samraat (Emperor)
First Emperor Chandragupta Maurya
Last Emperor Brhadrata
Government Centralized Absolute Monarchy with Divine Right of Kings as described in the Arthashastra
Divisions 4 provinces:
Tosali
Ujjain
Suvarnagiri
Taxila
Semi-independent tribes
Administration Inner Council of Ministers (Mantriparishad) under a Mahamantri with a larger assembly of ministers (Mantrinomantriparisadamca).
Extensive network of officials from treasurers (Sannidhatas) to collectors (Samahartas) and clerks (Karmikas).
Provincial administration under regional viceroys (Kumara or Aryaputra) with their own Mantriparishads and supervisory officials (Mahamattas).
Provinces divided into districts run by lower officials and similar stratification down to individual villages run by headmen and supervised by Imperial officials (Gopas).
Area 5 million km² [47] (Southern Asia and parts of Central Asia)
Population 50 million [48] (one third of the world population [49])
Currency Silver Ingots (Panas)
Existed 322–185 BCE
Dissolution Military coup by Pusyamitra Sunga
Succeeding state Sunga Empire
Main article: Ancestry of Chandragupta Maurya
The ancestry of Chandragupta is still shrouded in mystery, with little known for certain.[7] There are several views regarding his origin, each with its own set of adherents.
While many Indian historians hold the view that Chandragupta was an illegitimate child of the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha in eastern India, born from a Nanda prince and a maid named "Mura",[8] other later literary traditions imply that Chandragupta may have been raised by peacock-tamers (Sanskrit: Mayura-Poshakha), which earned him the Maurya epithet. Both the Buddhist as well as Jaina traditions testify to the supposed connection between the Moriya (Maurya) and Mora or Mayura (Peacock).[9] Yet there are other literary traditions according to which Chandragupta belonged to Moriyas, a Kshatriya (warrior) clan of a little ancient republic of Pippalivana located between Rummindei in the Nepali Tarai and Kasia in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
There are different theories regarding Chandragupta Maurya’s origins. Most regard Chandragupta to have originated from Magadha, possibly as the son of a Nanda prince and a maid named "Mura".[8][10] A kshatriya people known as the "Mauryas" who had received the relics of the Buddha are also mentioned in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya. Then the Moriyas of Pipphalivana came to know that at Kusinara the Blessed One had passed away. And they sent a message to the Mallas of Kusinara, saying: "The Blessed One was of the warrior caste, and we are too. We are worthy to receive a portion of the relics of the Blessed One. We will erect a stupa over the relics of the Blessed One and hold a festival in their honor."
Others claim that the Mauryas were the Muras or rather Mors, and another view of kshatriya origin of Indo-Scythian lineage has been proposed.[11][12][13] Another school of thought, including scholars such as B. M. Barua,[14] Dr J. W. McCrindle, Dr D. B. Spooner [15], Dr H. C. Seth [16], Dr Hari Ram Gupta [17], Dr Ranajit Pal and Kirpal Singh have connected Chandragupta to Gandhara (or Kamboja) in modern day Pakistan. Based on interpretations of Plutarch and Appian's writings, these scholars assert that Chandragupta Maurya may have belonged to the north-west frontier region, possibly to the Assakenoi or Ashvaka (q.v.) Kshatriya clan of Swat/Kunar valley ( modern Koh-I-Mor or Mer-coh — the Meros of the classical writings)[17][18][19][20]. Ashvakas were a section of the Kambojas, who were exclusively engaged in horse-culture and were noted for lending out their cavalry services [21] [22].
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Pala Empire
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The Pala Empire was a dynasty in control of the northern and eastern Indian subcontinent, mainly the Bengal and Bihar regions, from the 8th to the 12th century. The name Pala (Modern Bengali ??? pal) means "protector" and was used as an ending to the names of all Pala monarchs.
The founder of the empire was Gopala. He was the first independent Buddhist king of Bengal and came to power in 750 in Gaur by democratic election, which was unique at the time. He reigned from 750-770 and consolidated his position by extending his control over all of Bengal. His successors Dharmapala (r. 770-810) and Devapala (r. 810-850) expanded the empire across the northern and eastern Indian subcontinent. The Pala Empire eventually disintegrated in the 12th century under the attack of the Sena dynasty.
The Palas were followers of the Mahayana and Tantric schools of Buddhism. They often intermarried with the Gahadvalas of the Kannauj region. They created many temples and works of art and supported the Universities of Nalanda and Vikramashila. Their proselytism was at the origin of the establishment of Buddhism in Tibet.
Matsanya and the ascendancy of the Palas
After Shashanka Bengal was shrouded in obscurity and was shattered by repeated foreign invasions. Songtsan Gampo (622 CE-650 CE) the Tibetan king invaded Bengal and conquered it. Jayavardhana of the Shaila Dynasty from Central India invaded Bengal and killed the king of Pundra (730 CE). Yasovarmana (725-752) of Kanauj killed the king of Magadha and Gauda. Later Lalitaditya (724-760) of Kashmir who defeated Yasovarmana invaded Bengal. Sri Harsha of Kamarupa conquered Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Odra. The social and political structure of Bengal was devastated. According to Lama Taranath: Every single Brahman, every Kshatriya, every Elite became all powerful in their areas and surrounding regions. This condition has been described by Taranath as Matsyanyam (Eating of small fish by the big fish) or the Dark Age of Bengal. Disgusted at the situation the desperate people of Bengal made a bold move which marked a glorious period in the history of the sub-continent. They elected Gopala, a popular military leader, as their king by a Democratic Election which was probably the only democratic election in medieval India.
