... article that reiterates the MYTH OF 1000 YR RULE and chooses to IGNORE THE RESISTANCE OF HINDU INDIA

Submitted by Vish (United States), Nov 5, 2014 at 02:28

The author conveniently chooses to ignore Hindu resistance and the reconquest of lands by Hindu kingdoms and vedic heroes who refused to submit to tyranny unlike the Turks, Persians, Pakistanis and the nomadic central asian countries who chose to convert and submit to these tyrants

I'd first like to argue that the Hanifa school didn't do shit to stop the invaders. I mean, if it did ... why didn't it stop the muslims from ravaging and plundering lands and converting people in the rest of near and central asia.

The invader was slain time and time again by one Hindu kingdom after another.

1. After the Turkic conquest OF ONLY THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF INDIA, and the transfer back and forth between these kingdoms for about 200 years, they were defeated and recaptured by the great RAJPUTS under MAHARAJA RANA PRATAP.

2. While the Mughals did infiltrate and only at one point in time were able to rule almost the whole of India from 1526-1707 (180 yrs ) they were ended by ANOTHER BAND OF HINDU HEROES UNDER CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ

3. Brits didn't do shit to capture India. The rule by the Brits was really the BRUTAL IMPACT OF CAPITALISM and the ruthless CAPITALISTS OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY (also goes to show how ruthlessly efficient, intolerant and apathetic capitalistic corporations are)

4. In a GLORIOUS AND OLD VEDIC CIVILIZATION like India that extends back for a period of 3700 years from 1700 BCE to present day, there is bound to be low periods where tyrants rule the country from time to time (in this case, for 200+180+150 = 500 years)

WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS TO KEEP RESISTING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY PRESERVE YOUR UNIQUE CULTURE AND IDENTITY.

INDIA, IN ITS GRAND OLD HISTORY HAS BEEN MORE THAN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THE SAME

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