Follower of Tathagata Buddha, serious follwer of Buddhist philosophy (Tipitaka), Grave learner of Pali language, and researcher of History of Emperor Ashoka and his inscriptions.
“Dhammapada,” a collection of sutras explaining Buddha’s philosophy, I translated the Dhammapada into Marathi as a book titled “Muktipath.”
Inspired by Emperor Ashoka’s propagation of Dhamma, I am a researcher and scholar of his Rock & pillar inscriptions. I have personally seen and studied all of Emperor Ashoka’s Rock & Pillar inscriptions found in India and Nepal. I have authored a book on all of these Rock & Pillar inscriptions. It is titled “Piyadasi Rañjña Hevam Aha…” (पियदसि राञा हेवं आहा …). This book was originally written in Marathi. Ten years after its publication, I translated it into Hindi and published another book. This book contains the original Bramhi versions of the inscriptions on Rocks & Pillars, the Devanagari transliteration, and modern language translations (Marathi/Hindi).
During my trip to all over India to see Emperor Ashoka’s Rock & Pillar inscriptions, I took numerous photographs and Videos. I created a series of Videos based on these images. I have uploaded these videos, my speeches, and other video clips to YouTube channel. You can view them at My You Tube channel.
I have revised the meaning of Emperor Ashoka’s Minor Fiats with a new reference … This has led to the appropriate determination of the year of the Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana, resolving the controversy over the Year of Mahaparinirvana. You can read this research paper in an e-Book named “Misconstrue of number 256 in Minor Rock Inscriptions of Ashoka ….”
Based on this Year of Mahaparinirvana, I have created the Indian Buddhist luni-solar calendar, which I have named as “Bodhi Samvacchar.” Details of this Luni-Solar Calendar system, You can read in the e-Book (PDF format) at Bodhi Samvachhar.
You can even see this calendar in digital form 
here. Digital Calender – courtesy : Alok Mandavgane.
As I have researched the Mahaparinirvan year of Tathagat Buddha, I also have researched the Mahaparinirvan month (Indian Luni-Solar month) of Tathagat Buddha. You can read this in detail here in the e-Book (PDF format) “Lord Buddha’s Mahaparinirvan“.
पियदसि असोक 