01-07-2004, 02:32 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Manu is a smriti and India as a whole never followed Manu smriti.
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Parts of North India where Manu Smriti was diligently followed were the same parts that were overrun by foreign invasions.
Mr. Sita Ram Goel, Mr. Lal all say in their books that "Garrisons at various places were entirely composed of Rajputs and Brahmins" and none else. In the first invasion when Hajjaj sent an expedition under Mohammad-bin-qasim to Sindh, the garrison of devalya(near karachi) had 500 Rajputs who resisted invasion for long time hoping that Raja Dahir would send reinforcements from his capital (close to Multan), which he never did. Then Mohammad Bin Qasim slowly advanced towards Raja Dahir's capital, Raja waited for an auspicious time and did nothing until he had to face Mohammad Bin Qasim just outside his gates. WHY? Isn't that stupidity? Can India today simply put the troops around Delhi and wish that Pakistan, China and Bangladesh would not attack it? Needless to say that Raja Dahir was murdered his brother converted his daughters were sent to the Harem of Khalifa Hajjaj.
Then again... as history suggests 300 years later even Prithviraj chauhan (no matter how brave he was) was averse to having non-rajputs with him fighting along. Qasim, Ghauri,Ghaznavi all time after time used the same tactics to defeat the Hindu kings that were
1. Early morning attack (before dawn).
2. Beef in closeby streams.
3. Cows protecting their armies.
4. Fast moving horses and lighter swords.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is a tool used by converters to show Hindu religion in a bad light.
I am Hindu never learnt anything about Manu Smriti till, people who want to justify their conversion or show Hindu religion in bad light.
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Well it might be a tool to show Hindus in a bad light but since modern Hindus don't
believe in caste system what should they do? I guess the only way is to communicate it properly., in other words rebutt the people who are showing us in bad light.
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<b>The facts are that inspite of Indians having a better education and better understanding of technology, mettalurgy, warfare tactics (chankaya), we were unable to transformed them into any practical signifance.</b> WHY? My guess is that all Indians are born with a special genetic trait of Chalta Hai attitude.
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Parts of North India where Manu Smriti was diligently followed were the same parts that were overrun by foreign invasions.
Mr. Sita Ram Goel, Mr. Lal all say in their books that "Garrisons at various places were entirely composed of Rajputs and Brahmins" and none else. In the first invasion when Hajjaj sent an expedition under Mohammad-bin-qasim to Sindh, the garrison of devalya(near karachi) had 500 Rajputs who resisted invasion for long time hoping that Raja Dahir would send reinforcements from his capital (close to Multan), which he never did. Then Mohammad Bin Qasim slowly advanced towards Raja Dahir's capital, Raja waited for an auspicious time and did nothing until he had to face Mohammad Bin Qasim just outside his gates. WHY? Isn't that stupidity? Can India today simply put the troops around Delhi and wish that Pakistan, China and Bangladesh would not attack it? Needless to say that Raja Dahir was murdered his brother converted his daughters were sent to the Harem of Khalifa Hajjaj.
Then again... as history suggests 300 years later even Prithviraj chauhan (no matter how brave he was) was averse to having non-rajputs with him fighting along. Qasim, Ghauri,Ghaznavi all time after time used the same tactics to defeat the Hindu kings that were
1. Early morning attack (before dawn).
2. Beef in closeby streams.
3. Cows protecting their armies.
4. Fast moving horses and lighter swords.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is a tool used by converters to show Hindu religion in a bad light.
I am Hindu never learnt anything about Manu Smriti till, people who want to justify their conversion or show Hindu religion in bad light.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well it might be a tool to show Hindus in a bad light but since modern Hindus don't
believe in caste system what should they do? I guess the only way is to communicate it properly., in other words rebutt the people who are showing us in bad light.
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<b>The facts are that inspite of Indians having a better education and better understanding of technology, mettalurgy, warfare tactics (chankaya), we were unable to transformed them into any practical signifance.</b> WHY? My guess is that all Indians are born with a special genetic trait of Chalta Hai attitude.