Have you guys ever wondered why non -indian people only know about Tajmahal or Lal kila? Yes we are taught about Haddapan civilization, but then we take a jum to Mugal era in our history books. Why don't they know about the other great historic pieces from Indian history? Why they emphasize more on Mugal art and Mugal structures?
This was the topic of a documentary showed on Discovery science...WHat the Ancient Knew...the India? It's one of the rare videos I have seen where they are not bashing Indian culture down.
In that documentary, they talked about a king Raju Raja(?). He ruled in 800AD( might be wrong) in South India. His empire was Vast. He used to do trade with Greeks and Romans. One of the authors from greek from that era had left his personal journals about the kingdom. It was pre-mugal era and India was at the top of its prosperity. They have found all the metals we used today and which USA claims that they are the ones who developed it. Apparantly, greek merchant also mentioned in his diaries that he saw these statues made out of some metals that were unknown to him. He also saw many attributes to Raju Raja kingdom that he hadn't seen before.
He was one of the few kings who build many temples. His city had present day water drainage system. He had Universities. Both women and men went there. The greek author mentions that he was suprised how women roamed the city without any fear. Women also worked. When Mugals came and started to destroy many temples, Priests and local people were instructed to bury the treasures and important statues of dieties. Raju Raja also left the city with its pupil. No one knows if they left or if they were forced to leave the city. Over time tree grew around the city and the city was burried under a huge forest. By the time Europeans came, people had forgotten about the city. Then in 16th century, a British general was going through that jungle when he stumbled accross the temples and the city. Some of te temples were 80 stories high. First he was surprised to see such a magnificent structures and he sent letter to te queen that he has discovered treasure. But when he looked closely many of the temples had statues carved in sexual positions. He immediately wrote back to the queen that he has found something of a very demeaning nature. He wrote in his journal and in the letter to the Queen that, what he discovered should remain in jungle. No one needs to know about this. He stated that it seems like devil's work and these people who lived here were savages.
Later on, Indian gov't did find various statues and every day utensils stacked up against each other in the basments of buried houses.
The author of the documentary stated ," this was one of the reasons why so much of pre-mugal Indian history remains unlocked." Christans at that time were te authors of our history. They saw mugal art with flowers and the structures showed great resemblance to their own architecture. They glorified the mugal era in history books while other Indian history to them didn't deserve to come into the light.
Hope you guys didn't get bored! I found this so interesting. I never though about this issue before. But it's true. How often do we hear about pre-mugal era? Heck, the Aryan theory now they are finding out is false..again written by Christian authors. What do you guys think about this?
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