

{"id":3131,"date":"2017-06-15T21:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2017-08-20T19:58:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:28:49","slug":"trueindology-truefraudology-part-3-exposing-fakery-rebuttal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-part-3-exposing-fakery-rebuttal\/","title":{"rendered":"TrueIndology or TrueFraudology &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Exposing more fakery and a rebuttal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of a 2-part article, Alt News documented 15 cases where the TrueIndology twitter account has fabricated history via tools such as photo-shop, fake\/misleading pictures and a fertile imagination. In TrueIndology&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/trueindology.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/10\/alt-news-or-fraud-news-shameless-campaign-of-lies-and-defamation-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress blog post<\/a>, some of our claims had been contested. Strangely, TrueIndology deleted this defence from his WordPress blog. This piece will look at how Trueindology&#8217;s contestations are self-defeating and we will also regale our readers with some more of TrueIndology&#8217;s fakery. Finally, we will see the social media reactions in support of TrueIndology.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with some more of TrueIndology&#8217;s fakery. Since this is a continuation of our last article (Link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-debunking-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-part-2-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>), we have started the numbering of the cases from where we left off last time.<\/p>\n<h3>Case 16<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueIndology\/status\/870908760436359169\" target=\"_blank\">Claim<\/a>: Badshah Khan was opposed to Muslim league and Pakistan. On 12 August 1948, Pakistan fired upon his unarmed party men (Khudai Khidmatgar) killing 600.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"trueindology-badshah-khan\" width=\"640\" height=\"293\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-1024x469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-696x319.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-1068x489.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-badshah-khan-918x420.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reality: The picture in TrueIndology&#8217;s tweet is a photo-shopped version of the scene from a 1982 movie called Gandhi which was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. The scene itself depicts the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-1024x441.jpg\" alt=\"TrueIndology Badhsha Khan Jallianwala Bagh massacre\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-1024x441.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-768x331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-696x300.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-1068x460.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/trueindology-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-976x420.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above scene can be seen in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2LaoamJ3vbs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video clip<\/a> at exactly 3 minutes and 40 seconds, a screenshot of which is reproduced below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Gandhi 1982 Jallianwala Bagh massacre\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-696x478.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-1068x733.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_007-612x420.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babrra_massacre\" target=\"_blank\">Babrra Massacre<\/a> did happen, the picture used in this case is no way related to the massacre. <\/p>\n<h3>Case 17<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueIndology\/status\/860344653517799425\" target=\"_blank\">Claim<\/a>: In 1931, when congress constituted a committee, the flag recommended was a saffron flag. This flag was rejected by Nehru as &#8220;communal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"TrueIndology: In 1931, when congress constituted a committee, the flag recommended was a saffron flag. This flag was rejeted by Nehru as &quot;communal&quot;.\" width=\"640\" height=\"637\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-696x693.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-1068x1063.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-422x420.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_008.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reality: Nehru was part of the seven member committee which recommended the saffron flag. <\/p>\n<p>The quote in TrueIndology&#8217;s tweet has been taken from a book called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=jwvcYbNP4AQC&#038;pg=PA142&#038;lpg=PA142&#038;dq=%22A+committee+of+seven+was+appointed+to+elicit%22&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=oclvq6WhJm&#038;sig=hq0rD0qaPNEjq6QsfDa0jGMz1Uw&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwj3w6bCmbrUAhUOUI8KHUaoALUQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&#038;q=%22A%20committee%20of%20seven%20was%20appointed%20to%20elicit%22&#038;f=true\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpses of Indian National Congress: From Inception to Attainment of Freedom<\/a>&#8221; by TN Kundra and published in 1996. The quote is from pages 142 and 143, a screenshot of which can be seen below. The copy of book available on Google doesn&#8217;t carry the image of the flag shown in TrueIndology&#8217;s tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-883x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"742\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-696x808.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-1068x1239.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009-362x420.jpg 362w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_009.jpg 1310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A seven member committee was indeed formed to deliberate upon the flag. According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiapolicyfoundation.org\/slider1\/Report%20of%20the%20National%20Flag%20Committee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> of the National Flag Committee, the committee included Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Master Tara Singh, <strong>Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru<\/strong>, Principal D.B. Kalelker, Dr. N.S. Hardiker and Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"Report of the National Flag committee: At a meeting of the working committee of the INdian national contress held on 2nd april 1931 at Karachi, a resolution was passed apointing a committee of seven persons to examine the objections to the national flag now in voge and disapproval to the tricolour flag accused of being communal and hence recommended a flag for the acceptance of the Congress. The committee included sardar vallabbhai patel, maulana abdul kalam azad, jawahar lal nehru\" width=\"640\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-696x261.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-1068x401.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010-1119x420.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_010.