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Transcend False Narratives: Sadguru Charudatta Pingale’s Ajmer Call to Reclaim Dharmic History
At a programme in Ajmer, HJS National Guide Sadguru Charudatta Pingale urged Hindus to move beyond false narratives and reconnect with Dharma’s historical and ethical foundations. This analysis places that appeal within Ajmer’s layered heritage and outlines a research-driven roadmap for decolonizing Indian historiography. It explains how inscriptions, archaeology, manuscripts, and community records correct distortions…
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Beyond the ‘Muslim Era’ Myth: India’s Dharmic Resistance and Civilizational Resilience
This article challenges the simplistic label of a singular ‘Muslim era’ in India and presents a more rigorous, dharmic-centered account of medieval and early modern history. It highlights how Indian polities—Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and later Sikh—checked, accommodated, and ultimately reshaped external and transregional powers over centuries. Readers gain a clearer timeline of key resistances, from…
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Reclaiming Indian Historiography: Hindu Civilizational Memory, Foreign Rule, and Dharmic Unity
This essay reassesses Indian historiography through evidence-based analysis and the lived memory of Bharatavarsha. It explains why popular Hindu remembrance did not typically view certain medieval sultanates as indigenous while carefully separating critique of historical regimes from respect for present-day communities. It situates debates like Aryan Migration -vs- Out of India within an open, scholarly…
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How Sita Ram Goel Reframed Indian Historiography: Shivaji, Nehru, and the Mughal Myth
Sita Ram Goel’s Shaktiputra Shivaji offers a concise yet rigorous meditation on Indian historiography, foregrounding Shivaji as an indigenous state-builder. Drawing inspiration from Dennis Kincaid’s The Grand Rebel, it rejects simplistic Western misconceptions that fixate on the Mughals as Britain’s chief adversaries. The analysis critiques overreliance on marital alliances to explain “indigeneity,” urging methodological consistency…
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Inside Sita Ram Goel’s Unanswered Challenge: Rethinking Marxist History for Dharmic Unity
In 1986, a public exchange over reports on Qutub Minar and Mathura exposed how labels can pre-empt historical inquiry. The debate intensified when Sita Ram Goel, in 1991, issued a precise, evidence-based questionnaire asking for proof of a supposed Hindu “tradition” of destroying Buddhist and Jain monuments. No comprehensive response addressed his eight empirical requests…
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Discover the Taj Mahal’s Hidden Past: A Complete, Evidence-Based Reexamination for Unity
A new film on the Taj Mahal invites an evidence-based reexamination of contested narratives without foreclosing mainstream scholarship. Presented within an academic framework, it highlights how archaeology, epigraphy, and architectural analysis can clarify complex claims such as “Tejo Mahalaya” or earlier temple hypotheses. The discussion foregrounds rigorous methods—provenance, peer review, and open archives—over rhetoric or…