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 8, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 8
- Again, in respect of establishing the authentic history of any nation
beyond doubt, the convincing references in the contemporary literature of
other nations are really invaluable. The ancient period of our history which
can be supported by the now available, unimpeachable evidence in the
historical records of countries other than India is the one that begins round
about the times of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. For, since the date of
Alexander’s so-called invasion of India, numerous references to events in
India are to be found in the historical accounts of the Greek writers and the
description of their travels by the Chinese travellers. - What should be the criterion for determining the Glorious Epochs I am
going to discuss here? For that matter, there are hundreds of glorious epochs
in the history of our nation that stand the tests of poetic exuberance, music,
prowess, affluence, the height of philosophy and depth of theology and
many other criteria. But by the ‘Glorious Epoch’, I mean the one from the
history of that warlike generation and the brave leaders and successful
warriors, who inspire and lead it on to a war of liberation, in order to free
their nation from the shackles of foreign domination, whenever it has the
misfortune to fall a prey to such powerful fatal aggression and to grovel
abjectly under it, and who ultimately drive away the enemy making it an
absolutely free and sovereign nation. Every nation extols such epochs of the
wars of independence which inflict crushing defeats on the enemy. Take, for
instance, the American War of Independence. The day on which America
wrenched her independence from England, vanquishing her completely on
the battlefield, is a red-letter day in the history of America and is celebtrated
like a festival all over the country. The moment recording this successful
struggle for freedom is acknowledged as a glorious epoch in the history of
America.
Great Nations and the calamity of Foreign Domination - Moreover, the birth of the United States of America is only of a recent
date. In the very short span of her history, it is not unnatural that only one
such terrible calamity befell her and, consequently, gave her only one
glorious occasion to overcome it. But the nations like China, Babylon,
Persia, Egypt, ancient Peru, ancient Mexico, Greece, Rome and many
others, which can boast of a history of thousands of years, naturally had
many occasions of having been overcome and oppressed by mightier
foreign aggressors. From these monstrous calamities, some of these nations
freed themselves again and again with exceptional valour, and humbled and