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Maurya Empire (321 - 184 B.C.)
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K. V. Ramakrishna Rao View Drop Down
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    Posted: 22-Mar-2007 at 09:15
It is evident that you are responding to the above ban announcement and trying to support the anti-brahmanic attitude drawing attention to the economic comparison of "Gunpowder Ma".
 
Whether the Brahmins contributed few economic services or otherwise, they systematic attack on them have been orchestrated and in India, we can understand more politically, economically, socally and even in the context of religion.
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Posts: 1791 		  Quote Decebal Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Mar-2007 at 09:57
I don't see why Non-Indians should have some sort of hidden anti-brahminical agenda which would be needed for a systematic attack. In fact, most of the westerners' interest in the caste system on India is largely academic. Indians can understand more aspects of the Brahmins' role in society, it is true, because they are immersed in the Indian culture. But sometimes, outsiders can provide different valuable perspectives which shouldn't be dismissed out of hand just because they are outsiders. If westerners would have dismissed all outside opinions in this fashion, they would still have a 19th century mentality towards their own history.
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Posts: 287 		  Quote K. V. Ramakrishna Rao Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Mar-2007 at 20:47

I have lot of evidences.

Anyway, I think we are deviating from the topic "Mauryan empire".

Even in the historical research on "Mauryan empire", read the books Vincent Arthur Smith, K A Nilakanta Sastri, Bhandarkar and Romila Thapar, you can find out how the Jain and Buddhist contexts have been used to interpret with anti-Brahminic attitude.

Anyway, if you want, we can have a separate entry with instructions to the posters that they should come out with criticism and argument based on facts or evidences. In fact, I have already challenged earlier to come out with evidences for a debate.
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