Marxist historiography of India is replete with error because it is driven by ideology.
Facts are carefully chosen and discarded to fit the ideology; and if they still don’t fit the pre-conceived theory, they are “liberally” manufactured as well.
Needs to be trashed.
Facts are carefully chosen and discarded to fit the ideology; and if they still don’t fit the pre-conceived theory, they are “liberally” manufactured as well.
Needs to be trashed.
E.g. their need to whitewash Islamic iconoclasm. As Islamic 100%ers they must prove—1. Islamic invaders were not destructive, and driven by religious zealotry despite ample evidence from primary sources. When they fail at that they claim—2. Hindu kings were just as destructive.
They do immense contortions for this because iconoclasm, destruction of “idols”, subjugation of others’ temples and religion is a core part of Islamic theology. It is found across the world (e.g. in Turkey & ME)
Likewise, iconoclasm is simply not inherent in Hindu thought.
Likewise, iconoclasm is simply not inherent in Hindu thought.
So hey will pick some example of a Hindu king destroying a temple or a stupa and say “look Hindu kings did the same.” But that is nonsensical spin because it is episodic and political, not religious. Therefore it is rare, not systematic unlike #ChristoIslamic destruction.
In fact turning the whole Hindu-Buddhist debate into a “religious rivalry” in the template of Abrahamic religion is absurd.
If you look across SE Asia and Japan Hindu-Buddhist iconography is syncretic and overlapping. “Buddhist temples” happily have Ganesha and Saraswati e.g.
If you look across SE Asia and Japan Hindu-Buddhist iconography is syncretic and overlapping. “Buddhist temples” happily have Ganesha and Saraswati e.g.
“Buddhist” monks carried “Hindu deities” like Saraswati to Japan. These were argumentative streams of Indic thought not “rival religions.”
First they construct religion in India per Orientalist descriptions, then construct “religious rivalry.” In the end they construct nonsense.
First they construct religion in India per Orientalist descriptions, then construct “religious rivalry.” In the end they construct nonsense.
In Ayutthya in Thailand you will find destroyed Buddha statues. I asked the guide who destroyed them—an invading army from Burma, also Buddhist. Destroyed temples, murtis in the war.
This kind of destruction is entirely different from the religious iconoclasm of #ChristoIslam.
This kind of destruction is entirely different from the religious iconoclasm of #ChristoIslam.
Great example of the Marxist manufacture of the "Hindu destruction of Nalanda."
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