Indian historians have given prominence only Mughal history - Union Home Min Shah

Many Indian historians have given prominence to recording Mughal history only and ignored the glorious rules of many empires like Pandyas, Cholas, Mauryas, Guptas and Ahoms, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. He was talking at the book launch of 'Maharana: Sahastra Varsha Ka Dharma Yuddha' in New Delhi.

Referring to the historians in India, Shah further detailed the rule of these empires. "I want to tell something to the historians. We have many empires but historians have concentrated only on the Mughals and wrote mostly about them. The Pandya empire ruled for 800 years. The Ahom empire ruled Assam for 650 years. They (Ahoms) had even defeated Bakhtiyar Khalji, Aurangzeb and kept Assam sovereign. The Pallava empire ruled for 600 years. The Cholas ruled for 600 years," PTI cited the Union Home Minister as saying.

"The Mauryas ruled the whole country -- from Afghanistan to Lanka for 550 years. The Satvahanas ruled for 500 years. The Guptas ruled for 400 years and (Gupta emperor) Samudragupta had for the first time visioned a united India and established an empire with the whole country. But there is no reference book on them," he claimed.