India that is Bharat

'Eminent Distorians' rebels against the trick mirror view of history where the colonial agenda sets its course.

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nial Indian experts became unquestioning cheerleaders of their version. They, more than the colonials, have failed the Indian people. Kumar's complaint is essentially against those in India who continue to seek approving nod from the white expert.

Moreover to those who say that India was not a united whole in the past, Kumar cites the evidence that as early as the third century BC, Mauryas were the first historically recorded empire that brought the entire subcontinent under one flag.

Indian kings had ventured out too. For instance, between 985 and 1044 AD the Cholas were able to extend their empire to Ceylon and the Maldives. This was also the period when the Cholas extended their reach into South-East Asia, resulting in a swift attack that conquered the Malay Peninsula.

As for the civilizational aspects, India's greatness is grounded in the fact that debate was rooted in its society. A country that humanizes gods and questions kings, a society that deliberates, discusses and engages, and a society where a housewife takes argument with Shankra has to be inherently progressive.