I was going to talk about the Muslims, but I didn't know if they were responsible for burning literature. I do know that they were responsible for defacing every image of every god they found in temples - they would chip off toes or hands or breasts or heads as to a Muslim, any image is profane.
But where do you come up with 75+ million dead? That's an awfully large number to just throw out with no reference and no backup. In all the reading I've done from the first Turk invaders of the 1100s up to the Mughal Empire, which fell in the mid-1800's to the British, there's never been any mention of genocide. On the contrary, there are frequent mentions of Mugahl emperors being great patrons of Hindu culture and thought. I did note your (perhaps), but that's sort of like me saying, "Vaj is (perhaps) responsible for the slaughter of thousands of Fairfield resident pets" completely out of the blue. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's really the Muslims and the Sufis who should be disparaged (if anyone) > for having destroyed entire lines. Indeed they are (perhaps) responsible for > the largest genocide ever known: 75+ million Indians slaughtered.... > > > On 9/7/05 4:56 PM, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have to agree with willytex here, Rick (as far as the Brits are > > concerned). > > They are responsible for preserving much of the ancient literature > > they found when they arrived in India. For many, no doubt, it was > > to study the "inferior culture", but others were very impressed with > > Hinduism as a way of thought and belief (C.S. Lewis, for example). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
