The new Parliament building in Delhi, just recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28th May 2023, has been under a lot of controversies for various reasons. Now, a mural called the ‘Akhand Bharat’ by some sources showing various ancient sites of Indian influence is sparking debate and protests in Nepal.

According to reports, political leaders and others are taking issue with the fact that sites such as Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha and others are being shown in the mural even though they are outside the boundaries of present-day India.

This also comes close at the heels of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to India and planned meeting with PM Modi. PM Dahal as per reports had assured Nepali lawmakers and leaders that he would be bringing up the issue in his meeting with the PM.

What Is The Controversy?

The controversy started soon after images from inside the New Parliament building started to be revealed and among them was a mural claimed by some BJP leaders to be of an ‘Akhand Bharat’.

The mural is said to have been inspired by the prehistoric Ashokan empire and the “influence of ancient Indian thought” as well as featuring ancient sites like Lumbini and Kapilvastu in Nepal and other historic locations that are now in present-day Pakistan.

The phrase ‘Akhand Bharat’ was particularly used in tweets by parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi and Lok Sabha member Manoj Kotak. However, the phrase and its implications reportedly did not sit well with political leaders from Nepal and Pakistan.


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Among the ones to raise the issue was former PM of Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai who wrote in a tweet that “The controversial mural of ‘Akhand Bharat’ in the recently inaugurated new Parliament building of India may stoke unnecessary and harmful diplomatic row in the neighborhood including Nepal.

It has the potential of further aggravating the trust deficit already vitiating the bilateral relations between most of the immediate neighbors of India. It would be prudent for Indian political leadership to unravel and communicate in time the real intent and ramification of this mural episode.”

Another former Nepal PM, KP Sharma Oli also stated to The Kathmandu Post that “If a country like India that sees itself as an ancient and strong country and as a model of democracy puts Nepali territories in its map and hangs the map in Parliament, it cannot be called fair.”

What Has India Said On This?

External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi did speak on this controversy during a news briefing also adding that the matter was not raised during the Nepal PM’s visit with PM Modi as well as how they had no idea about any official protests regarding the matter in Nepal or Pakistan.

He stated that “The mural in question depicts the spread of the Ashokan empire and the idea of responsible and people-oriented governance that [Emperor Ashoka] adopted and propagated.”

Bagchi concluded by saying “That’s what the mural and the plaque in front of the mural says. I really don’t have anything further to add to that. I’m certainly not going to comment on statements that other political leaders might have made.”

Indian foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra also reportedly stated that the topic had not been brought up during the meeting of the PMs of the two nations when they met on 1st June 2023.

Adwaita Gadanayak, Director General at the National Gallery of Modern Art, also explained the intent behind the mural “Our idea was to depict the influence of Indian thought during the ancient ages. It extended from the present day Afghanistan in the northwestern region to south-eastern Asia.”


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  1. WHAT IS THIS AKHAND BHARAT ? OF CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA OR ASHOKA ? IT IS ALL BULL SHIT AND IT IS NOT A HINDOO EMPIRE !

    WHO WAS MAURYA ? HE WAS AN ILLIEGITIMATE CHILD FOUND LOITERING BY A BRAHMIN. HIS MOTHER WAS A SUDRA ! SO HE HE WAS SON OF “MURA” (A MAID OF DHANANANDA) AND SO MAURYA ! HE “USURPED” THE KINGDOM OF DHANANANDA AND THUS ACQUIRED HIS EMPIRE ! HE DID NOT BUILD AN EMMIRE ! JUST LIKE CHAIWALA BETRAYED VAYPAYEE AND ADVANI TO HIJACK BJP (AND THE ORIGINS OF CHAIWALA)!

    THIS BANIA “TOOK ADVANTAGE” OF THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER AND THE INABILITY OF SELECUS TO HANDLE PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN – TO THUS,ACQUIRE THE REGIONS OF PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN ! THERE WAS NO GREAT WAR OR BATTLE ! HE WAS A USURPER, MURDERER AND AN OPPORTUNIST ! NO WARRIOR KING !

    AND HE WAS NO HINDOOOOO ! HE DIED A JAIN BY STARVATION ! Y DID HE NOT ADOPT HINDOOISM OF CHANAKYA ? NET -THIS BANIA ACQUIRED AN ARMY AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A GREEK COLLAPSE ! THERE WAS NO CRUSHING DEFEAT ON THE GREEKS ! THE GREEKS HAD DECIDED TO EXIT INDIA AND THE NORTH WEST !

