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India-Pakistan
Ashraf Qazi fights to keep non-Muslims in revised history curriculum
2007-05-31
Federal Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi said the histories of Ashok and Chandra Gupta Maurya could not be omitted from the curriculum, but they were only included so that students could have greater knowledge of the history of the subcontinent.

He was addressing the National AssemblyÂ’s Standing Committee on Education here on Wednesday. The committee was reviewing a calling-attention notice by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal concerning the inclusion of non-Muslim historical figures in the revised history curriculum for classes VI to VIII.

Qazi made it clear that the history curriculum dealt only with historical events and not religious incidents. Non-Muslims were involved in the history of the subcontinent and therefore could not be omitted from the curriculum. MMA members, however, were not satisfied with his stance.
Qazi made it clear that the history curriculum dealt only with historical events and not religious incidents, reported Online. He said non-Muslims were involved in the history of the subcontinent and therefore could not be omitted from the curriculum. MMA members, however, were not satisfied with QaziÂ’s stance even though a majority of the committee expressed its agreement with the federal education minister. Committee members said the revised syllabus provided students with complete information about the changes that occurred in various rulersÂ’ regimes.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Emperor Ashoka (Androcottus)

My bad... Androcottus would be the grandfather of Ashoka .. the emperor Chandragupta, to whom Seleucus I Nicator ceded territory, and was given 500 war elephants.
Posted by: John Frum   2007-05-31 20:56  

#1  the histories of Ashok and Chandra Gupta Maurya could not be omitted from the curriculum, but they were only included so that students could have greater knowledge of the history of the subcontinent.

How magnanimous of them, mentioning the Emperor Ashoka (Androcottus), he being a non-muslim and all....

from Vita Alexandri by Plutarch

"But this last combat with Porus took off the edge of the Macedonians' courage, and stayed their further progress into India. For having found it hard enough to defeat an enemy who brought but twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse into the field, they thought they had reason to oppose Alexander's design of leading them on to pass the Ganges, too, which they were told was thirty-two furlongs broad and a fathoms deep, and the banks on the further side covered with multitudes of enemies. For they were told the kings of the Gandaritans and Praesians expected them there with eighty thousand horse, two hundred thousand foot, eight thousand armed chariots, and six thousand fighting elephants. Nor was this a mere vain report, spread to discourage them. For Androcottus, who not long after reigned in those parts, made a present of five hundred elephants at once to Seleucus, and with an army of six hundred thousand men subdued all India"

Posted by: John Frum   2007-05-31 20:04  

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