Indian myths expoded.....

A well researched and well put together series of popular myths that are a part of the indian consciousness. Each issue is well researched and many sides of the story are told. I found each one of the story interesting. The topics range from Buddha to Ashoka to Rani Padmini to Tughlaq to Curzon. A complete list is below....

Myth 1: Siddhartha left home to become an ascetic

Myth 2: Asoka killed his brothers to become king

Myth 3: Emperor Harsha, the Buddhist fanatic

Myth 4: The sunken temples of Mamallapuram

Myth 5: Indian kings never invaded foreign lands
Myth 6: Razia sultana was deposed by angry mullahs

Myth 7: The self-sacrifice of the fair queen Padmini

Myth 8: Tughlaq's foolish capital shift from Delhi

Myth 9: Jehangir was the son of Hindu queen Jodhabai

Myth 10: Bentinck the benign and Curzon the vile

This is definitely one article for keeps....

This is the web link:

http://www.the-week.com/23jun29/cover.htm

In case the web site changes or removes the link, the following is the link to the doc file that i created of the page and hosted it.....
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd9/220166/Behind%20the%20myths.....doc