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“A 3-dome structure was built at the site of Shri Ram’s birthplace in 1528, but it had visible displays of Hindu symbols and relics in its interior as well as its exterior portions,” the new text reads.
Priests divided people into Varnas, did not allow Shudras and women to study Vedas: Misleading claims about Brahmins removed in rationalised NCERT textbooks

After several decades and millions of students learned that "Priests divided people into Varnas, did not allow Shudras & women to study Vedas", NCERT removes misleading claims about Brahmins after they couldn't provide any evidence in a response to an RTI

The development comes a year after RTI activist Vivek Pandey filed a query with the NCERT, seeking written evidence for sweeping claims about Hindu priests, women and shudras in ancient India



The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India, called the Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India as well as in Asia. It has rare collections of antiques, armor and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist.

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