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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In 1325 the responsibility of organizing defense of the dharma was taken up by the valiant shudra warrior Prolaya Vema Reddy. Son of local warlord, he describes himself "as one of the 4th varNa that emerged from the feet of mahAviShNu" who decided to rid the land of the wicked Turks after kshatriyas had all been killed for the protection of the agrahAras and brAhmaNas. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That appears to be the one I was talking about. I thought I read somewhere that mlecchas was mentioned (in clear referrence to the Muslims), no matter. Thanks.
India was full of such heroes. No wonder communists and the others would love nothing better than to ignore all of this in history class. Anything but allowing a sense of pride in Hindus and admitting to the gravity of what Islam did to Indians.
<i>If</i> Agraharas means cattle (I don't know that it does, this is also part of the question), then is this where the similar sounding part of the word agriculture came from?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In 1325 the responsibility of organizing defense of the dharma was taken up by the valiant shudra warrior Prolaya Vema Reddy. Son of local warlord, he describes himself "as one of the 4th varNa that emerged from the feet of mahAviShNu" who decided to rid the land of the wicked Turks after kshatriyas had all been killed for the protection of the agrahAras and brAhmaNas. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That appears to be the one I was talking about. I thought I read somewhere that mlecchas was mentioned (in clear referrence to the Muslims), no matter. Thanks.
India was full of such heroes. No wonder communists and the others would love nothing better than to ignore all of this in history class. Anything but allowing a sense of pride in Hindus and admitting to the gravity of what Islam did to Indians.
<i>If</i> Agraharas means cattle (I don't know that it does, this is also part of the question), then is this where the similar sounding part of the word agriculture came from?
