Tag: Latin
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Insights from Latin America: Shaping India’s Historical Discourse
In India today, Hindutva politics often fixates on the claimed barbarism of the Turko-Persianate period. Mediaeval rulers, their monuments, taxation systems, military campaigns, and cultural influence are repeatedly portrayed as alien, oppressive and destructive. Mosque-building, Mughal culture, and political authority are selectively emphasised as evidence of cruelty or moral corruption. Aurangzeb is often singled out…
