NCERT has revised the Class 6 textbook. It now includes Ujjain as the meridian before Greenwich Mean Time. There is no mention of caste discrimination. The Harappan civilization will now be called the “Indus-Saraswati” civilization, with the focus on the Saraswati river. In India, before the Greenwich Meridian, the Prime Meridian called ‘Madhya Rekha’ passed through Ujjain. Greenwich was not the first Prime Meridian, but there were others in the past. In India, the ‘Madhya Rekha’ passing through the city of Ujjaini was the Prime Meridian of India in ancient…
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