How Hindus Fought To Keep India Hindu Againt Islam

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Digvijay,

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->शूरबाहूषु लोकोऽयं लम्बते पुत्रवत् सदा ।
तस्मात् सर्वास्ववस्थासु शूरः सम्मानमर्हित।।
न हि शौर्यात् परं किचित् त्रिलोकेषु विधते।
शूरः सर्वं पालयित सर्वं शूरे परितिष्ठतम् ।।

The world rests on the arms of brave (kshatriya) like a son on those of his sire.
He, therefore, that is a brave (kshatriya), deserves respect under every circumstance. There is nothing higher in this world than bravery.
The brave (kshatriya) protects and cherishes all, and all things depend upon the brave (kshatriya).

(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, 99. 17-18)
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(In my opinion) a more accurate translation would be:

Arms of the brave always support and sustain the people like (a father his) son. A brave is, for this reason, honoured by all, in all situations. There is nothing in all the three words, which is beyond (the reach of) the bravery. Brave sustains all, and all depend upon the brave.

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Depends upon what you mean by 'Hindu'. If Hindu is a way of life, then it is universal. If you define Hindu more strictly as a religion, then too, there have been several examples in recorded history as back as 2nd cent. BC of foreigners adoping Hinduism. A Greek governer of the northern western colony was initiated in Vaishnavism. He traveled to South India to live in a monastery and to get initiated. He later erected a pillar in Karnataka to commemorate that event, with incriptions about it. During the times of Adi Sankar too, followers of various sects, including Jain and Bauddha, took up Vedantic Sanatan Dharma.