[edit] Buddhism
Ruins of Nalanda University, which reached its height under the PalasAfter Harsha Vardhana, Buddhism faced the possibility of extinction. Buddhists were persecuted all over India and Buddhism was gradually being absorbed by Hinduism. The Palas emerged as the champion of Buddhism, and they patronized Mahayana Buddhism. The Pala universities of Vikramashila and Nalanda became seats of learning for East Asia. The famous university of Nalanda reached its height during the Pala empire. The Palas were responsible for the spread of Mahayana Buddhism in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and the Indonesian archipelago, and the fame of Bengal spread in the Buddhist world for the cultivation of Buddhist religion, culture and other knowledge in the various centres that grew under the patronage of the Pala rulers. Buddhist scholars from the Pala empire travelled from Bengal to the Far-East and propagated Buddhism. A few outstanding ones among them are Shantarakshit, Padmanava, Dansree, Bimalamitra, Jinamitra, Muktimitra, Sugatasree, Dansheel, Sambhogabajra, Virachan, Manjughosh and many others. But the most prominent was Atish Dipankar Srigyan who reformed Buddhism in Tibet after it had been destroyed by king Langdharma.
Pala foreign relations
Palas came in contact with distant lands through their conquests and trades.The Sailendra Empire of Java, Sumatra and Malaya was a colony of the Palas. Devapala granted five villages at the request of the Sailendra king Balputradeva of Java for the upkeepment of the matha established at Nalanda for the scholars of that country. The Prime minister of the Balputradeva was from Gauda. Dharmapala who extended his empire to the boundary of the Abbasid Empire had diplomatic relations with the caliph Harun Al-Rashid. Coins of Harun-al-Rashid have been found in Mahasthangarh. Palas maintained diplomatic and religious relation with Tibet. During the military expeditions of the Pala kings the Pala generals would establish kingdoms of their own in Punjab and Afghanistan. "When the writer (Mr.French) was in the Punjab hill states recently he came across a curious and unexpected echo of the Pal Dynasty. There is a strong and continuous tradition that the ruling families in certain states are descended from the "Rajas of Gaur in Bengal". These states are Suket, Keonthal, Kashtwar and Mandi. In the ancient Rajput states tradition has immense force and accuracy. Of Kashtwar it is related that Kahan pal — the founder of the state — with a small band of followers arrived in the hills in order to conquer a kingdom for himself. He is said to have come from Gaur, the ancient capital of Bengal and to have been a cadet of the ruling family of the place."---"The Art of Pal Empire". p.19. The demise of the Turkshahi rule in Gandhar and the rise of the Hindushahi dynasty in that region might have connection to the invasion of the Palas in that region.
Legacy
Palas legacy gets remembered not much in Bengal but elsewhere. Tibet's modern culture and religion is heavily influenced by Palas. Palas are credited with spreading Buddhism to Tibet and around the world through missionaries. Atisa, a Palan, is a celebrated figure in the Tibetan Buddhism in tradition and in establishment. Atisa also invented bodhichitta or known as "mind training" that is practiced around the world today. Another important Palan figure in Tibetan Buddhism is Tilopa who founded the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and developed the Mahamudra method, a set of spiritual practices that greatly accelerated the process of attaining bodhi (enlightenment). Palas literature is widely studied by Buddhist around the world. Pala architectural style was copied throughout south-eastern Asia and China, Japan, and Tibet. Nalanda Universities and Vikramshila Universities are two of the biggest and greatest Buddhist universities ever recorded in history.
Indian civilization has very deep roots which stretch back to the Neolithic Agrarian cities of the Indus River Valley in approximately 2000 BCE. These cities were laid out in a grid pattern and had excellent gravity-fed sewage systems and home ventilation systems which used the physics of natural airflow patterns. The religion and art of these cities have suggested to some a sense of seeking the unity of all things by mastering the forces of the physical world through meditation and self-control. This civilization was destroyed by a combination of flooding and earthquakes around 1500 BCE. At about the time of the arrival of nomadic peoples from the north. These Indo-European-speaking peoples, often called Indo Aryans, sang songs of conquest, but the cities were largely deserted.
As the nomadic Indo-Europeans spread throughout northern India, they became a settled people, formed into competing states and so suffered the emergence of warfare springing up between long-allied clans. Such major social transformations were expressed, as it is so often among Indo-European peoples (like the Greek Iliad and Odyssey) in epic poetry, in the Indian case, in the epic story, The Mahabharata. But as this epic literature developed, it also came to reflect changes in religious outlook which evolved from the Indo-Aryan lustful materialist religion (rituals and sacrifices of material things now called Brahminism) toward the possible Indus Valley view that such sacrifices must be of the material world, of a rising above human desire. The burning away the fruits of selfish action and desire (karma) to achieve release (moksha) from rebirth into the material world (samsara) and the ultimate union of the soul (atman) with the Divine Consciousnes

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