10-24-2006, 11:02 AM
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Another glaring deviation from Gita was made by Prithwiraj Chauhan that plunged India into the abyss of degeneration that we must examine to understand why teachings of Gita are not helping Indian society today.
In the battlefield of the First Battle of Tarain (1191), Prithwiraj Chauhan refrained from fighting because Mahammad Ghouri fell down from his horse. Could it be possible that Prithwiraj Chauhan never read Mahabharata? Ghouri escaped and returned with redoubled forces after two years. This was the Second Battle of Tarain (1193). Prithwiraj was defeated, blinded and taken away to Ghajni in shackles. <b>Entire Indo-Gangetic plains were overrun by the Islamic cavalry, which spread like wild fire. In 1200 AD (7 years after 1193), they arrived at Nalanda University, about 1000 miles from Delhi (territorial expansion @ average 150 miles per year), which was ravaged, all the books were burnt down and all the scholars were hacked to pieces. Bengal was taken in 1205.</b> The Islamic cavalries were stopped at Assam, a land of hillocks and interconnecting earth ramparts that slowed down the cavalry.
<b>The atrocities committed by the early Islamic invaders in the Indo-Gangetic plains were unprecedented in history.</b> Women were raped and their bodies were ravaged. In 1193, there was no newspaper, no radio, no TV. The atrocities continued unabated for many years. Hindu women found out that it was better to commit suicide than to fall at the hands of Islamic invaders. If they heard that Islamic invaders were coming, groups of Hindu women, married and unmarried, would light a bonfire and jump into it, which they called "Jawahar Vrata" "Vow of Purity." The situation continued for many decades, and burning of a woman became an
acceptable scenario.
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Hindus survived in the Indo-Gangetic plains by accepting a status of second-class people.</b> Hindu scriptures, including Gita, were publicly decried. In a family had seven brothers, two would take conversion to Islam to protect the remaining five. That was the beginning of Indian Muslims. The remaining five were advised to maintain a low profile by agreeing to everything that the Islamic rulers would say. But they followed a different life within the four walls of their house. <b>This was how public life became very divorced from individual life, a trend that continues even today. The interiors of the houses were clean, but the streets outside were extremely dirty, because nobody cared about public life. Same practice continues in India even today. </b>
Hindus under early Islamic overlordship developed an adroit skill of twisting their words. If they said something that did not please the Islamic masters, they must acquire the skill of changing the meaning of the word immediately, otherwise their necks might be severed. Double talk and double meaning of the words became tools of survival. To tell a lie became a virtue. Status of women deteriorated beyond all imaginable limits. An Islamic soldier could enter any home and snatch away a grown-up daughter for the harem of the Sultan. <b>Child marriage, unknown in Gupta period or in the 2500+ stories of Mahabharata, started
at this time to get rid of daughters.</b> Daughters became a liability. Money would be paid to those who would take charge of a daughter. Dowry system, unknown in areas which were not dominated by Islamic rulers, became a second nature in Islamic India. Hereditary caste system proliferated as a result of child marriage and arranged marriage. Hindu society degraded to the lowest level. The battlefield teachings of Gita were ignored because Islamic rulers would not tolerate that. Bhakti marg, approved by Islamic rulers, flourished in this period.
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thanks very much for posting that. This should be compulsory reading for everybody. I hope one day all indians will indeed be able to learn the true story of india, esp indo gangetic india under the afghan hounds (almost the muslim rulers were from afghanistan. even the mughals, who are actually from samarkand, came to india from kabul) of islam.
btw, reading your post, i was instantly reminded of an article by Nirad C Choudhury titled "about the hindu muslim problem in india" (or similar) - this article was the last chapter of his book, "the east is east and the west is west". There he wrote pretty much about all the attrocities you mentioned and the breaking down of the fabric of hindu society under muslims. the detail in his article was astounding (that guy was an encyclopedia many times over), and was supported with historical facts, songs of lament that have entered indian folk music, supported from allusions to the cronicles made by westerners like Tiffenthaler during their stay in islamic india etc etc.
its a miracle india survived the islamic hammering.
