Tughlaq : The Enigmatic Sultan

Tughlaq, the name conjures up mirth, as in popular memory he is an unstable, eccentric ruler whose only claim to fame is that he ordered the shifting of his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and then back again.

History is often stories, a narrative built from perceptions of known facts, fiction to some extent.

The history we learn in schools is a sanitized history, much of it handed down from the British who had their own axe to grind. 

Our teachers drill it into us with dates and the f...