The historians said they were perturbed to hear voices being raised in certain "influential quarters" on the need to rewrite Indian history through an abundant use of ancient mythology and speculative chronology.
"Unfortunately even the Prime Minister has suggested that in the hoary past Indians had learnt, and then, forgotten, plastic surgery of a kind going far beyond what is now possible.
The Congress, established in 1935, is known to be the largest professional and academic body of Indian historians.
In the resolution, the IHC said, "Throughout its existence it has been committed to the cause of the scientific method in history and its pursuit free of any sectarian or chauvinistic approaches."
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It said IHC was confident that all genuine historians would stand by the values of their profession and resist interested distortions of our past.
In a separate resolution, the IHC said it was disturbed at the "so-called" restoration works at the Humayun's Tomb, a World Heritage Site, observing that laid down norms for conservation of monuments and archaeological sites appear to have been violated by private agencies tasked to protect such historical sites.