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Historian Meenakshi Jain, connected January 10, said Kashi is mentioned successful the Upanishads, and past is etched connected the walls of Kashi’s temples.
Ms. Jain, who received the 8th Mangaluru Lit Fest Award, was successful dialog with Prithvi Karinje astatine a league connected “Reconnecting with Our Civilisational Heritage” astatine the fest. She was answering a question connected controversies surrounding Kashi and Mathura.
She said, “It is incorrect to accidental Kashi’s past started lone successful the 12th century. Kashi has existed since the play of the Upanishads.” On Mathura, she said, “In Mathura, retired of the 13.3 acres of the temple land, a nationalist enactment gave 3 acres to the Idgah successful 1968. It was not imaginable to talk oregon constitute astir these issues earlier. Prior to 2010, nary publishers would travel guardant to people books connected Indian history. Now, my books are being published. I ne'er believed I would spot the Ram Mandir successful Ayodhya,“ Ms. Jain said.
She further said, “Several civilisations person perished implicit time. If our civilisation remains live contiguous contempt galore invasions, it is due to the fact that of the communal radical and their faith.”
“The crushed we did not surrender, careless of the attacks connected our civilisation, is owed to our beliefs and practices. We person worshipped the Mother Goddess since clip immemorial. There is simply a notation to this successful a Madhya Pradesh inscription dating backmost 11,000 years. It is the communal radical who preserved and carried the religion forward.”
Historian and writer Meenakshi Jain successful dialog with Prithvi Karinje on “Reconnecting with Our Civilisational Heritage” at the 8th Mangaluru Lit Fest Award connected January 10 successful Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Living successful harmony
Ms. Jain said the communal radical played a acold much important relation than the kings. “Our civilisation was not built by kings alone; the communal man’s publication was immense. Some years ago, 601 inscriptions were recovered successful Sanchi. While lone 3 pillars were donated by kings, the remainder were donated by the communal man.”
History textbooks speaking astir interior conflicts betwixt Hindus, Jains and Buddhists, however, was portion of a conspiracy by the British to disagreement and regularisation India, she claimed. People of each faiths lived harmoniously successful India, she said, adding that Indian past should beryllium viewed from an Indian perspective, not a overseas one.
