It is disgusting to see a picture of Ashoka that has no authenticity The spirit of this article is medieval as it is based mainly on unreliable texts not archaeology There is much discussion on Susima Has anyone heard about Abd Susim who is known from arcaheology Blessed are the British who taught us that Ashoka and Chandragupta are from Patna R Thapar also wants us to believe this Is there any archaeological proof of this Any inscription statue coin belonging to him that has been found at Patna Also why this idiotic picture of Ashoka when inscribed statues of him have been found from Kanganhalli Would Prof Thapar or D Chakrabarti the famed lecturer at Cambridge University kindly explain why no such statue has been found from Patna Another Cambridge man F R allchin has advised for more digging at Patna Have we not been digging there for nearly a century What have we found Mejda 19th Sept 2006