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

another Rajput Prince, who, however, because of many maladies, lost his balance of mind and voluntarily became a Muslim. 851. BENGAL: When ultimately in A.D. 1192, Mohammad Ghori subjugated the Sultanate of Delhi for ever, he sent many valorous chieftains under him to subdue the Hindu states round about. One of them, Bakhtyar Khilji, overcame the Hindu rule in Bihar and Bengal in A.D. 1195 and founded the Muslim rule there for the first time. Of his persecution of the Hindus and especially of the Buddhists and their wholesale conversion to Islam, we have already said enough in Paragraph Nos. 342 to 356. On this very occasion, this wild fiendish commander of the Muslim forces razed to the ground the world famous University of Nalanda, which had a glorious tradition of over five centuries to its credit. The Muslims set fire to the vast and invaluable collection of innumerable books, which had kept burning, it is said, for six months. But the Muslims never allowed anybody to put the fire down before it quenched of itself, and every written record was reduced to ashes! Want of armed might renders the power of Science as also the power of Religion Miserably Helpless—one more illustration! 852. In that vast burning library, there were innumerable valuable books of the Vedic, Buddha, Jain and other religions. But to protect them from fire came neither the Vedic Gods, nor Lord Buddha, no, not even Lord Jain! The actual armed might of the devotees is the only armed strength the Gods seem to have! 853. In the end, Bakhtyar Khilji conquered the last of the Sen Kings and after annexing Bengal, started his campaign of the wholesale conversion of the Hindus to Islam. 854. The Muslim Subedars themselves rebelled from time-to-time against the paramount power of Delhi and calling themselves the Sultans of Bengal, ruled the province independently. Fakruddin was the first of them to announce his independent sway over Bengal in A.D. 1347. Since then, these Afghan Sultans had ruled the province till A.D. 1576. Once in the meantime in A.D. 1386, a Hindu Jamindar named Kans overthrew this Afghan rule and established Hindu power in Bengal. When this King Kans died in A.D. 1392, his son Jitmalla came to the throne of Bengal. But to the greater discredit of the Hindus there, this Hindu King Jitmalla once had the wanton caprice to court Islam, and he changed his name to Jalaluddin! And to the greater shame of the Hindus, be it said that not a single Hindu throughout