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[edit] Diodotus-I and Asoka
Ranajit Pal's observation that Diodotus-I was the great Ashoka has been deleted by the ignorant editor. This has been published in a widely acclaimed book (Non-Jonesian Indology and Alexander, New Delhi-2002) and also in a peer-reviewed journal (Scholia, vol. 15, p. 78-101). This changes almost everything that is written about the indo-Greeks and may be the most important piece of information about them. The editor clearly does not have the background to understand its significance and gives undue importance to the work of mainstream writers who have failed to understand the indo-Greeks. See, however, the well-researched historyfiles.co.uk [1] and Historyhunters [2] which recognize Pal's work. The University of Utrecht, one of the oldest and most respected universities of Europe also recommends Pal's work [3]. The highly respected Bryn Mawr Classical Review (University of Pennsylvania) [4] also acclaims Pal's work on Ashoka and Diodotus-I. This clearly goes against the ideals of Jimmy Wales, the proud amateur who created the Wikipedia. He has always championed internet-enabled egalitarianism and has stressed the anti-credentialist approach to knowledge but editors such as the present one are stabbing him in the back. This is brigandry!
- No, it isn't. First of all, the two web pages the anonymous author mentions are non-authorised. Bryn Mawr lets amateurs review history books, historyfiles is just an amateur site. Scholia is a minor journal, which is not at all specialised in this topic. It is complete and utter nonsense to claim that Diodotus I and Ashoka, two well-attested rulers of different territories, are the same. Unfortunately, there are such claims coming from Indian scholars such as Dr. Pal, perhaps an unfortunate penchant to the exaggerations of the western influence on India made by early British scholars. In both cases, an unfortunate nationalism. I can give the evidence that Pal's book is rubbish in detail, should anybody require them. Sponsianus (talk) 16:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Trade with China
I saw bamboo canes from Qiong and cloth (silk?) made in the province of Shu
the cloth is made from fibre of ramie, not silk.Gisbrother (talk) 16:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
The initial map can to be criticized for one thing. Somehow they were linked with Alexandria by sea, we know from the treasures or not ?
--Andriolo (talk) 00:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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