[8] Writing for the New York Times, Thapar states that Modi's government and the BJP have "peddled myths and stereotypes", such as the insistence on "a single uniform culture of the Aryans, ancestral to the Hindu, as having prevailed in the subcontinent, subsuming all others", despite the scholarly evidence for migrations into India, which is "anathema to the Hindutva construction of early history".
[9] An investigative report by Reuters, based on testimonials from scholars, including Mahesh Sharma, the creator of the committee, claimed that Modi government had established a committee of scholars to promote certain narratives, such as linking evidence of Indian history with ancient scriptures, establishing a view that Indian civilization is older than currently believed, proving the existence of the mystical Saraswati river, mapping and excavating sites of battles mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Sharma also stated that his ministry had organised workshops and seminars to “to prove the supremacy of our glorious past.” [10] Distortion of history in the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks has been frequently observed under the BJP governments.
These narratives also depict Indian Muslims as "perpetual aggressors, invaders, and agents of terror", despite their significant "social, educational, and economic disadvantages" after losing electoral power following the partition.
[18][19] According to The Print, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has revised the engineering curriculum to introduce an Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) course textbook which makes claims about ancient Indians pioneering aviation and credits the Vedic period for inventing batteries, electricity production, maritime engineering and discovering the phenomenon of gravity based on certain interpretations of Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas.
[20][21] Critics such as Jaheer Mukthar, an assistant professor of economics at Kristu Jayanti College in Bangalore, have stated that "One can say that the government is clearly using the textbook as a tool for propagating the Hindutva agenda" [22] Shivkar Bapuji Talpade was an Indian instructor who has been claimed to have flown a heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895, before the first successful flight by Wright brothers.