1. History to us has been an intangible collective memory of facts myths and magic.
A. Some of them were credulous enough believe all that the Brahmins and the bards told them, others were contemptuous of the myth makers.
B. Except for Kalhana, India never had a Herodotus.
C. So India left the job of scientific history writing and excavation to the Ferishtas, Sirhindi's, Princeps and Cunningham's.
D. Even Bana's "Harshacharitha" is a fiction ridden account of the emperor's adventures comparable to a Cecil B. Demille rendering of the Ten Commandments.
6. But modern research shows that there could be some grains of truth even in the myths.
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