ROCK POST OPEN LETTERS

Spread of Buddhism by messages on ROCK,

The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty during his reign from 272 to 231 BC. These inscriptions are dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Pakistan, Nepal and India, and represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion of Buddhism through the sponsorship of one of the most powerful kings of Indian history. According to the edicts, the extent of Buddhist proselytism during this period reached as far as the Mediterranean, and many Buddhist monuments were created.

These inscriptions proclaim Ashoka’s beliefs in the Buddhist concept of dharma and his efforts to develop the dharma throughout his kingdom. Although Buddhism and the Buddha are mentioned, the edicts focus on social and moral precepts rather than religious practices or the philosophical dimension of Buddhism.

In these inscriptions, Ashoka refers to himself as “Beloved of the Gods” and “King Priya-darshi.” The identification of King Priya-darshi with Ashoka was confirmed by an inscription discovered in 1915. The inscriptions found in the eastern part of India were written in the Magadhi language, using the Brahmi script. In the western part of India, the language used is closer to Sanskrit, using the Kharoshthi script, one extract of Edict 13 in the Greek language, and one bilingual edict written in Greek and Aramaic.These edicts were decodified by British archeologist and historian James Prinsep.

The inscriptions revolve around a few repetitive themes: Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism, the description of his efforts to spread Buddhism, his moral and religious precepts, and his social and animal welfare program.
In order to propagate the Buddhist faith, Ashoka explains he sent emissaries to the Hellenistic kings as far as the Mediterranean, and to the peoples throughout India, claiming they were all converted to the Dharma as a result. He names the Greek rulers of the time, inheritors of the conquest of Alexander the Great, from Bactria to as far as Greece and North Africa, displaying an amazingly clear grasp of the political situation at the time.

Spread of religion by messages on ROCK,

Spread of Buddism in europe,east asia

Bhuddism in greek,aramic,khemr MAP

Bhuddism in greek,aramic,khemr MAP

Proselytism within Ashoka’s territories

Inside India proper, in the realm of Ashoka, many different populations were the object of the King’s proselytism:

“Here in the king’s domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of-the-Gods’ instructions in Dhamma.” Rock Edict Nb13 (S. Dhammika)

Greek communities lived in the northwest of the Mauryan empire, in the region of Pakistan, notably ancient Gandhara near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, and in southern Afghanistan in the region of Gedrosia, following the conquest and the colonization efforts of Alexander the Great around 323 BC. These communities therefore seem to have been still significant during the reign of Ashoka. A notable mention references aspects of Greek society.

There is no country, except among the Greeks, where these two groups, Brahmans and ascetics, are not found, and there is no country where people are not devoted to one or another religion” Rock Edict Nb13 (S. Dhammika)

Bilingual inscription (Greek and Aramaic) by king Ashoka, from Kandahar (Shar-i-kuna). Kabul Museum.

Two edicts in Afghanistan have been found with Greek inscriptions, one of these being a bilingual edict in Greek language and Aramaic. This edict, found in Kandahar, advocates the adoption of “Piety” (using the Greek term Eusebeia for Dharma) to the Greek community:

“Ten years (of reign) having been completed, King Piodasses (one of the titles of Ashoka: Piyadassi or Priyadarsi, “He who is the beloved of the Gods and who regards everyone amiably”) made known (the doctrine of) Piety (Greek:e?s?ße?a, Eusebeia) to men; and from this moment he has made men more pious, and everything thrives throughout the whole world. And the king abstains from (killing) living beings, and other men and those who (are) huntsmen and fishermen of the king have desisted from hunting. And if some (were) intemperate, they have ceased from their intemperance as was in their power; and obedient to their father and mother and to the elders, in opposition to the past also in the future, by so acting on every occasion, they will live better and more happily.” (Trans. by G.P. Carratelli

Kambojas are a people of Central Asian origin who had settled first in Arachosia and Drangiana (today’s southern Afghanistan), and then in the northwestern Indian subcontinent in Sindhu, Gujarat and Sauvira.
* The Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas are other people under Ashoka’s rule.

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My Biodata,Hobbies,Research;

LIST OF RESEARCH PAPERS READ AT VARIOUS CONFRENCES.List of books under preparation.

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Speciality :- Calculated velocity of light from Nannaya Maha Bharata, Banking History of early India,ISLAMIC and HINDU ANCIENT SCIENCES,
Prime minister Shri.Rajiv Gandhi released book containing my paper ON ASTRONOMICAL BHISHMA from RGVEDA.

Expert in Philately, Numismatics,and Epigraphy,Ancient Science,Pyretic, Metallurgy,
Astronomy,Vaastu,Mathematics and other technical sciences and geography.

Speciality :- Calculated velocity of light from Nannaya Maha Bharata, Banking History of early India.
Prime minister Shri.Rajiv Gandhi released book containing my paper

Hobbies :- Dxing, Culture of various countries.

