2/n
"The ISLAMIC conquest of India is probably THE BLOODIEST story in history."
The destruction of temples & educational institutions!
The KILLINGS of learned monks & the scattering of students, led to a widespread decline in Hindu, Jain and Buddha education.
3/n
Mahmud Ghazni,
INVADED Indian subcontinent during early 11th century.
Mahmud's court historian Al-Utbi viewed Mahmud's expeditions as
a "JIHAD" to propagate ISLAM & extirpate idolatry.
Ghazni (INVADER) LOOTED Somnath Temple & DESTROYED the famous Shiva linga of the temple!
4/n
Fire & sword,havoc &destruction,marked his course everywhere
Gandhar which was styled Garden of the North was left at his DEATH a weird & desolate waste
Its rich fields and fruitful gardens,together with canal which watered them(still partially traceable)
had all DISAPPEARED
5/n
Gandhar :
Its numerous stone built cities, monasteries,
and topes with their valuable and revered monuments and sculptures,
were SACKED, FIRED, RAZED TO THE GROUND.
And UTTERLY DESTROYED as habitations.
Left in this state of devastation and depopulation!
6/n
The country soon grew in to a wilderness,
the haunt of WILD BEASTS,
and the REFUGE of robbers.
The fugitive inhabitants, returning in small numbers to their DESTROYED homes,
gradually re-peopled the country and reclaimed bits of the waste.
7/n
Khalji(1290)
"When revenue officer demands silver&gold from them. they should, without question"
"If officer THROWS DIRT INTO THEIR MOUTHS,they must without RELUCTANCE open their mouths wide to receive it."
imposition of JIZYA on Hindus(most inveterate enemies of Prophet)
8/n
To keep Hindus in abasement is especially a religious duty,because they are most inveterate enemies of Prophet
"Prophet has commanded us to SLAY THEM, PLUNDER THEM, &make them CAPTIVE,saying
'Convert them to Islám/ KILL THEM, ENSLAVE THEM, SPOIL their wealth & property.'"
9/n
Historian K. S. Lal in his book "Theory and Practice of Muslim State"
About 60 to 80 MILLION people DIED in India between 1000 & 1525 as a result of the ISLAMIC INVASION of Indian subcontinent.
About 2 million people died during Mahmud of Ghazni's invasions of India alone.
