From History to “Mythology”: How We Were Taught to Laugh at Our Ancestors

“From History to ‘Mythology’: How We Were Taught to Laugh at Our Ancestors” explores how cultural perceptions shifted over time, changing the way we view our heritage.

They burned our temples — we rebuilt them.
They looted our gold — we earned it back.
But when they stole our History and called it “Mythology”, we neither resisted nor revolted.
Instead, we repeated the insult. We taught it to our own children.

⚠️ If Sanatana flows in your veins, read till the end — and never again call your Itihasa “Mythology.”

1. When History and Faith Were One

There was a time in Bharat when History and Faith were indistinguishable.

In Ayodhya, a child did not merely believe that Shri Ram was born there — he knew it. His grandfather had shown him the very spot, just as his grandfather before him had done.
In Dwarka, fishermen knew their city belonged to the Yadavas, swallowed by the sea.
In Kurukshetra, farmers ploughed their fields knowing the very soil had once drunk the blood of Pandavas and Kauravas.

This was Itihasa — “It happened thus.” It was alive, carried in memory, in soil, in stone, and in song.

2. The First Wound – The Invader’s Sword

When Turkic and Mughal invaders came, they didn’t only loot wealth — they attacked the very source of our memory. They knew that as long as Hindus were rooted in Dharma and Gurukuls, they could never be enslaved.

So they targeted our Gurukul system and scriptures, the backbone of Sanatana society.
Nalanda, the world’s greatest university, burned for months, its thousands of manuscripts reduced to ash.
Vikramshila, Takshashila and countless Gurukuls were destroyed.
Copper plate inscriptions recording royal lineages were melted into coins.
Temples were demolished, archives destroyed, and mosques built over them — not just to dominate, but to rewrite our geography and memory.

Yet, we endured. Why? Because Marathas and Rajputs never compromised with Dharma.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj established Hindavi Swarajya.
Maharana Pratap chose struggle and starvation over submission.

They knew — compromise with Dharma = death of the nation.

3. The Second Wound – The Colonizer’s Pen

The British did what the Mughals could not. They came not with swords, but with education and ideology.

They realized:

“These people still walk with their ancestors. If we break this bond, not by burning temples but by altering their minds, we will rule them forever.”
And thus began the most dangerous invasion — not of land, but of truth.
They destroyed the Gurukul system and imposed Macaulay’s education model.
Children were separated from Sanskrit, Vedas, Gita, and taught English, Western history, and materialism.
The joint family system, where Dharma and values naturally flourished, was broken. Instead, they spread individualism and consumerism.

The Weapon of Language

Bible = History
Quran = Divine revelation
Ramayana = Mythology
Mahabharata = Legend

This was the deadliest attack. Slowly, Hindus began to see their own scriptures as “stories,” while accepting others as truth.

4. Post-1947 – Mental Slavery by Our Own

Independence in 1947 did not free us. Because Congress carried forward the same poison left by the British.

For 70+ years, Sanatana Dharma found no place in school curriculums.
Textbooks glorified Akbar the Great, but reduced Shivaji Maharaj to a “regional king.”
Vedic sciences were mocked, Western ideologies celebrated.
In the name of “Secularism,” Hindu values were ridiculed.

This was not foreign rule anymore. It was mental slavery imposed by our own rulers.

5. The Way Forward – Return to Gurukul Dharma

When Mughals burned Gurukuls and British dismantled them, it was proof that education and family were our greatest strength.
Thus, the revival must begin there:

Re-establish Gurukul-based education.

Teach Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, and Puranas alongside modern science.
Make Sanskrit compulsory.

Revive the Joint Family System.

Rebuild collective culture where Dharma is naturally passed down.

Remove Colonial & Mughal poison.

Stop calling Ramayana & Mahabharata “Mythology.”
Teach children that they are heirs to the world’s oldest and living civilization.

🚩 Memory is the Breath of Sanatana

Sanatana survives because we remembered. The day we forget, it dies.
When you call the Ramayana “myth,” you bury Ayodhya.
When you call Mahabharata “legend,” you erase Kurukshetra.
When you call Ram Setu “natural,” you deny your ancestors.

Today, enemies don’t burn temples — they burn our memory.

🔥 Final Call

If this truth shook you, don’t stop at yourself. Teach your children. Share with your friends.
Every repost, every conversation, every lesson — is a blow against centuries of lies.
Let us not just rebuild temples of stone, but temples of memory in the hearts of future generations.

🇮🇳Jai Bharat, Vandematram 🇮🇳

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