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

and other sinews of war. The provinces of Kabul and Kandahar, beyond Attock, have been a part of Hindusthan from (the times of) Akbar to (that of) Alamgir; why should we then give these away? For the present, we shall establish Irani control over the region and send a pleasant reply. Ambassadors from all the neighbouring powers like Jammu and Kashmir have come. We shall settle about the territory this side of Attock; further beyond, it is not yet possible (to do anything of the kind). Efforts (in that direction) will be made. For the present, I shall do whatever is most urgent. Whoever stronger person will lead the next expedition will effect a permanent settlement. The province has a revenue collection of about two to four crore (twenty to forty million of rupees). But the landlords and Jamindars are very powerful. We collect only a nominal revenue. It is difficult to realise even two hundred thousand rupees from a province with a yield of at least two and a half million. For the present, we are staging a comeback under Your Excellency’s orders. As such, we do whatever is possible; we do not stretch matters too far. For the time being, the governance of the territory has been entrusted to Adina Beg alone. To him we have given Lahore and Multan on lease. This year, the whole (of the revenue collection) will be consumed by the occupation army (garrison army); even fitting out such an occupation army will be difficult; things would be favourable after two or three years. With compliments to Your Excellency!!” 1074. THE ONLY DISGRACEFUL PART OF IT IS THAT WHILE RETURNING TO THE DECCAN, THE MARATHAS DID NOT TAKE REVENGE ON THE MUSLIMS FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION! 1074A. In Chapter 8, on the ‘Perverted Conception of Virtues’, of the book, it has already been shown in greater detail how the Hindu society (of the time) was haunted by a false and perverted sense of virtues and as such how the Hindus did not even slightly avenge the unbearable and unlimited persecution and the diabolic atrocities perperated by the Muslims on the Hindu religion. Unlike Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece and other (European) nations which saved Christianity from extinction (from their lands) by ridding completely their homeland of Muslims, the Hindus did not extirpate the Muslims from India. They refrained from inflicting similar, not to speak of greater atrocities even on the enemy, like Muslims who considered religious persecution and diabolic and heinous atrocities