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Post by Petrichor Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:38 pm

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/hidden-in-the-mists-of-time/article5325706.ece?homepage=true

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Post by Kayalvizhi Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:53 pm

Tis writer does not know much about Keralam (not Keral, not Kerala).

He mentins Madhava or Parameswara. No such names in Malayalam. The correct Malayalam names are Madhavan and Parameswaran.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:58 am

One reason could be the lack of simple and accessible popular history writings from scholars. Over the years there has been a slow but growing interest to go back and look, in detail, at this enigmatic past. But a lot of research is to be done as Rajeev describes the challenges, “to write authentically one has to go to the source. The content in these original texts are written in very terse forms. It is not enough to be a good historian. One has to have good knowledge in mathematics and Sanskrit. The words are totally foreign to us now. So we have to create our own glossary. K.V. Sarma worked till the end of his life to complete his English translation of Yukthibhasa. It is hard work, which is probably why very few are attempting it.”
that's because it is easier for our NCERT textbook writers and self-taught internet historians to bloviate about harem keeping and boy loving moghals.
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