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the above report states, it was the tricolour which was initially rejected as communal and not the saffron flag. As a result, a committee was formed to examine the objections to the tricolour. The committee felt that multiple colours in the flag were being given various interpretations including religious connotations which was a cause of much consternation among people and hence the 7 member committee recommended a single colour flag, a Saffron flag. This decision of recommending a saffron flag was a unanimous decision of the committee, which included Pandit Nehru.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"On the questions of colors and device of the National Flag, there is unanimous opinion that the National Flag should be of a single color except for the color of its de vice. If there is one color wholeheartedly accepted by the Indians in the context of its ancient tradition it is the Kesari or saffron color.Hence it is felt that the flag should be of Kesari color and the device should be that of charkha which should be i n blue.The Committee recommend Kesari or Saffron color for the National Flag, with blue Charkha at the left top quarter and wheel towards the flagstaff.\" width=\"640\" height=\"252\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-696x274.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-1068x421.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012-1067x420.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_012.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, TrueIndology&#8217;s claim that Nehru rejected the saffron flag by branding the colour as communal is untrue. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"Many in Congress\/RSS preferred Bhagwa. Nehru was stifling the diversity of flags and imposing his version of secularist flag over everyone\" width=\"640\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-696x359.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-1068x551.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013-815x420.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_013.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Rebuttal<\/h2>\n<p>In TrueIndology&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/trueindology.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/10\/alt-news-or-fraud-news-shameless-campaign-of-lies-and-defamation-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">rebuttal<\/a>, Claim 2 and Claim 7 published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-debunking-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">part 1 of our expos\u00e9<\/a> have been contested. While trying to defend its claims, TrueIndology has provided further proof of its fakery.<\/p>\n<h3>Case 7<\/h3>\n<p>Claim (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueIndology\/status\/698429229944274944\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueIndology\/status\/847857031109382145\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a>): Ganesha on the footsteps of Ghazni mosque\/A marble statue of 3 headed Brahma discovered on the footsteps of the old Friday mosque in Ghazni, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Trueindology, brahma in 2016, Ganesha in 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-696x492.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-1068x755.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017-594x420.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/brahma-in-2016-ganesha-2017.jpg 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News claims: This statue of Brahma was not found on the footsteps of a mosque.<\/p>\n<p>TrueIndology counterclaim: Statue was found on the entrance of the royal Ghaznavid  Mosque inside the palace of Sultan Mas\u2019ud III.<\/p>\n<p>Reality: TrueIndology provides documentation that the statue was found in northern part of the hall. UNESCO documentation further shows how the mosque was near the King&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, TrueIndology&#8217;s rebuttal calmly skips over the fact that the Twitter account was claiming the <strong>same statue to be both Ganesha and Brahma<\/strong>. TrueIndology has exhibited such behaviour in multiple cases like passing off a Dronacharya picture as that of Bhai Singha Purohit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-part-2-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Case 11<\/a> or passing off an ivory statue of Buddha as that of Hindu Shahi King of Gandhara in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/trueindology-truefraudology-part-2-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Case 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding TrueIndology&#8217;s claims that the Brahma statue was found at the entrance of the royal Ghaznavid  Mosque, TrueIndology article refers to work by Japanese Archaeologist Kuwayama in her book &#8216;Across the Hindukush (2002)&#8217; which TrueIndology has also previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueIndology\/status\/699272155494641664\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>. In this, it can be clearly seen that the statue was found &#8220;<em>in the northern part of the hall at the palace of Sultan Mas&#8217;ud III<\/em>&#8221; (underlined with red).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace.png 942w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace-696x372.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/mosque-found-in-palace-785x420.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further, in documentation available on Ghazni on <a href=\"http:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/images\/0021\/002177\/217735E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO&#8217;s website<\/a>, it is clearly mentioned on Page 23 in which they describe the palace and state that the mosque was discovered near the King&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"Large mosque was also discovered not far from the King&#039;s main room\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-696x378.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-1068x580.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014-773x420.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_014.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Considering that the statue was discovered in northern part of the central hall and the mosque was near the King&#8217;s room, the statue could not have been discovered at the footsteps of the mosque. <\/p>\n<p>This demolishes TrueIndology&#8217;s first rebuttal.<\/p>\n<h3>Case 2<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trueindology\/status\/870531157414125568\" target=\"_blank\">Claim<\/a>: 1000 yr old Varun Dev temple in Karachi (Pakistan) now used as a toilet<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-873x1024.jpg\" alt=\"1000 year old Varun Dev Temple in Karachi (Pakistan) now used as toilets for tourists\" width=\"640\" height=\"751\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-873x1024.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-768x901.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-696x817.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-1068x1253.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006-358x420.