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How do you prove history in India?
by Bal Mittal on Sep 13, 2007 11:17 AM

Indians are famous for not writing and preserving their own history. Most of the accounts of ancient India come from foreign travellers and invaders. There are only two known exceptions: Ramayan and Mahabharat. Our government now claims that there is no proof of Ram. Well, Ram's 52nd descendant fought on the side of Kauravs in Mahabharat. Mahabharat was fought around 2550 BC i.e. 4557 years ago. Add about 1200 years for the 52 descendants and Ramayan happened around 5750 years ago. No monuments or writing can stand the harsh weather of our country for that long; only oral poetry can be transmitted down the generations. Show me any other civilization which has stood that long let alone preserved its history. Historians used to laugh at Illiad's epic of Troy till they found the city exactly where the poem told them. Our History departments are riddled with anti-Hindus and they will refuse to even look at legitimate evidence. Why are Hindu leaders silent about this?

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