Gautamiputra Satakarni & inter-caste marriages

ashdoc wrote:if gautamiputra did not demolish places of worship of other communities than his own , then he was better than aurangzeb . if he did not enforce a jizya like tax on other communities , then he was better than aurangzeb . 

aurangzeb killed another king ( sambhaji , son of shivaji ) by first flaying him alive , then removing his tongue and gouging out his eyes and then cutting his body into little pieces and feeding it to dogs . if gautamiputra did not do something as brutal as that , then he was better than aurangzeb .

but are you coming down from your secular throne to accept aurangzeb as bad ?

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:You chose to highlight something in a CONish way to undermine Gautamiputra's greatness. The impact of Satavahanas on culture was great. People of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Odisha benefited from their rule. Most traditions that people of these regions still follow come from the Satavahana era. Satavahanas set the stage for the revival of Hinduism and Guptas further fostered it. Satavahanas, at the same time, protected Buddhism.

confuzzled dude wrote:

ashdoc wrote:if gautamiputra did not demolish places of worship of other communities than his own , then he was better than aurangzeb . if he did not enforce a jizya like tax on other communities , then he was better than aurangzeb . 

aurangzeb killed another king ( sambhaji , son of shivaji ) by first flaying him alive , then removing his tongue and gouging out his eyes and then cutting his body into little pieces and feeding it to dogs . if gautamiputra did not do something as brutal as that , then he was better than aurangzeb .

but are you coming down from your secular throne to accept aurangzeb as bad ?

Satakarni levied tax only on non-brahmins and he killed several kings, one of them was Nahapana.

confuzzled dude wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:You chose to highlight something in a CONish way to undermine Gautamiputra's greatness. The impact of Satavahanas on culture was great. People of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Odisha benefited from their rule. Most traditions that people of these regions still follow come from the Satavahana era. Satavahanas set the stage for the revival of Hinduism and Guptas further fostered it. Satavahanas, at the same time, protected Buddhism.

All of the above don't change the fact that he did prohibit inter-caste marriages.

confuzzled dude wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:You chose to highlight something in a CONish way to undermine Gautamiputra's greatness. The impact of Satavahanas on culture was great. People of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Odisha benefited from their rule. Most traditions that people of these regions still follow come from the Satavahana era. Satavahanas set the stage for the revival of Hinduism and Guptas further fostered it. Satavahanas, at the same time, protected Buddhism.

All of the above don't change the fact that he did prohibit inter-caste marriages.

Hellsangel wrote:On the other hand, no one has prohibited this yet. They ought to:

https://books.google.com/books?id=BLLmbgt8wNgC&lpg=PA948&ots=u1Q-XF5KxV&dq=incestual%20marriages%20in%20contemporary%20andhra%20pradesh&pg=PA948#v=onepage&q=incestual%20marriages%20in%20contemporary%20andhra%20pradesh&f=false

confuzzled dude wrote:Apparently, he prohibited inter-caste marriages, wonder how different was he from, say, Aurangzeb.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Apparently, he prohibited inter-caste marriages, wonder how different was he from, say, Aurangzeb.

Did Aurangzeb have any wife who was not a Muslim? Moreover, have you heard of any king elsewhere (including in Europe etc.) marrying in the past a person from "lower" caste (e.g. a carpenter or a cleaning man  / woman)?

Hellsangel wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Apparently, he prohibited inter-caste marriages, wonder how different was he from, say, Aurangzeb.

Did Aurangzeb have any wife who was not a Muslim? Moreover, have you heard of any king / queen elsewhere (including in Europe etc.) marrying in the past a person from "lower" caste (e.g. a carpenter or a cleaning man  / woman)?

King Edward VIII

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Hellsangel wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Apparently, he prohibited inter-caste marriages, wonder how different was he from, say, Aurangzeb.

Did Aurangzeb have any wife who was not a Muslim? Moreover, have you heard of any king / queen elsewhere (including in Europe etc.) marrying in the past a person from "lower" caste (e.g. a carpenter or a cleaning man  / woman)?

King Edward VIII

and what became of him?

Hellsangel wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Hellsangel wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Apparently, he prohibited inter-caste marriages, wonder how different was he from, say, Aurangzeb.

Did Aurangzeb have any wife who was not a Muslim? Moreover, have you heard of any king / queen elsewhere (including in Europe etc.) marrying in the past a person from "lower" caste (e.g. a carpenter or a cleaning man  / woman)?

King Edward VIII

and what became of him?

What was your original question, Sevaji? Anyway look up Morgantic marriage in Wikipedia for more historic examples.