This is my World

A few days ago, I posted the following on Facebook. First, I would like to apologise because there is one factual mistake in this. There is one sanskrit inscription that seems to predate the Rundraman inscriptions by 25–50 years. It is dated 112 A.D. Please read about it in the link below. What is the oldest Sanskrit Inscription and where is it located? I added a note to the original post in Facebook because I had been countered with myth and legends, been called names earlier for stating facts. So did not want encounter that this time. However, out comes the hindutva ideologist and then on the conversation loses sight of its purpose. I will only interpret portions of it but will share the post in full as pictures. Part 1: As you can see the conversation begins casually. He mentions Barabar caves. I mention it has Prakrit-Brahmi inscriptions. He mentions something else in the next line. I don't understand it. So I ask for clarification. He seems to claim the Ma...

I write this article after I read a post in one of my facebook groups. The group is called Ponniyin Selvan , named after the greatest Tamil historical fiction written in modern times.  The beginning: I saw Baahubali 2 a few days ago. One of the scenes in the movie disturbed me. When Ballala is crowned the king of  Mahishmati (Magizhmathi in Tamil version) , various wings in his army offer their salutations. In this scene and in the first movie too, Kattappa is introduced as "Karikala" Kattappa (in both Tamil and Telugu versions), a slave to the kingdom who bows to the feet of the Ballala. Now, anyone familiar with Tamil history will know that Karikalan (lived in the 2nd century) was one of the greatest Tamil kings. He built a dam across Cauvery that the British called the Grand anaicut because it was superior in technic to other dams from the period.  Now, naming a slave Karikalan and making him bow hurt me very badly.  However, I just let it go then until...