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

development of human virtues that the principle of अहिंसा (non-violence), which emasculates human beings with the curse of weakness, should at times be killed by cruel violence! It itself becomes a truly righteous, a truly religious act, leading to the development of human culture! At a particular stage of development of the human society throughout the world, and in the tumultuous times when it was surrounded by different warring nations, fired with the inordinate selfish ambition and diabolic violence, the Hindu nation, too, ought to have chosen Nursingh as its God of worship, if it wanted to preserve its free existence or even its invincibility! 877. The magnificent temple of this Nursingh, whom the kings of Vijaynagar had offered their devout hearts, does not stand there today in its original form. When the Muslim invaders attacked and devastated Vijaynagar in A.D. 1565, they also demolished and razed to rubble this royal temple of Nursingh. However, whatever ruins are left over of that old idol of Nursingh in that temple, are even now sufficiently clear to signify the originally huge, magnificent, furious figure of that Godhead, and we can easily imagine how very majestic and awe-inspiring the temple in its original form and glory might have been, distinguishing itself from the other huge, magnificent temples all over India by its inimitableness. Bahamani Sultan defeated by the King of Vijaynagar 878. After the death of the valiant Harihar, the brave Bukkarai ascended the throne of Vijaynagar. This Bukkarai too was of a daring and aggressive nature. He not only saved his own kingdom but also waged counter- offensives on the Muslims round about the year A.D. 1374 and defeated Majahid Shah, the great Sultan of the Bahamani kingdom. There is proof to show that this King Bukka had sent a friendly mission to the King of China. 879. In A.D. 1379, this brave monarch of Vijaynagar, Bukkarai, died and was succeeded to this ancestral throne by his son Harihar II, born posthumously to his queen Gowri. During his reign, the Hindus inflicted frequent and crushing defeats on the Muslims and extended the boundaries of Vijaynagar empire, whereupon Harihar took for himself the title of Maharajadhiraj with a grand ceremony to grace the occasion with the brother of Madhavacharya (Vidyaranyaswami) Shree Sayanacharya himself as the Chief Minister of his and Sudha, Isag and Gund, the well-known commanders in his army. Maharajadhiraj Harihar ruled prosperously and extended the boundaries of his Empire to include Goa, as is borne out by a copper plate inscription dated A.D. 1391.