The concluding part of the series on the Hindu Response to Islamic Invasions shows that Hindus repeatedly lost out because they were unable to take a long-term view of national policy and wasted energy and resources which should have been reserved for a holy war against Islamic invasions.
A deliberately hidden fact of the history of alien Muslim invasions into India is how, on several occasions, Hindus across India displayed vigorous national unity against a common enemy. The poorer class worked feverishly at the spinning wheel or as hired labourers to be able to send something to th