Another glaring deviation from Gita was made by Prithwiraj Chauhan that plunged India into the abyss of degeneration that we must examine to understand why teachings of Gita are not helping Indian society today.
In the battlefield of the First Battle of Tarain (1191), Prithwiraj Chauhan refrained from fighting because Mahammad Ghouri fell down from his horse. Could it be possible that Prithwiraj Chauhan never read Mahabharata? Ghouri escaped and returned with redoubled forces after two years. This was the Second Battle of Tarain (1193). Prithwiraj was defeated, blinded and taken away to Ghajni in shackles. <b>Entire Indo-Gangetic plains were overrun by the Islamic cavalry, which spread like wild fire. In 1200 AD (7 years after 1193), they arrived at Nalanda University, about 1000 miles from Delhi (territorial expansion @ average 150 miles per year), which was ravaged, all the books were burnt down and all the scholars were hacked to pieces. Bengal was taken in 1205.</b> The Islamic cavalries were stopped at Assam, a land of hillocks and interconnecting earth ramparts that slowed down the cavalry.
<b>The atrocities committed by the early Islamic invaders in the Indo-Gangetic plains were unprecedented in history.</b> Women were raped and their bodies were ravaged. In 1193, there was no newspaper, no radio, no TV. The atrocities continued unabated for many years. Hindu women found out that it was better to commit suicide than to fall at the hands of Islamic invaders. If they heard that Islamic invaders were coming, groups of Hindu women, married and unmarried, would light a bonfire and jump into it, which they called "Jawahar Vrata" "Vow of Purity." The situation continued for many decades, and burning of a woman became an
acceptable scenario.
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Hindus survived in the Indo-Gangetic plains by accepting a status of second-class people.</b> Hindu scriptures, including Gita, were publicly decried. In a family had seven brothers, two would take conversion to Islam to protect the remaining five. That was the beginning of Indian Muslims. The remaining five were advised to maintain a low profile by agreeing to everything that the Islamic rulers would say. But they followed a different life within the four walls of their house. <b>This was how public life became very divorced from individual life, a trend that continues even today. The interiors of the houses were clean, but the streets outside were extremely dirty, because nobody cared about public life. Same practice continues in India even today. </b>
Hindus under early Islamic overlordship developed an adroit skill of twisting their words. If they said something that did not please the Islamic masters, they must acquire the skill of changing the meaning of the word immediately, otherwise their necks might be severed. Double talk and double meaning of the words became tools of survival. To tell a lie became a virtue. Status of women deteriorated beyond all imaginable limits. An Islamic soldier could enter any home and snatch away a grown-up daughter for the harem of the Sultan. <b>Child marriage, unknown in Gupta period or in the 2500+ stories of Mahabharata, started
at this time to get rid of daughters.</b> Daughters became a liability. Money would be paid to those who would take charge of a daughter. Dowry system, unknown in areas which were not dominated by Islamic rulers, became a second nature in Islamic India. Hereditary caste system proliferated as a result of child marriage and arranged marriage. Hindu society degraded to the lowest level. The battlefield teachings of Gita were ignored because Islamic rulers would not tolerate that. Bhakti marg, approved by Islamic rulers, flourished in this period.
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thanks very much for posting that. This should be compulsory reading for everybody. I hope one day all indians will indeed be able to learn the true story of india, esp indo gangetic india under the afghan hounds (almost the muslim rulers were from afghanistan. even the mughals, who are actually from samarkand, came to india from kabul) of islam.
btw, reading your post, i was instantly reminded of an article by Nirad C Choudhury titled "about the hindu muslim problem in india" (or similar) - this article was the last chapter of his book, "the east is east and the west is west". There he wrote pretty much about all the attrocities you mentioned and the breaking down of the fabric of hindu society under muslims. the detail in his article was astounding (that guy was an encyclopedia many times over), and was supported with historical facts, songs of lament that have entered indian folk music, supported from allusions to the cronicles made by westerners like Tiffenthaler during their stay in islamic india etc etc.
its a miracle india survived the islamic hammering.