What are the Nine books and Why were they hidden by King Ashoka ?
These books probably may be Vedas Of Hinduism, which contained everything related for Human existence. After the Kalinga war, King Ashoka realised the impact of war and its damage if the advanced knowledge of weaponery fell in to wrong hands. How did we know this ? In 1925, Talbot Mundy revelead through his book " Nine Unknown Men". Talbot Mundy was a British police officer mentioned the existence of these nine men as highly knowledgable. Jagadish Chandra Bose and Vikram Sarabhai was rumoured to be among the Nine Unknown.
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These books probably may be Vedas Of Hinduism, which contained everything related for Human existence. After the Kalinga war, King Ashoka realised the impact of war and its damage if the advanced knowledge of weaponery fell in to wrong hands. How did we know this ? In 1925, Talbot Mundy revelead through his book " Nine Unknown Men". Talbot Mundy was a British police officer mentioned the existence of these nine men as highly knowledgable. Jagadish Chandra Bose and Vikram Sarabhai was rumoured to be among the Nine Unknown.