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Excerpt from History of Mediæval Hindu India, Vol. 1: Being a History of India From 600 to 1200 A. D
The momentous question will here be naturally asked a question to which the writer Of these pages is expected to give a reply - what were the causes which led to the decline and down-fall Of the Aryans in India They had withstood successive invasions by the Greeks, the Sakas, the Kushans and the Huns. They had not only stubbornly resisted these invasions but freed India within a hundred years each time. What is it that made them unable to beat back the Arabs who permanently enslaved Sind in 712 A. D. And the Turks and the Afghans who finally subjected India to Mahomedan rule in 1000 and 1200 A. D.? What was it in the history Of India from 500 A. D., when approximately the last foreign rule Of the Huns was overthrown, down to about 1000 ad. That sapped the strength of the Indian people and made their warriors fall like card-board sepoys before the Turks Of the Ghaznavide Mahmud The historian Of India who has studied this period Of about 500 years Of Indian history is bound to throw light on the solution Of this momentous question and we proceed to indicate our views Iccinctly in this matter.
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The momentous question will here be naturally asked a question to which the writer Of these pages is expected to give a reply - what were the causes which led to the decline and down-fall Of the Aryans in India They had withstood successive invasions by the Greeks, the Sakas, the Kushans and the Huns. They had not only stubbornly resisted these invasions but freed India within a hundred years each time. What is it that made them unable to beat back the Arabs who permanently enslaved Sind in 712 A. D. And the Turks and the Afghans who finally subjected India to Mahomedan rule in 1000 and 1200 A. D.? What was it in the history Of India from 500 A. D., when approximately the last foreign rule Of the Huns was overthrown, down to about 1000 ad. That sapped the strength of the Indian people and made their warriors fall like card-board sepoys before the Turks Of the Ghaznavide Mahmud The historian Of India who has studied this period Of about 500 years Of Indian history is bound to throw light on the solution Of this momentous question and we proceed to indicate our views Iccinctly in this matter.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya
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