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Here is my OPEN CHALLENGE to Print @ThePrintIndia and its author @fiercelybahujan.
Show us just one reference to "Deep Daan Utsav" from the entire Buddhist literature. Just ONE.
There is no such thing in the ENTIRE Buddhist literature. DELETE this shameful article full of lies.
@ThePrintIndia @FiercelyBahujan This idiotic article claims that Ashoka built stupas in 64,000 cities.
Even today in today's urbanised India, we have just around 4,000 cities.
How did 64,000 cities come about in Ashoka's time? This is laughably fake and fraudulent.
@ThePrintIndia @FiercelyBahujan There are many Ashokan inscriptions. There are Sanskrit and Pali Buddhist sources which tell us about the life of Ashoka.
Nowhere is it mentioned that Ashoka inaugurated a special Buddhist festival known as "Deep Daan Utsav".
This FAKE festival was manufactured in 20th century
The author indulges in downright fraudulent practices like faking attributions.
The author claims Buddhist scholar Rahul Sankrityayan talked about "Deep Dan Utsav".
I challenge the author to cite it. This is false attribution. Sankrityayan nowhere talks about this fake festival

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