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_10_06_2017_006.jpg 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News Claim: The Varun Dev temple located in Manora island near Karachi is under restoration and not being used as a toilet.<\/p>\n<p>TrueIndology counterclaim: Parts of temple were used as toilet until Feb 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Reality: TrueIndology&#8217;s tweet on June 2, 2017 claims that the temple is being used as a toilet <strong>&#8220;now&#8221;<\/strong>. TrueIndology failed to provide any evidence of it being used a toilet <strong>&#8220;now&#8221;<\/strong>. In fact, TrueIndology&#8217;s counter claim is contradictory to the original claim.<\/p>\n<p>This whole story is based on a Daily Times report on <a href=\"http:\/\/ezhila.blogspot.in\/2008\/05\/1000.html\" target=\"_blank\">March 12, 2008<\/a> in Daily Times where it was stated that &#8220;<em>temple\u2019s decayed appearance reflects a lack of care, and its walls and rooms serve as a toilet for visitors to Manora\u2019s sandy beach<\/em>&#8220;. The historian in TrueIndology presents an article that is <strong>9 years and 3 months old<\/strong> as the present status of the temple via the tweet on June 2, 2017 despite there being ample evidence of the temple having gone through renovation and restoration. <\/p>\n<p>In Dec 2015, the temple received <a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/1014647\/preserving-culture-us-to-provide-250000-to-rehabilitate-varun-dev-temple\/\" target=\"_blank\">$250,000 funding<\/a> from the US Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and its restoration started in collaboration with the Sindh Exploration and Adventure Society (SEAS). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/sindh\/07-Apr-17\/shri-varun-dev-mandir-at-manora-island-is-being-renovated\" target=\"_blank\">April 2017 story<\/a> in Daily Times states, &#8220;<em>Consul General Grace Shelton visited the Shri Varun Dev Mandir &#8211; a historic Hindu temple dedicated to the Lord of the Seas (Varuna) and believed to be the only temple dedicated to the Lord of the Seas in Pakistan &#8211; today at Manora Island. She appreciated the preservation efforts for the temple, made by Sindh Exploration and Adventure Society (SEAS) under a U.S. government-funded project.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is amply clear that TrueIndology&#8217;s claim on June 2, 2017, of the temple being used as toilet <strong>&#8220;now&#8221;<\/strong> is a complete misrepresentation of history as a 2008 article is being cited to describe a situation in 2017. <\/p>\n<h3>TrueIndology supporters<\/h3>\n<p>In all, Alt News has now presented 17 cases where TrueIndology has misrepresented history. We have also shown above how TrueIndology&#8217;s rebuttal was self-contradictory and self-defeating. Despite such monumental skulduggery on the part of TrueIndology, this anonymous Twitter account found many sympathizers. We are listing a few of the reactions in support of TrueIndology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-1024x411.jpg\" alt=\"Rahul Raj bhak_sala More power to @TrueIndology, The handle has rattled so many pseudo historians.\" width=\"640\" height=\"257\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-1024x411.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-696x280.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-1068x429.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016-1045x420.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_016.jpg 1085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-1024x520.jpg\" alt=\"Ashu Muglikar_ Dosto I firmly believe that Librandus are against the soon to be launched book by TrueIndology which will bust their decade of lies.\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-696x353.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-1068x542.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017-828x420.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_017.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-1024x317.jpg\" alt=\"Yogini: They are attacking TrueIndology like street dogs. There will be fake FB pages &amp; fake handles run by 4 diff attacking like hyenas.\" width=\"640\" height=\"198\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-1024x317.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-768x238.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-696x216.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018-1068x331.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_018.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"Nupur Jhunjhunwala UnsubtleDesi Stand firm n steady ur heart @TrueIndology. Attacks will worsen once your book is out. But in the end, your credibility will stand untainted\" width=\"640\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-696x359.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-1068x551.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019-814x420.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_019.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-1024x424.jpg\" alt=\"R Jagannathan trueindology\" width=\"640\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-696x288.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020-1015x420.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Selection_15_06_2017_020.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Editorial Director of Swarajya Magazine R Jagannathan to OpIndia Co-Founder Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala), many prominent right-wingers on Twitter came out in support of TrueIndology. However, it is perplexing as to why these people are staking their reputations for an anonymous Twitter account which is clearly duplicitous. <\/p>\n<p>Unless TrueIndology starts faking history again or updates the blog post which is stuck at &#8220;To be continued&#8221;, this will be the last part of the TrueIndology series. Links to the previous two parts are provided below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"important\">\n<strong>Link to Part 1 of TrueIndology or TrueFraudology<\/strong> => <a href=\"https:\/\/go.altnews.in\/2s5aLqa\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.altnews.in\/2s5aLqa<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Link to Part 2 of TrueIndology or TrueFraudology<\/strong> => <a href=\"https:\/\/go.altnews.in\/2tqYF8G\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.altnews.in\/2tqYF8G<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of a 2-part article, Alt News documented 15 cases where the TrueIndology twitter account has fabricated history via tools such as photo-shop, fake\/misleading pictures and a fertile imagination. In TrueIndology&#8217;s WordPress blog post, some of our claims had been contested. Strangely, TrueIndology deleted this defence from his WordPress blog. This piece will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[21],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TrueIndology or TrueFraudology - Part 3 - Exposing more fakery and a rebuttal - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TrueIndology or TrueFraudology - Part 3 - Exposing more fakery and a rebuttal - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the course of a 2-part article, Alt News documented 15 cases where the TrueIndology twitter account has fabricated history via tools such as photo-shop, fake\/misleading pictures and a fertile imagination. 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