Thus, even by Buddhas words, there was a Sanatana Dharma existing since ancient times in India, and this was his assertion made 2500 years ago. It is, therefore, startling to see the Marxists dismiss all this summarily and insist that Hinduism is a creation of the last two centuries by foreigners at that. All Marxist scholars love this formulation, irrespective of their subject. Incidentally, a Marxist professor of any field of knowledge is also considered an authority on history and Hinduism.

Romila Thapar has repeatedly uttered several deprecations about Hindu culture, philosophy and tradition without quoting any source or giving references. For instance, she claims that Vedic thought was not uniquely and in genesis Indian. In the same breath, she also says that the culture represented in the Vedic literature was largely indigenous.

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Romilayana: How Romila Thapar Lied her Way to Historical Eminence - The Dharma Dispatch