भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

marched straight off without the Sultan's permission to conquer the southern Hindu states and rob them of their reported fabulous wealth, of which he had lately grown covetous beyond every limit. The first Hindu state to fall a victim to this unexpected attack of Allauddin was that of the Yadava of Devgiri. 702. There is one special point to be noted as regards this southern conquest of Allauddin. The Hindu society of the south had, for more or less two thousand years, from the early beginnings of the modern history, i.e. from 500 or 600 B.C. to the 13th century A.D., been enjoying complete political, religious and social independence and had been economically highly prosperous. It had never been successfully invaded throughout these two thousand years. Whoever of the foreign invaders dared to do so, was ruthlessly crushed on the borders themselves. So, this invasion of Allauddin was the first of its kind and was bound to be successful with far-reaching harmful effects. Because of this special revolutionary and harmful character of this invasion of Allauddin, it has to be dealt with in a fresh chapter. ❑