Amish Tripathi says our ancestors did not believe in one truth. Truth is more from an observer’s point of view. What is true for one need not be so for the other person looking from a different perspective. Hence unlike the westerners who believe there is only one truth, there is no absolute truth possible. “Our ancestors believed that there is only one subject where truth is possible. That is Mathematics. In Sanskrit, the term Itihaasa doesn’t claim it is the only way it happened,” he says.
He questions the obsession of Lutyen historians with Delhi. “I am not reducing the importance of Delhi. But, what about the rest of India?” he questions. Many great kingdoms have not found a place in history books because they weren’t from Delhi, he laments. The Hiysakasm Rashtrakutas, Salivahanas, Kakatiyas, Kalingas, Buddhist Palas, Raja Bhoj, Pratiharas, Sikhs, Hindushahis from Afghanistan; except for Mauryas and Guptas, several others were not talked about much. Amish Tripathi goes on to mention how Aidl Shahis from Deccan, Vijayanagara Empire, and Bijapur tat at one time was the biggest city in India were ignored simply because they did not conquer Delhi.