Projects undertaken : Mythology on ancient coins and cultural link of god and goddesses
in various countries in Pouranic & classical period. Creation stories around the world.
Banking History of early India,ISLAMIC and HINDU ANCIENT SCIENCES,

List of books under preparation.
Now preparing series of articles and BOOKS ON Telugu cinema-history. History of Hyderabad,Playing Cards. Stamps. Coins, Currency notes ,HISTORY OF BANKING ,Rulers of India, Sciences in vedic literature. Doing research on echo sounding mechanism at Golconda Fort Hyderabad.BHUDDHISM IN SOUTH INDIA WITH LINKS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA ,Coins of BHUDDHA,Historyof PADMASHALI,weavers aroundthe world with 5000years old weavers photo etc,
Banking from 1680AD to 1890AD,BANK OF BENGAL 1812-1865AD,History of Money from 6000 years,
TEMPLES OG ANDHRA ITS WONDERS, ETC

Training Capacity :- Taught an 3 yrs boy to Identify countries like Nauru, Kiribati on an
world map and match it with stamps an unique feat by virtue of this the boy is going to
enter into Limca book of records and Guinnes records for more info see M.ADARSH
section.

Ancient SCIENCE from VEDAS ,Mahabarata,ASWA sastra on horses, from ancient india KADGALAXANA,ASTRONOMY dates of events such as BIRTH and death of BUDDHA,and stars position during that time and of various personalities upto 500BC and till 500AD,any info on this, ask for my blog links for this .

YOUDEHA =FIRST DEMOCRACY IN INDIA ” YOUDEHA GANASYA JAYA’
CLAY SEALS OR COIN DIE BY WHICH Youdeha COINS ARE MADE BY,
Not EASILY available now,CLAY COINDIE RARE

Ask for any paper relating to history of ALL ASIAN INDIAN BANKS AS I AM DOING RESEARCH on this, writing book on unknown banks eg; Agra ,Salem,Bengal,Imperial bank,pvt bankers from 1700AD plus
postal history and stationary autographed letters of kings,used post cards,themetic cancelled postal items,REGD COVERS W/CENSOR 1895 TO 1925

Language I can read :- Brahmi. Grandhi style of Telugu, Kharosti, Classical Devanagari.
Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, English and Sanskrit.

Numbers :- I can Identify numbers of almost all languages in the world and various
periods of Indian subcontinent in all Indian vernacular languages, which is very
important in comparing historical dates.

Secretary :- (1) Asian Numismatic society.
(2) Academy of Ancient Technical Sciences.
Identification :- Can give details of any coin, note, document, stamps, and covers from
any period of the world.
Valuation: – Can value any of above described items with a brief history about item.
Brief List of research Papers :-

1. FIRST ARTICLE Published February 1978 on RADIO Dxing in ELECTRONIC HOBBYIST Magazine.
2. FIRST TELEVISION INTERVIEW on 16 MAY 1980 on TV Dxing Long
distance television reception.[when only one TV station was seen in initial stage,in INDIA.

3. RADIO Programmes based on my idea were broadcasted from Radio Stations of
the following Countries. HUNGARY, ROMANIA. GDR, USSR, AUSTRAILIA,
SEYCHELLES, PHILIPINES,Voice of America, America,BBC,tashkent,kiev,twr,GDR

4. SEMINAR at PUNE'S FERGUSON COLLEGE on 31 May 1986
ARMAMENTS IN INDIA THROUGH AGES
Chief Guest. Shri. P. V.NARASIMHA RAO
Minister for Human Resourses Development.
Vice Chancellor Dr.V.G.BHIDE presided over the function.

Papers read were on : 1. Weapons of Bharadwaja Vimana Shastra
2. Models of Ancient Aeroplanes around the world.

5. B.M.BIRLA PLANETORIUM. HYDERABAD : All India Seminar on 29 Jan '87
ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMY
Chief Guasts were. Smt.KUMUDBHEN JOSHI, GOVERNER OF A.P.
Shri.G.NARAYANA RAO, SPEAKER OF A.P.ASSEMBLY
Paper was on Astronomical Bhishma this and other papers were released in book form by PRIME MINISTER Shri RAJIV GHANDHI at hyderabad.

6. THE ASIATIC SOCIETY AND RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, CALCUTTA 19 May '87 Seminar on ASTRONOMY & MATHEMATICS OF ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL INDIA
Paper was on ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VELOCITY OF LIGHT.

7. ANDHRA PRADESH ORIENTAL CONFERENCE at Public Gardens. Indira
Priyadarshini Auditorium, Hyderabad.
Chief Guest. Sri.Devuiapally Ramanuja Rao President Andhra SaraswataParishat. Proof.T.DONAPPA Vice Chancellor.
Paper on Iron Pillars in Ancient India.

