RE:Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
by Nanchil on Mar 13, 2008 05:29 PM Permalink
First you know about Indian History then think about other countries.
RE:Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
by snpost on Mar 13, 2008 05:31 PM Permalink
1000 years ago- Norther India,pakistan and afghanistan were one country- remember history student. :)
RE:Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
by on Mar 13, 2008 05:50 PM Permalink
Advertisement chalu?U be happy with ur religion...Why bother about us?u had converted,Sabh ko gndu samja kya?
RE:Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
by Nanchil on Mar 13, 2008 05:28 PM Permalink
"One of the first signs of Brahmanical revival, as in the past, was the promulgation of new Shastras, Puranas and other religious literature alleged to be the works of ancient sages. The priests must have been conscious of the untenability of their doctrines and their own unworthiness to lay down rules for the good of society, for they wrote new works in the name of ancient authors and altered ancient works to suit their present contentions. There is hardly any Sanskrit composition which has not been tampered with, altered or added to by them. There is no famous Rishi or teacher in whose name they have not concocted scriptures. There is no sacred book into which fiction and legend and imaginary history have not been interpolated. The most ancient of scriptures, the Rig-Veda, has not escaped the profane hand of interpolators and its tenth book is wholly ascribed to gods as if to conceal their true origin and later authorship. Veracity as to facts was never a feature of Brahman authors, so much so that historical unreliability has become a universal literary characteristics of the Sanskrit language. The best critic would be unable to separate the grain from the chaff, to say where facts end and fiction begins. This is even more the case in regard to the so-called sacred literature. The period of brahmanical revival naturally abounds in such fraudulent Shastras and Puranas." [Dharma Teertha, p. 124 ff.]
RE:Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
by Nanchil on Mar 13, 2008 05:27 PM Permalink
"Another great advantage was that, for the first time in history, all the peoples of India, of all sects and denominations, were brought under the supremacy of the Brahmans. Till then they had claimed to be priest of the three higher castes only and did not presume to speak for the Sudras and other Indian peoples except to keep them at a safe distance. The Mohammedans called all the non-Muslims inhabitants, without any discrimination, by the common name "Hindu", which practically meant non-Muslims and nothing more. This simple fact contributed to the unification of India more than any other single event, but also, at the same time, condemned the dumb millions of the country to perpetual subjection to their priestly exploiters. Indians became "Hindus," their religion became Hinduism and Brahmans their masters.
"The word Hindu itself is a foreign one. The Hindus never used it in any Sanskrit writing, that is those which were written before the Mohammedan invasion." [p. 22, An Essay on Hinduism, by Kelkar]
