The controversy surrounding Sanjay Leela Bansali’s “Padmavati” is a perfect example of this confusion between historical fact and fiction. Following are the accounts of few Indian historical characters who might very well have been myths. However, the name Jodha Bai does not appear in any of the Persian records of the period. Posthumous portrait of Mariam-uz-Zamani (Jodha Bai) (Wikimedia Commons) Posthumous portrait of Mariam-uz-Zamani (Jodha Bai) (Wikimedia Commons)The first person to mention about Jodha Bai is historian James Tod in his Annales and Antiquities of Rajasthan. However, Jodha Bai according to Tod, was the mother of Shah Jahan and wife of Jehangir.

Source: Indian Express January 31, 2017 11:25 UTC