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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- In the ancient period throughout the whole of Europe, the Greek civilization was the only one which was far ahead of others. Almost all the modern nations of Europe, therefore, rever it as their source. Naturally, the name of a valiant Greek emperor of that time like Alexander is, therefore, a source of living inspiration to them. The European histories, therefore, call him “Alexander the Great”, and many anecdotes and legends in the mythical manner are colourfully taught to the young pupils through their history textbooks. But the commonly educated European people—not of course the few learned historians—are blissfully ignorant of the then Indian antagonists of Alexander and his Greek empire, Chandragupta, and his minister, Chanakya! Such perversion of history can be overlooked so far as the Europeans are concerned. But after the establishment of the British rule over India in our schools and colleges too, the same disproportionate praises were sung of Alexander in the history textbooks and other types of literature. Because three or four generations of ours have been imparted the same English education, our educated classes are also impressed by the name Alexander the Great. But they too probably never knew who Chandragupta or Chanakya was. This perversion of history, and the misunderstanding it has created in the minds of our people, should no more be tolerated hereafter. We may not mind the other traditional anecdotes about Alexander, but those, at least that are connected with Indian history and that extol Alexander disproportionately to the derogation of the Indian people, must be deleted from our school textbooks and from our literature. Take for example, the one colourfully told in the school and college books of Europe and other types of literature, and which was widely published in our country also by the English.
- The Greeks and other European people believed that Alexander was a world conqueror and he had conquered the whole of India. When that war-like Emperor returned home after his world conquest, he is said to have burst into tears at the sad thought that no more country remained for him to be conquered. This anecdote about Alexander is, proudly told not only in Europe but even in India! Now it can be very clearly seen how very absurd and ludicrous this belief is from the short account given earlier in these pages. To the great nation of those times, China, he never turned his face. But even if we leave this fact aside, we have already shown how he was baffled and made to retreat, when he came conquering to the Western frontiers of India with the ambitious design to conquer the Empire of