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Support the petition to Rename Ashoka Road

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https://www.change.org/p/rajnath-singh- ... m=copylink

This petition is to rename Ashoka Road. It is inspired by the recent change in the name of Aurangzeb Road to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road.

Here are the reasons why.

1) He led a religious war against Kalinga (present day Orissa). It was a state which had a rich maritime and military tradition. A state so powerful that his father and grandfather just left it alone. Kalinga was a nation state with a Jain leader (This is recorded in Megasthenes in his treatise Indika). Today, there is no trace of ancient Jainism in Orissa.

2) Ashoka killed 99 other claimants to the throne.

3) “Buddhist legends state that Ashoka was bad-tempered and of a wicked nature. He built Ashoka’s Hell, an elaborate torture chamber described as a “Paradisal Hell” due to the contrast between its beautiful exterior and the acts carried out within.

4) After crimes after his 'conversion' to Buddhism were even worse. Ashoka promoted a pogrom against Nirgranthas. He issued incentives like one Gold coin for every nirgrantha killed. So much so, in one day of fury, 18,000 Nirgranthas died on *one* single day. In comparison 9/11 attackers caused the death of 2,997 people.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikon ... ic-jehadi/

The points above show that Ashoka was nothing more than a medieval blood thirsty ruler with nothing great about him.

Some say he repented, so it is all cool. His repentance is nothing more than a piece of fantastical fiction, this is proven by his actions on Nigranthas. Historians have whitewashed his blood thirsty behaviour (similar to Aurangzeb) in the search of an ancient hero.

Rename Ashoka Road. It is a blot on this country and an insult to Odias & Jains that a medieval tyrant responsible for countless death should be lionised. I suggest that it be renamed to Dr BR Ambedkar Road who did more for the equality of man and a better Buddhist ideal than a bloodthirsty medieval king.

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