[Assam] beef-eating in india: History is from Hindu texts?

[xourov pathok]

--- umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:

> even Xourav-da's article quotes only Hindu religious
> texts --where is the historical info -- which is not
> in religious tests. Why don't you believe Hindu
> texts when they say that Mahabharat war took place
> and Ram and Krishna etc were heroes born and bred in
> India. Why do you declare them to be myths -and they
> do not find a place in history of ancient India.
>   Why such one-sided version of history --why cow
> killing is more important that the Mahabharat war?
> 

a point to note here is that something is historical
if someone or something bears witness to things. 
things are never so clear cut in real life and a very
reliable witness is rare, but this is a good thumb
rule.  generally, if there are more than one witness,
our confidence increases.

religious texts are excellent witnesses to certain
things.  religious belief systems, for instance.  if
you wanted to find out what christianity believes in,
then the bible is an excellent source.  

but the bible is not a good guide for other things. 
like the historicity of jesus christ, for instance. 
this has to be backed up from other sources too. 
leave alone the historicity of the seize of troy even
the existence of troy is not fully established.

you may hate history for it,  but generally this is
the best choice.

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