Literature

    Ashoka Edict - Part 2 Continuing on Ashokas edicts  Is it Damma Lipi? My argument is Damma lipi is the religious text/instructions that were getting written on the edicts and not the name of the script used to write. Reason 1 This word lipi/dipi can be found outside India too example in the  Achaemenid inscriptions,  this word  m u s t   b e c o n n e c t e d   w i t h   t h e   A n c i e n t  P e r s i an   n i - p i s h (to write)  In the inscription(found at  Behistan)  of Darius the third ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire -    " [tu] v a m  k a h y a  a p a r am  i mam di p i m va i n a h y  t y am ada n t n i y a p i [ s h a ] m " which means  " O  t h ou  wh o  s h a l t  s ee  th i s  i ns c ri p t i on  i n  t h e  f u t u r e  wh i c h  I  h a v e  wr i t t e n " the word dipi/lipi here means...

  The word "Brahman" in Ashoka Girnar Edict I am going to be as detailed as possible to avoid any confusion   There are 14 major rock edicts occupying the north east part of the rock in two columns separated by a line. In these edicts we can find different ways in which Brahmana is written  1. Bamhana 2. Bramhana 3. Bambhan 4. Hoti-Bamhana etc I have tried to show this from multiple sources/ways. Source 1 From the book " Inscriptions of Asoka " Book from the   Archaeological Survey of India Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi Book Number: 42413 Book Title: Inscriptions of Asoka Book Author: Sircar, D.C. Book Language: English Number of Pages: 88 Publisher: ; 1956 Subject: Inscriptions, India; Ancient history, India; India, History; Asoka, Inscriptions, India Source URL:   http://asi.nic.in/asi_books/42413.pdf [ref 2] page 40 please see the highlighted text it says   Brahmana this is the 4th Rock Edict of Girnar ~~~~~~~ Source 2 Inscrip...

Woman and the practice of Marriage   This is from Mahabarata , this is how Kuru Vamsha started Shantanu married Ganga and she had a condition that you should not ask me no matter what I do, to which Shantanu agreed Lated when they got children Ganga killed 6 children and Shantanu did not ask her because of his promise Later when Ganga was going to kill the 7th child Shantanu could not control and he stopped her and asked why was she doing this To which Ganga replied all these are Devatas and they were cursed in heaven to take birth on earth but they did not want to live on earth so I promised them that I will kill them as soon as they are born and they can go to heaven. Now since Shantanu had broken the promise Ganga left the palace with the child. After several years when Shantanu went to the banks of the river Ganga again Ganga appeared Shantanu was very happy, and Ganga returned the 7th child Devavratha to Shantanu, this 7thh child Devavratha will be called Bishma later on. Afte...