Sunday, May 17, 2015

Hindu Kush, Killer of Hindus

Hindu Kush, Killer of Hindus


The history of the Hindu Kush mountains, the Islamic conquest of India and Muslim barbarity…
Hindu Kush (Photo source: Wikipedia Commons, Koldo Hormaza)
Hindu Kush (Photo source: Wikipedia Commons, Koldo Hormaza)
By: Vishu1708

The Hindu Kush mountains are a 1000 mile-long mountain system that divides the Amu Dariya and the Indus Valleys. It is primarily located in Pakistan and Afghanistan but also extends into Uzbekistan, China and Iran. Today it is the home of the terrorist group Al Qaeda and has become one of the most dangerous places in the world.

Pre-Islamic History

The Hindu Kush mountains have been an important part of Indian Civilisation. Referred to as ‘Pariyatra Parvat’ in Sanskrit texts, these mountains hold historical significance in relation to the two ancient kingdoms of Gandahara and Vaahic Pradesh.

The kingdom of Gandahara is mentioned in both, The Ramayana and The Mahabharta. King Ashoka, the greatest Emperor of India, of the Maurya Dynasty, was a governor of Vaahic Pradesh before he became Emperor of India. After the fall of the Mauryan Dynasty, Hindu Kush fell into the hands of Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sasanians and Hepthalites.

Arrival of Islam

After the fall of the Sasanid Empire in Persia and gaining access to Hindu Kush, hostilities broke out between Arabs and Hindus. The Arabs started raiding Hindu Kush in 642 A.D. Muslim armies would attack at night, behead men, rape women and enslave children.

At first, bands of unorganised Muslim soldiers would target small settlements but by the end of 9th century, the Muslim kings had invaded Hindu Kush with large armies. In 1026 A.D., Bhimpala of the Hindu Shahiya Dynasty, the last king of Hindu Kush, was defeated by trickery and killed. At that point Hindu Kush became a Muslim territory. All Hindu, Buddhist and Jains of Hindu Kush were killed or converted.

This conquest of Hindu Kush marked the beginning of the darkest chapter of Indian history. The Hindu Kush mountains were a natural boundary between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The defeat and destruction of the Kabul Shahi Empire left the fertile land of Punjab and Indo-Gangatic plains open for Islamic invasion.

In the next several centuries, waves after waves of Islamic invaders passed through Hindu Kush, and after descending on the plains of central India, butchered and enslaved the population of India.
These enslaved people were shipped to the markets of the Middle East. Long caravans of slavers could be seen leaving India with thousands of slaves every day. After the conquest of Hindu Kush, Indian slaves could be easily be found as far away as Córdoba, Spain.

A large number of these slaves would die of hunger and thirst while crossing the Hindu Kush.

Today, these high peaks of Hindu Kush serve as one of the best examples of Muslim barbarity. These mountains have become the graves of millions of Hindus and Buddhists slaughtered by champions of Islam over the last 1400 years.

In the valleys and passes of ‘Pariyatra Parvat’ died millions of Hindus and thus were aptly named ‘Hindu Kush’, which means, ‘The Killer of Hindus’.

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