One thing I've learnt about history is that there is no single truth. Passed through many hands and flowing past ages has in a sense deteriorated or created multiple versions of history. Be it related to the battle of Alexander and Porus or existence of kings like Ram and Krishna.
There are many factors contributing to this. It depends a lot on the way history has been passed to us. It has flown through centuries in form of stories with addition of human element in every generation it passed through. There is the truth, then there is perception of the story teller and then there is a way the listener understands it and pass it on. What could happen to the fact after it passes through this path doesn't need an explanation.
Many a times, facts are changed or suppressed for the reasons of faith, purity, fear and many such factors. These historical versions are then referred as controversies, but there is always a widely accepted fact promoted by the book. People also sometimes create controversies just to make a difference or the way they feel about the fact.
Religions also has a major part to play in this disturbance. Invasions have caused most harm to history by destroying the documents and pieces of art. Just because the ancient documents preached something that the invader's religion didn't promote was considered false and a threat at the same time. That shows the weakness of the religion and also demonstrates how to
finish something from roots.
As I mentioned that there is no single truth and it's very much evident from examples around, the best approach towards all these versions is to listen to all the and either try to create your version of truth or just make a note of all the versions and confuse others for fun. ;-)
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