भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
DevanagariHindipublished494 पृष्ठ
पृष्ठ 223, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 223
- And alas! At this very evil, unpropitious moment, our age-old Capital
of the Hindu empire since the days of Yudhishthir, this our Indraprastha,
Hastinapur or modern Delhi was lost to the non-Hindus and there was laid
the foundation stone of the Muslim empire for centuries to come! Delhi
became the centre of servitude and remained so, rotting under the foreign
rule for the next five or six hundred years (with very short breaks in
between), till at last, the Marathas triumphantly hoisted their saffron-
coloured flag at Attock, and overthrowing the Muslim imperial power
beyond, made it the handmaid of the Hindu imperial authority. - Soon after he reached Ghazni, Mohammed Ghori was killed (in the
opinion of some Muslim historians) by a small band of soldiers in his
army, but Chand Bhat gives a colourful and detailed description in his
Raso of how Prithviraj seized the one unique opportunity to kill him and
avenged his defeat. Although no other support for this folklore can be
found, as yet, it is not unworthy of a mention here. The essence of this
superbly described folklore in the poetical ‘Prithviraj Raso’ is that
Prithviraj was captured alive by Ghori and was not killed in the battle.
Mohammed Ghori took him to Ghazni as a captive and struck out his eyes,
making him blind. At this shocking news, Chand Bhat went on his own to
Ghori’s court at Ghazni in order to do his traditional duty as a Bhat of
laying down his life for his emperor. Charans and Bhats were supposed to
bear a charmed life—they were not to be killed—and the Muslim rulers
also could not generally break this convention! Sultan Mohammed Ghori
too asked Chand Bhat to have his say. Chand Bhat was a well-known and
ready-witted, facile poet, who sang out at the top of his sonorous voice a
heroic ballad to mean, “My master is your captive and you are sure to end
his life as best you please. But my sole request is that I should also be
killed with him in the same or any other manner. Secondly, I submit that
the Sultan should himself witness a demonstration of the exceptional skill
of my master in the wonderful art of hitting the sound (शब्दबेध) in
archery. “This request made the Sultan curious about this wonderful art.
Even then, with every precaution, the necesary arrangments for the
demonstration were made. Twenty-one pans were hung in a row. Sultan
Mohammed sat eagerly with his select retinue and his noblemen at a high
place in the court to witness the feat. Chand Bhat and Prithviraj, the last
Hindu Emperor of Delhi, were made to sit before the pans in the wake of a
strong military guard. Then, as each pan was struck, the stroke rang clear