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There has been a concerted effort since the times of British to discredit India\u2019s history and to brush it aside.\u00a0 The scriptures which are historic in nature in many ways had been painted as \u201cmythology.\u00a0 But when you look at the evidence and evaluate the \u201cstories\u201d and the narratives, what comes out is very interesting.\u00a0 Here is one take on it:
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There has been a concerted effort since the times of British to discredit India\u2019s history and to brush it aside.\u00a0 The scriptures which are historic in nature in many ways had been painted as \u201cmythology.\u00a0 But when you look at the evidence and evaluate the \u201cstories\u201d and the narratives, what comes out is very interesting.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":24203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[366,1445,4872,1801,2048,2376,2377,2378],"class_list":["post-24199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-india","tag-arts","tag-greek-mythology","tag-india","tag-japanese-mythology","tag-literature","tag-mythology","tag-myths","tag-myths-and-folktales"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat was happening in India and the Rest of the World at the time of Mahabharat 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