Taj Mahal: The True Story

by P.N. Oak

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1989

About the author

Purushottam Nagesh Oak (2 March 1917 – 4 December 2007), commonly referred to as P. N. Oak, was an Indian writer, notable for his Hindu-centric brand of historical revisionism. Oak's "Institute for Rewriting Indian History" issued a quarterly periodical called Itihas Patrika in the 1980s.

Oak's claims, e.g. that Christianity and Islam are both derivatives of Hinduism, or that Vatican City, Kaaba, Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal were once Hindu temples to Shiva, and their reception in Indian popular culture have been noted by observers of contemporary Indian society. In addition to this Oak again asserted that the Vatican was allegedly originally a Vedic creation called Vatika and that the Papacy was also originally a Vedic Priesthood. He wrote books in three languages.

Reviews

[Anant Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well i always doubt on the history we study and told by our text books and historians, After reading "Arun Shourie - Eminent historians " and This book i am more convienced and dead sure.

P.N oak has written this book before in hindi and i have read english version and very well documented with facts and pictures. He has some strong points to put that Taj mahal was hindu palace.

I am not going to give the points but will tell the people to read this book and judge themselves only.

[Narendrāditya Nalwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are many inconsistencies around the recorded history of the Taj, especially the hundreds of rooms to which public is denied access. This book is a miserable attempt to clear that mystery.

Oak tries to dispute the conventional history of the Taj Mahal by providing a myriad of conflicting arguments, all the while failing to come up with a convincing alternative scenario. Let the truth come out someday.