Look at the page no 24 for Siddham Script in Japan and its resemblance with Devnagari script. http://www.hindueducation.org/resources/HinduInfluenceOnJapan.pdf Find more information and links at http://www.omniglot.com/writing/siddham.htm
These links explore the biography of the one of the greatest Statesmen Chanakya . His two major works are the Arthashastra and the Nitishastra . The Arthashastra lays the rules of governance and gives a detailed account of the state of affairs and polity at that time. The Nitishastra speaks more of morals, principles and observance of austerity in all walks of life. http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/authors/kautilya/canakya_niti_sastra.html http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/history/primarydocs/Arthashastra/ http://www.worldofbiography.com/9046-Chanakya/ http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/greatpersonalities/chanakya/index.htm http://www.hindutemplesc.org/balagokulam/BGDownloads/Chanakya.pdf http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/chanakya.html http://www.indiavideo.org/text/chaanakya-1074.php?pg=34 Hindi TV serial on Biography of Chanakya http://www.veoh.com/collection/Kautilya/watch/v16822254kXBzEamb #
This website is dedicated to the Great Saint Late Swami Ramsukhdas Ji Maharaj. http://www.swamiramsukhdasji.org/ A tribute to Swami Ramsukhdas (an obituary) from Organiser magazine. http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=90&page=17 And one more blog on Swamiji http://sanatanavenkat.blogspot.com/2008/03/swamy-ramsukhdas-rishi-extraordinary.html This news posted on rediff when He was alive. http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/08swami.htm