भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
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पृष्ठ 218, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 218
- Then in order to size up the Hindu kingdoms, Mohammed Ghori marched on the weakest one of Gujarat by proceeding stealthily along the borders of Rajasthan. For, the King of Gujarat having died, the Queen and her military chief enthroned a minor. This led Mohammed Ghori to think that it was weak enough to be attacked. But he was misled by appearances. For, in learning of Ghori's ensuing invasion, the Hindu army of Gujarat, augmented by those of other sympathising Hindu Kings, marched forward to the mountain-ranges of Abu. The Queen herself fought in the battle most valiantly, urging all the soldiers to defend the infant king whom, she said, she had delivered to their care. Inflamed by her words, the whole Hindu army fought so furiously that the Muslims were routed completely in all directions. Mohammed Ghori himself escaped narrowly and fled straight to his domain beyond the borders. Second major defeat of Mohammed Ghori by the Hindus
- Mohammed Ghori, however, was not to be daunted by adversities. So, without being discouraged by his recent defeat at Abu, he once again marched on India in A.D. 1191, invading this time the territory of Prithviraj Chouhan, whereupon that gallant monarch of Delhi along with as many Hindu rulers as he could then gather, advanced against Ghori and joining battle at Tarayan to the north of Karnool near Panipat, dealt a crushing defeat on the invader after a bloody day. Mohammed Ghori himself was captured alive by Prithviraj. This battle is known as the Battle of Talavadi.
- Emperor (Samrat) Prithviraj and his feudatory princes were after all Hindus by birth and belonged to the topmost Rajput ranks. Hence, they sincerely believed that to let go the captive national enemy alive, however treacherous he might be, to give back his kingdom with all pomp and show, was the highest form of religious conduct, conducive to heavenly bliss as regards a true warrior was concerned.
- सांप बिखारी देशभूमिचा ये घेउं चावा। अवचित गांठुनि ठकवुनि भुलवूनि कसाहि ठेचावा॥ Were a serpent (an inveterate national enemy) to come with a view to biting the motherland, he should be smashed to pieces with a surprise attack, deceit or cunning or in any other way possible. Although this war- strategy of Shree Krishna and Chanakya was taught to the Hindus long ago, at that time, it appeared to them like one of the five deadliest sins. For, as we have already shown in paragraphs 397 to 454, the whole of the Hindu