Buddhist mass murder and destruction of nAgArjuna koNDa monastery

[Shrivathsa B]

hariH OM,

   Some hagiographical and mischievous stories about shrii sha~NkarAcArya have gained so much currency that certain anti hindu forces have started using them for their evil ends.

   A great yati of our time wants to write a rebuttal to

1. the story which says that sha~NkarAcArya was the one responsible for the destruction of the buddhist monastery in nAgArjuna koNDa. It seems that those claiming this trace it to a remark by a british archaeologist and they further buttress it with some hagiographical stories.

2.  the story of sha~Nkara being a mass murderer of Buddhists. This again is traced to certain hagiographical stories.

   The spirit with which he wants to write a rebuttal is that if these stories aren't exposed for hollowness in time, they may turn out to be gospel truths in the future sociopolitical discourse.

   I request this pariShat to provide information about books available on:

1. The history of the buddhist monastery in nAgArjuna koNDa, its time of existence, destruction etc. 

2. Any scholarly rebuttal of the story of sha~Nkara being a mass murderer of Buddhists.

 

svasti,

      bhavaaniibhaaratii jayatetamaam,

                                                     shrivathsa.

[Nagaraj Paturi]

In response to the following post on Indology:

Does anyone have the PDF of the second volume of the report on the excavations at Nagarjunakonda?

Soundararajan, K.V. (ed.) 2006. Nagarjunakonda (1954-60), Volume II (The Historical Period). New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No. 75).

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Daniela

Sri Ajith Gargeshwari-ji posted the following on Indology list:

Volume 1 of the book  is available at archives.org

https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.87877/87877#page/n3/mode/2up

According  to ASI official web site

Nagarjunakonda (1954-60) Vol. I, R. Subrahmanyam (1975) Nagarjunakonda (1954-60) Vol. II ( In press)

​Was Volume 2 Published?​

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

[Nagaraj Paturi]

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/how-history-was-made-up-at-nalanda/

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Mass murder stories are non-professional rumour - mongering.

Professional historians' view:

"The region declined after the death of Rudrapurusa, the last Ikshvaku king."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjunakonda

[shankara]

Paturiji,

Volume 2 was published. link to Worldcat entry given below.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162370160

regards
shankara

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

Was Volume 2 Published?​

was a question by Sri Ajith Gargeshwari-ji.

[shankara]

Paturiji,

I didn't notice it. Sorry for the confusion.

regards
shankara

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

To Undo the Scandal, Undo the Control Arun Shourie

 

http://arunshourie.bharatvani.org/articles/scandal.htm

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

Sharing a snapshot of the book 

Nāgārjunakoṇḍā: A Cultural Study

By K. Krishna Murthy

Highlighting the relevant. 

[Kalyan K]

Since you mention hagiographies, do any of the Shankara vijayas say that Shankara destroyed Buddhist monasteries at Nagarjunakonda? If yes, which one?

Regards
Kalyan

[G S S Murthy]

is it at least accepted that a group of people, which was against Buddhism destroyed Nagrajunakonda?

Regards,

Murthy

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[Ramaratnam S.]

The so called Hindu violence on Buddhism and Buddhist violence on Hinduism are only fabricated by Western historians who had vested interest and who wanted to create a division among Indians. Who destroyed Nalanda? Who destroyed Somanathpur temple and thousands of other temples all over the country. True History speaks for itself. Why have they coined a term Brahminism? Does it mean apart from Brahmins there are no Hindus? Is Valmiki a Brahmin? Vyasa was born to a fisherwoman. There are hundreds of sages and great personalities who were not Brahmins. The Westerners deliberately use the term to divide Hindus. There was Vaidika darsana and Avaidika daarsana. Astika darsana and Nastika darsanas. There is no Brahminical darsana. All Indians must understand the dubious motives of the Western historians and desist from undermining our own culture.

[Krishna Kashyap]

close communication with western scholars of today is needed to clarify things. One has to connect at the academic levels.

One organization in USA which is working on building chairs at various universities in USA is this DCF - Dharma Civilization Foundation. For those who are near southern California, there is an event today. 2 professors of Indology will be presenting there.

see details here:

https://dcfusa.z2systems.com/np/clients/dcfusa/viewOnlineEmail.jsp?emailId=1a9bdf779dd0333adea636c0349e171e1m8766931a9

When : Saturday, December 9th 2017 : 11.30 am to 2.30 pm

(Lunch will be served)

Venue: Main Hall - Sanatana Dharma Mandir

15311 Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650

Best Regards,

Krishna Kashyap

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Dear Sri Krishna Kashyap-ji,

Thanks for the announcement. 

But please start a separate new thread for such announcements.  

[Aravinda Rao]

I have not studied this subject but a few months ago a prominent Telugu writer made the same allegation in a Telugu daily. I spoke to the writer (Mallepalli Lakshmaiah) to know

as to what his source was. He could not give any solid reply but referred to a stray remark in a book by Rhys Davids, who was an ICS officer turned Buddhist who was in Sri Lanka for a long time.Apart from such wild remark, there does not seem to be any historical evidence.

Surprisingly, Ambedkar, in his book 'Revolution and Counter-revolution in India' (Ch 5) writes categorically that it is the Islamic conquests which were a death knell for Buddhism and not

Hindu hostility. Several Buddhists fled to Tibet at that time to save their lives. The book, available on line, may be seen.

Aravinda Rao K

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Shrivathsa B <shrivath...@gmail.com> wrote:

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