8. DHARMA SAMMELAN. TIRUPATI 9-11 Jan '88
DISCUSSIONS on Vedas and modem science.
Talk on ANCIENT TECHNICAL SCIECNES.
Chief Guests were. Shri.G.N.Reddy Vice Chancellor, S.V.University Kanchi
Shankaracharya,TTD., Newspaper Editors etc.

9. Prime minister Shri.Rajiv Gandhi released book containing one of my paper .

Prizes Won :- Special prizes were given at various exhibitions, seminars, and
conferences which is a very big list.
MY NUMISMATIC PHILATELIC BLOGS see http;www.musham.wordpress.com
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http://indianbanknotes.blogspot.com
http://ancientindianscience.wordpress.com
http://musham.wordpress.com, good covers all see 3200years old CLAY cover & letter,

Musham Damodhar NDTV interview

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MY hobbies
Philately, Numismatics,Epigraphy,Ancient Science,Pyretics,Metallurgy,Astronomy,Vaastu,Mathematics,geography,Mythology,ancient coins, gods,Telugu cinema,HISTORY OF Playing Cards. Stamps. Coins, Currency notes ,HISTORY OF BANKING ,Rulers,India,Sciences,vedic literature,echo sound,Forts,Hyderabad.BHUDDHISM,SOUTH INDIA,satavahana,Coins of BHUDDHA,Banking,BANK OF BENGAL,TEMPLES,ANDHRA,WONDERS, radio DXING collect QSLcards,history of handloom textiles,Islamic science from QURAN and others texts of 10 Century AD onwards,
coins,postalhistory,banknotes,alexander,bible,Quran,hindu,moghul,mythology,ancientscience,speedoflight,gods,sultanate,indiastocknote1891,bombay,bengal,farmans,kingsalaryreciepts,ancientcoins,

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Philately, Numismatics,Epigraphy,Ancient Science,Pyretic, Metallurgy,Astronomy,Vaastu,Mathematics,geography,Mythology,ancient coins, gods,Telugu cinema,Playing Cards. Stamps. Coins, Currency notes ,HISTORY OF BANKING ,Rulers,India,Sciences,vedic literature,echo sound,Forts,Hyderabad.BHUDDHISM,SOUTH INDIA,satavahana,Coins of BHUDDHA,history of handloom textiles,
Banking,BANK OF BENGAL,TEMPLES,ANDHRA,WONDERS,

See flat wall type front for AEROPLANE,Rustproof Ironpillar of 400AD
watermachine bow shooting as by arjuna,FUNNY here KRISHNA shoots arrow seeing in water,Hally comet described in hidu astronomical textbooks,bhutan vastu,ASHWAGHOSA in combodian stamp,Egyptian link with indian scriptures,son the list goes on here are the proofs on official govt issued postal stamps,which no one can challenge.
KRISHNA SHOOTING MATYSAYANTRA ANY ONE CAN BELIEVE,YES SEE IT ON THE STAMP OF INDIAN POSTS

RARE Cover and letter on clay of 3300 years old

Here you can see the RARE Cover and letter on clay tablet with crunieform inscription of Akkadians,found in Sumerian region is 3500years old.Even in this time court Judgments were given in sealed cover,the Difference is Clay cover and document are not of paper but of CLAY baked ofter writing and was signed by TWO JUDGES BENCH,the the petitioners are nine village heads,with seals of Judges,an Museum collection[OIM]
This is the First example of writing,postal system,Judiciary,etc

The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. Created by the Sumerian’s from ca. 3000 BC, cuneiform writing began as a system of pictographs. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
The cuneiform writing system originated perhaps around 2800 BC in Sumer; its latest surviving use is dated to 75 AD.
The cuneiform script underwent considerable changes over a period of more than two millennia.
Cuneiforms were written on clay tablets, on which symbols were drawn with a blunt reed called a stylus. The impressions left by the stylus were wedge shaped, thus giving rise to the name cuneiform .
The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the Akkadian, Elamite, Hittite languages, and it inspired the Old Persian and Ugaritic national alphabets.
The characters consist of arrangements of wedgelike strokes generally impressed with a stylus on wet clay tablets, which were then dried or baked. The history of the script is strikingly parallel to that of the Egyptian hieroglyphic The normal Babylonian and Assyrian writing used a large number (300–600) of arbitrary cuneiform symbols for words and syllables; some had been originally pictographic. There was an alphabetic system, too, making it possible to spell a word out, but because of the adaptation from Sumerian, a different language, there were many ambiguities. A single symbol could be used to represent a concept, an object, a simple sound or syllable, or to indicate the category of words requiring additional definition. Cuneiform writing was used outside Mesopotamia also, notably in Elam and by the Hittites. There are many undeciphered cuneiform inscriptions, apparently representing several different languages. Cuneiform writing declined in use after the Persian conquest of Babylonia (539 B.C.), and after a brief renaissance (3d–1st cent. B.C.) ceased to be used in Mesopotamia.