HINDUS
(PART 1)
Indian Subcontinent
4th century BCE was the
era when half of Indian Subcontinent was conquered and merged into one empire
by the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. However, the Greeks and
Syrians had their eye on this empire, and they wanted to take over Indian
Subcontinent. Greeks attacked in the last decade of 4th Century BCE
under the leadership of Seleucus Nicator, but defeated by Chandragupta Maurya.
A negotiation was done between two armies, and Indian Subcontinent was saved
from Greeks’ presumable slavery.
However, Greeks hadn’t yet forgotten
that defeat, they were making strategies to attack the empire again. But then,
there came the great Maurya Emperor whose brutality covered their courage. He
was said to be crueller than executioners. He had conquered almost entire
Indian Subcontinent and built an invincible army which couldn’t be defeated by
any one. His name was Ashoka. Ashoka’s fear didn’t let anyone to attack Mauryan
Empire even after his transformation.
Buddhism and Jainism had already
chosen their ways out from Hinduism. But those were peaceful separation. In
spite of having different religion, there was a mutual understanding and
respect for each religion. Indian Subcontinent was famous for that peace of
religions.
For next 1200 years, Hindus ruled
their own land happily. There were wars, but not on religions. But then the era
came, where many Hindus lost their faith.
745 AD, Western Coast of Indian
Subcontinent (Gujarat)
A prosperous temple was rebuilt by
Vallabhi kings over the last old temple. That temple was said to be rich and
carved with precious stones. A century had been passed since this new temple
was made on the shoreline of Western Coast. It was known as Somnath Temple. The
details about first temple is unknown. But it was rebuilt very richly by Kings
of Gujarat.
A newly appointed Arab Governor of
Sindh, Al-Junaid, heard about the richness of this Hindu Temple. And his greed
and hatred towards Hindus led him to destroy the precious Hindu Temple in 745
AD. He almost robbed everything from the temple, except the Shiva Lingam. It
was the first time when a foreigner had demolished one of the most sacred Hindu
Temple.
For more than 250 years, it remained
in ruins due to lack of treasure. Then, Mulraj Solanki, rebuilt that temple in
995 AD. And it was also said to be rich as it was before. But greed always
covers faith.
1024 AD
A ruler from Ghazna, named Mahmud
Ghazni, attacked the Somnath Temple 17 times, travelling through the Thar
Desert, but was always stopped by Gujarat Rulers. Unfortunately, he succeeded
in 1024 AD and destroyed the entire temple and robbed the wealth. He even
ordered to destroy the sacred Shiva Lingam with mace and then he carved the
stones into a mosque in Ghazna. People say when he died, the stones of Lingam
were used to make the doors of his grave. But that was the ill-minded thing
ever done by the ruler. Ghazni didn’t only break the holy Shiva Lingam, but he
also insulted the faith of Hindus.
After few years of destruction,
Bhimdev of Ahilwad, rebuilt the temple with new Shiva Lingam and it was the
fourth reconstruction of Somnath Temple.
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| Somnath Demolition |
But this wasn’t enough. They hadn’t
yet ruled any part of Hindustan. They had only destroyed and robbed few temples
like Somnath. Hindus started wondering why they were destroying Hindu Temples,
while Hindus had nothing to do with those foreigners. Why were they destroying
temples? But Hindus regained their faith from inspiring rulers like Bhimdev.
1191 AD, Kingdom of Ajmer
The King of Ajmer was quite young to rule the entire
kingdom, but he became King in his teenage. People used to say that he was one
of the strongest ruler the Hindus had ever seen. His attacking strategies and
his war styles were admired by the entire Hindustan. But his one quality was
even more famous. He could shoot an arrow by only hearing a voice. He could
shoot on sound. And his name was Prithviraj
Chauhan. Though he was defeated by Bhimdev of Gujarat, he managed to invade
the kingdom of Delhi. He became successor to King Anangdev and sat on the
throne of Delhi. He conquered many parts of Hindustan and secured the
boundaries too.
Prithviraj had heard about few foreigners
trying to enter in the boundaries of Hindustan. But in 1191 AD, he was informed
that few Muslims Rulers had captured the fortress of Bhatinda. He was also
informed the name, it was Muhammad Ghori. Prithviraj Chauhan immediately
declared battle. Then the famous “First battle of Tarain (Thaneshwar)” began,
and Prithviraj defeated the army of Ghori and reclaimed the fortress of
Bhatinda. Although, he didn’t pursue the army of Ghori and they ran away.
Prithiraj’s brother Govind Tai also wounded Mu’izz-Al Din badly, but he ran
away too.
Hindustan was secured, but
Prithviraj didn’t know that his mercy would become darkness of Hindustan for
next many centuries. He didn’t know that he had shown his goodness to the
people who didn’t know what good was.
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| Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Delhi and Ajmer, till 1192 AD |
1192 AD, when it all started.
Ghori reassembled army and return to avenge his defeat.
This time, Prithviraj Chauhan’s army was less, so he merged the Rajput Army and
accepted the challenge. But Ghori was not a man of laws. He divided his army
into five troops and sent four of them towards Rajputs, and attacked straight
towards Prithviraj Chauhan in the early morning. Neither Rajput nor Chauhan
army was aware of Ghori’s early attack. But Prithivraj Chauhan’s 3000 elephant
attack slowed down Ghori’s speed. However, Rajput army were unable to fight
four troops of Ghori. At the end, Prithviraj also was captured by Ghori’s army.
Ghori cruelly ripped the eyes off of
that man who had let him fled. He blinded Prithviraj and killed him in his
own land.
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| Second battle of Tarain, 1192 AD |
That defeat of Prithviraj was the
defeat of entire Hindustan. Ghori took over entire Delhi Kingdom and Dark Age
of Hindus began with the death of Prithviraj Chauhan. Ghori made his servant
Qutubbudin, administrator of Delhi. As soon as Qutubbidin ascended the throne
of Prithviraj, he started construction of a tall monument, which was the symbol
of their victory over Hindustan. That monument was the symbol of first Muslim
rule in Hindustan and how it started. That monument was named as “Qutub Minar”,
and we can see it still preserved. It is the symbol of our defeat.
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| Qutub Minar |
And then it started publically.
Hindus were started slaughtering like animals, and temples were destroyed by
every successor of Delhi. Hindus were forced to convert their faith and accept
Islam. And thus started one of the biggest genocide (Human Slaughter) the world
has ever seen. The genocide on the name of religion. It was just a beginning of
that, it got even worse by each century.
NOTE:
“Hindus” is a long blog post about how Hindus suffered in last 1000 years and
which type of cruelty they endured. To disrespect any religion is not my
intention. Religion is never wrong, but the acts of these rulers were.
Conquering a kingdom doesn’t mean you can destroy the faith of people.
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