09-03-2006, 09:31 PM
Textplace of the destructive Shaka incursion in the 1st centuries BCE-CE, from Garga Samhita,YugaPurana, vv.54,84:
caturbhaagam tu shastreNa naashayiShyanti praaNinaam |
shakaah sheSham hariShyanti caturbhaagam svakam puram |
vinaShTe shakaaraajye tu shuunyaa prthvii bhaviShyati ||
This is a clear case of a horrible period, indicating that a quarter of the population was killed in wars, another quarter was being enslaved and carried away to their cities.
Now, how many still want to be connected to the foreigners? This devastating period was repeated with the arrival of the White Huns. Central-Asian hordes didn't have much respect for Indian lives initially.
caturbhaagam tu shastreNa naashayiShyanti praaNinaam |
shakaah sheSham hariShyanti caturbhaagam svakam puram |
vinaShTe shakaaraajye tu shuunyaa prthvii bhaviShyati ||
This is a clear case of a horrible period, indicating that a quarter of the population was killed in wars, another quarter was being enslaved and carried away to their cities.
Now, how many still want to be connected to the foreigners? This devastating period was repeated with the arrival of the White Huns. Central-Asian hordes didn't have much respect for Indian lives initially.