@Aindradeva Then Goyal, to double down on his wrong claim about the decline of Patna in 4th CE, brings out the accounts of Yuan Chwang from the 7th CE. He ignores that Patna's actual ruin happened centuries later, caused by floods recorded in Jain texts in 6th CE, alongside the Huna invasion
@Aindradeva Again L take from Goyal. Fahien calls it the GREATEST CITY in the Middle Kingdom! He spent 3 years in Patliputra, learning & describing intact royal palaces, rich & prosperous citizens & advanced free hospitals, Infact he mentions an active king (Chandragupta 2?) present in city.
@777asana777@shivamxc686 World literally learned about India through the might of the Nanda, Gupta & Mauryan empires based in core gangu region. Tribal lawlessness (like Pashtunwali or Balochmayar) only flourishes in rugged terrains where no centralized power bothers to waste resources to civilize them
@BL05933487@RiseBharata Sherlock, Bihar always existed either as separate regions (such as Anga, Magadha & Vaishali) or as a unified province centered in Patna. It was never a part of Bengal as ONE until 1733, when Mughals merged Bihar into Bengal
Bengal stayed under Bihari empires for 1000 years too
@weirdmaged64659@Aindradeva Goyal is wrong about almost everything to portray Patna as declined city in 4th CE to justify Ayodhya as main capital
Goyal wrote in the 60s so he's wrong on the lack of physical Gupta evidence in Bihar too
His conclusion on basis of coin hoards & inscription aint valid either
@Aindradeva Again L take from Goyal. Fahien calls it the GREATEST CITY in the Middle Kingdom! He spent 3 years in Patliputra, learning & describing intact royal palaces, rich & prosperous citizens & advanced free hospitals, Infact he mentions an active king (Chandragupta 2?) present in city.
@Aindradeva A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms / Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fahien of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. It was translated and annotated by James Legge
@mohitkumarfyp5 Absolutely based for sub tier MH. The combination of Western India dravidianized phenotypes, high endogamy (cousin marriage in various communities) & massive ASI shift means they have zero facial harmony.
Altho, i'd change this a bit
Bihar > MP > JH = Chhattisgarh > MH
@Dandyahu Braindead kanglu, Y'all got independence from biharis in 7th century & even ya strongest empire (Palas) were centered around Mudgagiri & Patliputra of bihar, where they embraced & propagated its local religion of Buddhism.
@King_himanshu1@BoyJoolex18 10% Imperial history of Patliputra << 100% Imperial history of Kannauj, besides Kannauj was successor of Patliputra.
https://t.co/hxpSBI65ax
@BoyJoolex18 Chad Megasthenes described Pataliputra as the largest & greatest city, fortified by a massive wooden wall with 570 towers & 64 gates, whose imperial splendor completely outshone the Persian palaces of Susa & Ecbatana.
@BoyJoolex18 Chad Megasthenes described Pataliputra as the largest & greatest city, fortified by a massive wooden wall with 570 towers & 64 gates, whose imperial splendor completely outshone the Persian palaces of Susa & Ecbatana.
@historiakayasth None of those Inscriptions belong to the founder, Sri Gupta or even his immediate successor coz they came later from the 3rd & 4th rulers. By this logic, the Pala Empire would be native to Bihar since most of their ruins are found there, even though they originated in Bengal
@weirdmaged64659@Aindradeva Almost everything SR Goyal said in the Snippet which is btw Published in 1960s have been debunked by Ashvini Agarwal, Kiran Kumar Thaplyal & Many other historians
Not only Pillars, Goyal even misread Puranas which btw favour Magadha
https://t.co/QdP4Q06nxV
@naam_mek@Aindradeva@HinduHistoria Apart from this, Discovery of Magha coins & seals in Prayaga & Varanasi destroys Goyal's old theory coz Chronologically & Geographically (Marriage with lichhavi of North bihar) 'MAHARAJA' Sri Gupta couldnt have originated there while a different independent dynasty held territory