Thursday, December 27, 2007

Two Interesting Piece of News

The first is about Emperor Ashoka, the one who was so much appalled by bloodshed in a war raged by him that he renounced violence and took to the preachings of Lord Buddha. This Mauryan Emperor had a great role to play in the spread of Buddhism in both India and abroad. For so many years nobody was sure of how this powerful emperor looked like but now two statues recovered from Langudi, Orissa have been decalred to be that of the king. The statues were recovered some years back but the confirmation that are of Emperor Ashoka has come now.

I would have liked to provide more details but could not find more recent updates on this news on net. Instead I found this - link which is an old one ut still very relevant.

I am also providing another link which has more details on -Langudi in general

The other news is about the movie of Lord Buddha which reputed Indian film maker Shyam Benegal is going to make. As per reports, he is very keen that Bollywood superstar Hritik Roshan play the role of the Buddha in his film. If Hritik Roshan agrees to do this film, it would be interetsing to see him in a new avtaar. He is also playing Emperor Akbar in soon to be released movie, Jodha Akbar which will show whether the Indian audience will accept the hero in a historical character or not.
You can have more news on this topic - here

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