The Raj Journal

Send me a myth to test.

Something you were told, read, or forwarded: about the body, the past, a temple, a text. I will set it beside what the evidence shows and write it up. Some turn out true. Some turn out to be metaphors. Some fall apart. You will get the honest answer either way.

Recently tested

The last five myths set beside the evidence on this site.

  1. “British officers cut open two of Hampi's singing pillars to find the secret, and found nothing inside.”

    Tested · 6 October · The Pillars That Sing

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  2. “Ancient India flew aircraft, and the Vaimanika Shastra holds their blueprints.”

    Tested · 6 October · The Flying Machines

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  3. “Krishna's golden city of Dwarka lies under the sea off Gujarat, just as the Mahabharata says.”

    Tested · 6 October · The City Under the Sea

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  4. “Ancient India rebuilt lost noses with plastic surgery, long before Europe could.”

    Tested · 6 October · The Surgeon Before Surgery

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  5. “The bones at Roopkund are King Jasdhaval's pilgrims, killed in one night by Nanda Devi's hailstorm.”

    Tested · 6 October · The Lake of Skeletons

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The board fills with what readers send, once each one has been read. Status moves from Received to Researching to Published.