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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- Although busy with his campaigns right upto China and the consequent wars, Kanishka’s mind was always preoccupied with religious and cultural things. He, in the meanwhile, proclaimed his conversion to Buddhism. In consonance with this new creed of his, he built several stupas and vihars at various places in his empire. At that time also, as it was during the Ashokan regime, Buddhism was burdened with innumerable fads and fanciful therories. The different Buddhistic sects were at enmity with one another. So, in order to do away with all these differences and to bring about a general agreement, he, like Ashoka, convened a great council of all the Buddhist sects. But instead of a general agreement, there appeared a new sect called the Mahayan, which virtually changed the nature of the Buddhist cult. Since the all-embracing precepts and practices, which were agreeable to Kanishka, but which had no base in the original form of Buddhism, were incorporated in this new Mahayan sect, some others refrained from joining it and eventually founded a new sect, which came to be called Heenayan. Kanishka helped spread the Mahayan sect extensively in his trans-Himalayan demesne. This great council recognised Sanskrit as the language of their religion. Hence, Buddhistic scriptures, which were formerly written in Pali and Prakrit only, were translated into Sanskrit. Many new books like the Buddha-charit and others on varied subjects were composed by learned scholars, who enjoyed the patronage of Kanishka. Naturally, not only in India but even amongst the Saka-Kushan population in the Asian empire of Kanishka, the old as well as the new Sanskrit literature and civilization began to spread briskly. Thus did this new Kushan world, which had come as a conqueror, willingly became subservient to this Indian civilization and culture, as did the Saka world before it, in respect of Indian religion, Indian language, Indian thought and Indian customs.
- Since Buddhism itself was an Indian religion, India could boast of a religious victory when Emperor Kanishka embraced it. Although this was all well done, it must be borne in mind that Buddhism, which was embraced by Kanishka, was not the unadulterated original one of Lord Buddha nor that of Ashoka. It was the Kanishkan edition of Buddhism. For example, although the Emperor had surrendered his loyally to Buddhism, he still worshipped the Vedic deities like Rudra. Kanishka’s Buddhistic faith had nothing to do whatever with the non-violence (अहिंसा) of Ashoka, which declared ‘Abstain from violence to animals’ or ‘Not the victory of the battlefield, but the religious victory is the only true victory’. While, on the