    IT WAS THE FERCIOUS REBELLION OF THE TRIBES OF PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN -WHICH MADE THE GREEKS LEAVE LANDS TO THE BANIA MAURYA !

    IS THIS THE BASIS OF A AKHAND BHARAT ? A HINDOO BHARAT WHOSE KING WAS NOT A HINDOO ? NOTE THAT DHANANANDA EXTERMINATED K-SHAT-RIYAS ! Y ? THIS WAS A PERIOD OF “NO-HINDOOISM”.IS THIS AKHAND BHARAT ?

    THE LINEAGE OF AN ILLEGITIMATE BORN OF A NAUTCH GIRL HAS TO BE DOOMED !

    THEN COMES BINDUSARA ! THE SON OF BANIA GUPTA MAURYA ! THIS CLOWN AND HIS WIFE WERE AJIVIKAS ! ATHEISTS ! THIS MAN WAS BORN AFTER CHANAKYA POISONED HIS MOTHER,KILLED HER AND THEN CUT OPEN HER DEAD BODY TO TAKE OUT BINDUSARA !

    NOTE THAT BANIA MAURYA IS A JAIN,AND HIS SON IS AN ATHEIST ! HE EXPANDED HIS KINGDOM TO THE SOUTH AND WAS DEAD IN 40 YEARS !

    THIS IS THE BASIS OF AKHAND BHARAT ? AN ATHEIST ?

    THEN COMES ASHOKA THE SON OF BINDUSARA ! FATHER WAS BORN OF A DEAD POSIONED WOMAN ! SON WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE SKIN INFECTION – THORNY SKIN – AND HIDEOUS TO LOOK AT ! NOTE THE TRINITY !

    GRANDFATHER BORN OF A SUDRA HARLOT !
    FATHER – CUT OUT FROM A DEAD POSIONED WOMAN
    SON – HIDEOUSLY GROTESQUE !

    I CALL THIS DYSFUNCTIONALITY ! AKHAND BHARAT ?

    ASHOKA GREW IN HATE AND SCORN – AND THUS,WAS AN INCARNATE OF CRUELTY AS RECORDED IN ASHOKAVDANA WRITTEN BY BUDDHIST MONKS – CENTURIES “AFTER ASHOKA” -SO WITH NO FEAR OF RETRIBUTION !

    ASHOKA KILLED ALL HIS BROTHERS BUT 1,AND SEVERAL MORE, AND SEIZED POWER ! AND GUESS WITH WHOSE HELP ? GREEK MERCENARIES ! THIS MAN WAS MAD AND EVIL ! HIS TALES OF EVIL ARE INNUMERABLE – BUT THOSE IN THE ASHOKA VADANA

    – BEHEADED 14000 JAIN MONKS IN A DAY
    – OFFERED A GOLD COIN FOR THE HEAD OF A JAIN MONK
    – BUILT A TEMPLE OF TORTURE OR HELL ON EARTH – WHERE HE PERSONALLY TORTURED AND KILLED MANY.HUEN TSANG RECORDS SEEING THE SITE 0F THIS TEMPLE, YEARS LATER

    NOW WE COME TO THE FRAUDS OF HINDOO HISTORY ! KALINGA WAR ! BUNKUM ! NOT A SINGLE PILLAR RECORDS THE NAME OF THE KING OF KALINGA – IN SUCH A WAR ! Y ? IT IS ALL A LIE ! AS THAT LIE WOULD HAVE BEEN NAILED ! ASHOKA VADANA RECORDS THAT ASHOKA WAS A BUDDHIST “BEFORE” KALINGA !

    QED !

    NEXT FRAUD ! ASHOKA PILLARS ! THEY HAVE REMORSE FOR KALINGA, BUT NO APOLOGY OR REPENTANCE AND ARE COUCHED AS A MESSAGE TO FUTURE REBELLIOUS TRIBES ! THIS IS NOT THE HAMMURABI CODE !
    IT IS A THREAT AND A VICTORY LAMPPOST !

    BUT THE ONE GOOD THING IS THAT ASHOKA SHUT DOWN THE BRAHMIN SCUM (WHO ARE RSS). NO RITES, NO FESTIVALS, NO SACRIFICES, NO MUTTERING. NO DIWALI ! THIS IS WRITTEN ON THE PILLARS !

