P.N. Oak's cock-and-bull story

Subj: P.N. Oak's cock-and-bull story
1. It troubles me to comment on the sad case of P.N. Oak. P.N. Oak was a seriously-deluded dude, who had barricaded himself inside boneless-myths, and was wedded to them with joy & kindred soul. He had gone out of his possession, and was putting saddle on the wrong horse. But Bert Blunt ( Herbert Blunt ) must tell it like it is, and blow his legs off. P.N. Oak has no legs to stand upon.

2. In 2000, P.N. Oak tried to bull-sh** his way through the Supreme Court of India. Supreme Court judges laughed him out of the court room. India's Supreme Court dismissed P.N. Oak's petition to declare that a Hindu king built the Taj Mahal. Oak claimed that origins of the Taj, together with other historic structures in the country currently ascribed to Muslim sultans pre-date Muslim occupation of India and thus, have a Hindu origin. But Supreme Court of India, refused to buy his BS.

3. Taj Mahal is a prominent Iranian architectural work ( outside Iran ). We have extensive accounts of architects, workers, materials & their transportation to Taj site, moneys expended ( including monthly salaries of workers ), Firmans issued, and travelogues of persons, including Europeans ( impartial foreigners ) who visited Taj during its contruction period ( 1631-1653 A.D. ).

4. Mumtaz died in 1631 AD. Construction of Taj was started soon after that. The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648, and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later. Taj Mahal was not designed by a single person. Project demanded talent from many people. Persians, Turks, sculptors from Bukhara ( central Asia ), calligraphers from Syria, stonecutters from Baluchistan et al, lent their efforts. A labor force of 20,000 was recruited from across Northern India.

5. Dr. Elst is confronting P.N. Oak's made-up stories. If he had not done that, then some Hindus might believe Oak's BS as truth.
It does Hinduism no good to pass on, fantasized & fictitious stories, however, fascinating they might be.

Surinder Paul Attri