Before the colonial era rewrote its story, ancient Bharat's merchant guilds were trading as far as Europe and Egypt, guided by dharmic codes of enterprise that stood apart from the slavery and extraction that powered competing empires. Dharma Yoddha: Book 1 takes this as its starting point — not a nostalgia argument, but a case built on archaeology, forgotten chronicles, and the ruins of mandirs found in distant lands.
Rakesh Kanojia's argument is that Indian civilisation was not incidentally commercial but structurally oriented toward trade — that its maritime reach, its knowledge traditions, and the rishis who made learning sacred were all expressions of a coherent civilisational logic. The book traces how that logic was targeted: by invasions, by the machinery of colonial administration, and by the historiography that followed, which reclassified resistance as myth and achievement as accident.
Endorsed by Sankrant Sanu and described as 'painstakingly researched, passionately written' by Satyaki and Major Garg, Dharma Yoddha is a counter-narrative — one that frames the suppression of Bharat's civilisational identity not as the natural march of history but as a deliberate act, and asks what restoring that memory demands of readers today.
-:ABOUT THE BOOK:- They Erased Our Temples, Rewrote Our History - And Told Us To Be Grateful. Before the Dark Age swept across continents, Bharat's ships sailed boldly to Europe and Egypt, its traders guided by dharmic codes, while foreign empires thrived on slavery and deceit. This is the untold saga of a civilisation that achieved trade without exploitation, science without suppression, and governance without greed. From the maritime glory of ancient guilds to Rishis who made knowledge sacred, and the ruins of Mandirs in distant lands, this book dismantles colonial lies and uncovers the civilisational strength they tried to erase. They came with swords, greed, and the machinery of dogma, leaving behind only ruins and deception. Through archaeology, forgotten chronicles, and unflinching truth, Dharma Yoddha reveals the resistance of kings, women, ascetics, and commoners who refused to surrender. Bold, uncompromising, and rooted in truth. History isn't what you've been told. It's what you're about to rediscover. With over 30 years of international experience in IT Consulting, Rakesh Kanojia, born in a small village along the sacred Ganga, has nurtured a lifelong curiosity about ancient civilizations, which has fuelled his enduring passion for history. "Dharma Yoddha is a well-argued civilisational counter-narrative-reminding us that Dharma is not belief alone, but responsibility, memory, and resistance in Kaliyuga." -Sankrant Sanu, Author of The English Medium Myth "A bold and necessary counter-narrative that challenges the comfort of colonial history. Painstakingly researched, passionately written, this is history from within, not from above." -Satyaki and Major Garg, Author of Butshikan Tears of Somanatha
