भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

order at four places in the four directions of India: at Shringeri in the south,
at Dwarka to the west, Jagannathpuri in the eastern quarter and at Kashmir
to the farthest north. These religious seats (institutions) received full
Government support so long as Hindu states existed in those various places.
Having accomplished this wonderful work of religious propaganda and
having written the (unparalleled) unrivalled book, ‘Shankarbhashya’, he
entered the cave-took a living samadhi—(ended his life by restraining his
breath).
The Political Activities of the Shaivite sects like the Pashupatas
719. Even before this period was resuscitated, the Shaivite Sect of the
Pashupatas, which being militant like the Shaktas, extremely hated the
meek अहिंसा—‘non-violence’—and renunciation of the worldly life of
the Buddhists and Jains. It fomented and fanned to red heat’, at least
indirectly, among the Hindus, the tendency to oppose the non-Hindu
religious aggressors and a love for war. Shree Lakulesh was their apostle,
who was born in Gujarat and whose great work and Influence made the
Hindus take him for the very incarnation of Lord Har (Shiv), and whom
even Shankaracharya mentions proudly.
Bengal during these years
720. Till 700 to 800 A.D., Bengal was ruled by the Pal kings, the first of
whom was king Gopal. He was a Buddhist. He had from his queen
Deddadevi, a son, named Dharampal, who ruled from 800 to 825 A.D. He
too was a Buddhist and had been married to Ranadevi, the daughter of the
Rashtrakut king Govind, who was most famous in the South. By about A.D.
1095, the Sen dynasty destroyed the Pal kings and founded their own
kingdom. These Sen kings were the Kshatriyas from karnatak in the South,
who had their silent access to the royal circle perhaps through the retinue of
the above-mentioned Rashtrakut princess, Ranadevi. Whatever that is, as
these Sen kings were the staunch followers of the Vedic religion, they
suppressed Buddhism in Bengal and vigorously revived the caste-system,
rendered chaotic by intermingling of different castes during the Buddhist
period as also the Vedic lore and other Vedic religious institutions. The
book on Sanskrit grammar, Mugdhabodh, written by Bopdev was very
popular in Bengal at this time.
The contemporary history of Gujarat
721. The famous King Karnaraj, who built the extensive lake of
Krishnasagar, ruled Gujrath from A.D. 1063 to 1093. The original capital of