    WHICH IS Y ASHOKA IS NOT NAMED AS THE AKHAND BHARAT HERO ! ASHOKA WAS ANTI-HINDU AND ANTI-BRAHMIN !

    WHICH IS Y AFTER THE DEATH OF ASHOKA – HIS NAME WAS A BLACK HOLE AS THE BRAHMINS OBLITERATED IT ! THE BRAHMINS ALSO KILLED THE LINEAGE OF ASHOKA AND DESTROYED THE MAURYAS FOREVER !

    BEFORE THE DEATH OF ASHOKA – THE GREEKS TOOK BACK PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN AND THE SOUTH KINGS ALSO RECOVERED LAND LOST TO BINDUSARA ! AND IN A FEW YEARS AFTER ASHOKA, KALINGA DESTROYED THE MAURYAN ARMY !

    IS THIS AKHAND BHARAT ? SONS OF HARLOTS WITH DYSFUNCTIONALITIES,WHO WERE NOT HINDOOS AND DID ALL THEY COULD TO DESTROY HINDOOS AND HINDOOISM !

    AKHAND BHARAT ?

    CAREFULLY ANALYSE ASHOKA AND HIS FAMILY ! THIS IS THE TRAIT OF HINDOOS – LIARS,CHEATERS, THIEVES, TRAITORS,VERMIN ! THE TRAVAILS OF A DEFORMED MAN SCORNED AND HATED ALL HIS LIFE -WHO SPONSORED BOODHESM AS HE WANTED TO ERASE HIS EVIL FROM HISTORY – AND IT WAS A MOVE OF GENIUS !

    DUMB HINDOOS TODAY THINK ASHOKA CONVERTED AFTER KALINBA AND KNOW NOTHING ELSE !

    BU THEN – WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THOSE WHO PRAY TO MONKEYS ?

    CHAIWALA IS PROOF THAT HINDOOS CAN BE CONNED INTO BELIEVING ANYTHING ! EXTERMINATE THEM NOW

    NOTE THE TREND !

    DHANANNANDA EXTERMINATED K-SHIT-RIYAS ! HIS ARMY HAD DALITS AND FOREIGNERS
    MAURYA – BECAME A JAIN
    BINDUSARA – WAS AN ATHEIST
    ASHOKA – A BOODHHEST WHO SHUT DOWN HINDOOISM !

    ALL WERE MASS KILLERS ! THIS IS THE DESTINY OF HINDOOS ! EXTERMINATION ! THAT EXPLAINS THE SLAVERY OF 1500 YEARS TO HUNS,MUGHALS AND PORTUGESE AND BRITS !

    THEY ARE ARE A RACE OF WEASELS AND COWARDS ! THEY NEVER DEFEATED A FOREIGN ARMY ON FOREIGN LAND OR IN INDIA ! THE VICTORY OVER THE GREEKS WERE OVER SMALL SATRAPS AND THE GREEKS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THEIR WARS IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN !

    WHICH IS Y WHEN THE MUGHALS,TURKS,AFGHANS,BRITS,HUNS,PORTUGESE CAME TO INDIA IN FULL FORCE – THEY DESRTROYED THE HINDOOS !

    PAKISTANIS AND AFGHANS ARE NOT INDIANS !

    THUS,WIPE OUT THE TRIBE OF CHAIWALA ! THE PILLARS OF ASHOKA ARE LIKE THE MONUMENTS AND TOWERS INNAUGRATED BY CHAIWALA – TO ERASE THE GENOCIDE OF CHAIWALA AND THE BJP !

    PEOPLE SAY – BRAHMINS HATED ASHOKA AND KILLED HIS LINEAGE AND DESTROYED THE MAURYAS ! Y DID THEY NOT DESTROY THE ASHOKA PILLARS ? COZ NO ONE COULD READ THEM OR KNEW OF THEIR EXISTENCE !!!!!!?

    ARE THEY REAL ???????? COULD BRAHMINS WHO DESTROYED BOODHEESM AND MONKS AND NUNS AND STUPAS,HAVE SPARED THE SIGNAGE OF ASHOKA ? dindooohindoo

    IS IT ALL A GIGANTIC FRAUD – TO BUILD A NATIONAL HERO – WHO WAS ACTUALLY,AT LEAST IN MAJOR PART,A DEFORMED, UGLY,EVIL,CRUEL AND HIDEOUS MAN ? JUST LIKE CHAIWALA !

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