Posted by: sidster December 24, 2008
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Dont know about Tenzing's citizenship but know a little about Buddha!!!
Buddha was born in Indian Subcontinent, The subcontinent where he was born is part of Nepal now. 2500 years ago when buddha was born there was no India or Nepal. It was called Indian Subcontinent in English and "Bharat Barsa" in Samskrit. Bharat Barsa was sort of like European continent right now. Where the farmers worked for the landlords, landlords worked for the regional king, Regional King worked for the bigger king, and ultimately the bigger king worked for those emperors who ruled the Indian Subcontinent time to time.
I do not know the specific time table on what Emperors rules indian subcontinent from time to time but to name the few those were King Bharat (Ram's Father), Alexander the Great, Mugal (Muslims), some more kings like Ashoka ( who flourished Buddism in that region). Those kings concured part or all of indian subcontinent during their period and ruled the Region.
The last Emperors to rule were the English. They concurred those independent countries of "Bharat Barsa" one at a time and formed their own country called " East India Company". British believed that whole region belonged to them becasue there was no other force who did not agree with them or confronted them.
So the lesson of the History above is:
When your indian friend comes to you saying that buddha is from India, Just let him know that the the birth place of Buddha is a part of Nepal Currently. And it was Never part of INDIA as the name INDIA came to existance not until majority of Bharat Barsa States were concured by English people and gave their concured states the name " INDIA". The name INDIA did not exist before that and English never concured Nepal in order to call the whole region collectively India.
Just let your Indian friend know that the Name India is a English given name and before that there was no country named Bharat. It was the continent of Bharat Barsa with lots of states in it including, Hastinapur ( modern Dehli), janakpur, Kirat, Tamilnadu, Madra (modern Maddrass) and all of those other older names.
The fact that the Name India being a given name by English humiliates Indian more than anything and this will be your trumph card to pay against your ignorant Indian friend.
Buddha was born in Indian Subcontinent, The subcontinent where he was born is part of Nepal now. 2500 years ago when buddha was born there was no India or Nepal. It was called Indian Subcontinent in English and "Bharat Barsa" in Samskrit. Bharat Barsa was sort of like European continent right now. Where the farmers worked for the landlords, landlords worked for the regional king, Regional King worked for the bigger king, and ultimately the bigger king worked for those emperors who ruled the Indian Subcontinent time to time.
I do not know the specific time table on what Emperors rules indian subcontinent from time to time but to name the few those were King Bharat (Ram's Father), Alexander the Great, Mugal (Muslims), some more kings like Ashoka ( who flourished Buddism in that region). Those kings concured part or all of indian subcontinent during their period and ruled the Region.
The last Emperors to rule were the English. They concurred those independent countries of "Bharat Barsa" one at a time and formed their own country called " East India Company". British believed that whole region belonged to them becasue there was no other force who did not agree with them or confronted them.
So the lesson of the History above is:
When your indian friend comes to you saying that buddha is from India, Just let him know that the the birth place of Buddha is a part of Nepal Currently. And it was Never part of INDIA as the name INDIA came to existance not until majority of Bharat Barsa States were concured by English people and gave their concured states the name " INDIA". The name INDIA did not exist before that and English never concured Nepal in order to call the whole region collectively India.
Just let your Indian friend know that the Name India is a English given name and before that there was no country named Bharat. It was the continent of Bharat Barsa with lots of states in it including, Hastinapur ( modern Dehli), janakpur, Kirat, Tamilnadu, Madra (modern Maddrass) and all of those other older names.
The fact that the Name India being a given name by English humiliates Indian more than anything and this will be your trumph card to pay against your ignorant Indian friend.
Last edited: 24-Dec-08 10:28 AM