https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/raghu-karnad/diary Created Fri, 26/01/2024 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 26/01/2024 - 00:00 Moving the Sanskrit epics ‘from mythology to history’ turns out to mean the obliteration of an archaeological site by a construction site. This is the kind of historical reckoning which India’s present government endorses.