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[2] 670s Hindu Kabul: unknown Hindus recapture Kabul [1] [2] 680 Hindu Kabul: Ratbil, Yazid ibn Ziyad Hindu raiding parties harass Muslims [1] 683 Hindu Junzah Hindus defeated the Muslims at Junzah, killing the governor and nobles. [2] 685 Hindu The king of Zabul was killed and his army defeated in 635, but his son continued the struggle. [2 ...
) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, [1] particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era literature, the term generally refers to lawyers specialized in Hindu law. [3] Whereas, today the title is used for experts in other subjects, such as music.
The Vijayanagara Empire (/ v ɪ ˌ dʒ ə j ə ˈ n ə ɡ ə r ə /; also known as the Karnata Kingdom) was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India.It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage.
A Hindu kingdom was described as formed from seven "limbs": [4] the king himself (svāmī). The king typically represented the kshatria, a class of warrior aristocracy in the four varnas caste system. [4] Hindu kingships usually did not have a priest-king, as the priestly duties were mostly performed by brahmins; [5] king's ministers (amātyas);
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008. [2]
This conflict likely arose from Anandapala's support of Daud during Mahmud's invasion of Multan. The Hindu Shahi troops retreated as far as the Kangra Valley, where they sought refuge. [45] Mahmud of Ghazni on an elephant. In 1009, Mahmud embarked on an expedition against the King of Narayana, a Rajput vassal state of Anandapala. Anandapala ...
From at least the early 19th century, a Pundit of the Supreme court in Colonial India was an officer of the judiciary who advised British judges on questions of Hindu law. In Anglo-Indian use, pundit also referred to a native of India who was trained and employed by the British to survey inaccessible regions beyond the British frontier. [5]
Hindu teachings prescribe war as the final option, to be employed only after all peaceful methods are exhausted. [1] Participation in righteous war, or dharmayuddha, was said to be honourable and was a principal duty of the Kshatriya or the warrior varna, and victory in such wars was regarded as a matter of honour. [2]