[Buddha-l] Bangladesh Muslim lovefest

[Artur Karp]

> Also doubt that
> Buddhist viharas were erected over wrecked Hindu temples--more likely they
> were appropriated by the Buddhists,
> JK
> ______________
>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:30 AM
>
> [...............]
> Otherwise: nihil novi sub sole. How many earlier temples were desecrated and
> destroyed to secure places on which to erect Buddhist viharas? Any attempt
> at tabulation?
>
> Artur
>


Dear Joanna,

A question of (specifically Indian-Indological?) blind spot. "Earlier
temples" doesn't necessarily mean "Hindu temples".

What do we know about the pre-Buddhist era tribal shrines? Tribal cult
centers? About the way tribal areas were being seized by the Buddhist
rulers? And marked with the signs of their political dominance?

Dhamma-vijaya? No violence?

Look please at the 12th Aśoka's Edict, where the ruler, the exemplary
dhamma-vijaya propagator, quite openly threatens the tribals
("forest-dwellers") with the use of [military] power he has at his
disposal.

Artur