Today we are going to discuss about wealth and who were richest people of ancient times. When we say wealth the quickest thought comes to mind is `money`. Unless one has knowledge, they can only understand "money is only wealth". `Knowledge about self and society` bring one to a different altitude and those will understand there are different Wealths. Pre-historic mankind had different wealth. When we use chisel down technique then we can see the Ancient society very clearly. Let us chisel down governments one by one, When we chisel down India we get British, When we chisel down British we get Nayakars and Palayams, When we chisel down Nayakars we get Nawabs, When we chisel down Nawabs we get we get Vijayanagar rulers, When we chisel down Vijayanagar rulers we get Later cholas & pandyas, When we chisel down Later cholas & pandyas we get eary cholas & pandyas, When chisel down them we get Imperum Kaapiyangal times, When we chisel down Imperum Kaapiyangal we get a society which wrote grammer to the Tamil language, When we chisel down the society we get mankind who traded in sea, When we chisel down traders we get farmers, When we chisel down farmers we get predators from stone age. Survival is the Knowledge at these times. So `ultimate knowledge` one should acquire is not money but survival skills. Slowly from stone age to medival age, when we look at there is a better Grand father with knowledge. Even before grammer was written for a language, there were listening skills which made one to become a better Grand father. Writing skill had only materialize what one has thought and experienced, those were fact and knowledge at these times. What stone age society thought as wealth? What farmer society thought as Wealth? What trader society thought as wealth? What medival age society thought as wealth? What millenials thinks as wealth? `what is wealth` varies in all the time. For poor, ways to become rich is wealth. For rich, ways to give to society becomes wealth. At all ages these two principle will not change. What one think as wealth makes him/her self.
Looking at medivel times with this idea, count how many temples are in south india. Temples in south india > temples in north india. The society in south india were the richest and wealthiest community of Indian sub continent. If you ask a civil architect to estimate the construction cost of the temples in south india, today it will be measured by money. But if you understand the chiseling technique and estimate the wealth of the community, then you can understand, who are the richest? So having dozens of bitcoin doesn't make you rich it only helps you to survive and it is not wealth. Definition of wealth varies time to time. For all the time, `wealth which is supreme` varies but the medium doesn't change which is told in Thirkkural ages before.
Wealth of wealth is wealth acquire be ear attent; Wealth mid all wealth supremely excellent
- Thirukkural (411)
