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Pakistan began the proxy war by sending Tribals to capture Kashmir in 1947.

Awwwww. How nice of him. Let him also forgive the Tibetan stone-throwing protesters of last year. ;)

What's wrong with you? Do you want me to pile up a stack of university references for your pleasure? I'm not going to do that. Google it yourself, compare the number of references. In any case, his place of birth has been established. Now lets move on to the next chaper where you try to...

Your saying its "highly credible" does not make it highly credible, and infact, its not. If I had use that reference, you would have never accepted it. I remember that you accused the BBC of supporting "Hindutva groups". After that episode, you have absolutely no right to use ANY reference...

Are you kidding me? Its the oldest reference after his own work, and unless you've got something better, that reference supercedes all the university websites in the world. Even then, most universities state that he was born in Bhinmal, barring a couple which you have quoted. Really, unless...

Wrap it up guys, the debate is over. Al Beruni himself confirms that Brahmagupta was born in Bhinmal. What more do we need?

Haha, if you want to discuss the historical development of the concept of the zero, they you'll need to go even further into ancient Egypt, Greece and Babylon. We however are discussing the invention of the modern zero as a numerical digit in the decimal system. That was done by Brahmagupta...

Now that is just false reporting. If the Pakistani media wants to be taken seriously, it needs to learn some basic fact-checking.

It is wrong, which is why the Congress should have amicably sorted the matter out by replicating what was done in Somnath. The mosque was reassambled a few kilometers away, and a new temple built at the site. No rioting, no bloodshed, and all parties are happy. On the other hand, if the...

^That's a nice twist to the tale. Good show sherlock!

Look, believe what you want to. The fact is that the Congress party has vested interests to prove that there was no temple, and the BJP vice versa. I for one am pretty convinced. I have read done my research in the past.

If anything, the curious lack of Ancient Hindu temples in the Gangetic plains, which is the most populous part of India, should be proof enough. In contrast, almost all the villages in South India (and especially as you approach the southernmost tip of India) have an ancient Temple. This is...

Before that happens, every President, Prime Minister and Army Chief of Pakistan should be tried on terrorism and war-crimes charges. Have the Generals who authorized the Genocide in Bangladesh been punished yet?

Haha. Lucky isn't it, that Indians were poor historians. Though there is a lot of controversy over the ASI reports, the discovery of several Hindu relics, pillars and inscriptions is proof enough. Archaeology of Ayodhya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No No, I never meant that :P Sorry if it came across that way.

Actually, sacred hindu sites were specifically targetted for mosques to be built upon them, because it was the place of worship which indicated who was incharge of the region. So a conquering muslim emperor would find it essential to discredit the earlier king by destroying his temple, and...

Agreed, but the public justification, and elucidated in the descriptions written by the conquers themselves was to spread Islam and wage war against the Infidels. In reality, it was a mixture of both. Some were in it for religious glory, others for the money, and some for both. But then...

That's very sad. I'm sorry to hear that. I however don't have such a history because my family never had to migrate. So, I really don't harbour any ill-feelings towards people of any religion.

That's not entirely true. There might not have been nationalism, but loyalties towards ones community, culture, religion have always been there. If you go to Rajasthan and listen to the folk songs, they still talk about the conquests from the West and the destruction of the temple of Somnath...

I agree with you. If people could forget and move on, it would be the best thing on earth. Unfortunately civilizational wounds don't heal so easily, which is why there are so many conflicts in this world. The lessons of history are inculcated into ones culture in legends, myths and history...