{"id":16763,"date":"2015-04-12T08:50:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T08:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=16763"},"modified":"2018-01-07T21:40:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T20:40:28","slug":"was-alexander-the-great-a-contempory-of-canakya-pandit-the-puranic-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=16763","title":{"rendered":"Was Alexander the Great a Contempory of Canakya Pandit? \u2013 the Puranic Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Shyamasundara Dasa<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/2015-04-12_10-46-37.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"295\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-12_10-46-37.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-12_10-46-37-199x187.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><br \/>\n<!--[advanced_iframe securitykey=\"eecc28587071a557a4d7ab985109c85ec4091199\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads5\/Version2.htm\"] <!-- --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\njQuery(document).ready(function(){\n\tsetInterval( function() { AutoiFrameAdjustiFrameHeight( 'auto-iframe', 50); }, 1000 );\n});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"auto-iframe\" name=\"auto-iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads5\/Version2.htm\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"onload=\"AutoiFrameAdjustiFrameHeight('auto-iframe',50);\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>To read the original article with a lot more graphics click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/shyamasundaradasa.com\/jyotish\/resources\/articles\/non-jyotish_articles\/alexander_candragupta_puranas.html\">http:\/\/shyamasundaradasa.com\/jyotish\/resources\/articles\/non-jyotish_articles\/alexander_candragupta_puranas.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-grDwY7pfEx8\/VSoyFuhGmaI\/AAAAAAAAN8U\/PiOa4NWkmh0\/s0\/2015-04-12_10-51-33.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By Shyamasundara Dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is a fact-the brahmanas were accepted. They formed the advisory committee of the king. For example, Candragupta, the Hindu king, was in the age of Alexander the Great. Just before Candragupta, Alexander the Great went from Greece into India and conquered a portion. When Candragupta became emperor, he had Canakya as his prime minister. Perhaps you have heard this name Canakya?&#8221;  <!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16763"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55171,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16763\/revisions\/55171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}