Swift Horses Sharp Swords: Medieval battles which shook India

The book is an unprejudiced insider view of one of the bloodiest conquests of the world. While many Indian history books are written in a suppressio veri suggestio falsi mode, this is an honest attempt to present history as it actually happened, bereft of any scorn or animosity.Till 700 CE, India was basking through the golden period making stupendous progress in Science, astronomy, Literature and architecture with the whole world looking up to India . It was the cradle of the human race.Then mayhem began. First by Arabs and then Turks invaded. After that Afghans came. Then some others. There was virtually a stampede to have their pie of India. It wasn't as if India was not attacked before. Right from Semiramis to Darius to Alexander to Kushans to Huns, everyone tried to invade but in the end they assimilated into the large bosom of India. But the Muslim attacks were different, for which India was not prepared at all. The attacks that changed the trajectory of a country.India got reduced to a vassal state in no time and became a source for never ending supply of slaves and wealth, reducing the Hindu population by 80 million at one count within a few centuries.What had gone wrong in these five or six centuries? What mistakes Indians have committed to deserve this inhuman degradation? Was anything wrong in their religious and cultural viewpoint that made Hindus lose repeatedly?Why could they not think of making something like the Great Wall of China to keep the invasions at bay despite having all the money and skills?Why were Turks so interested in India? Why was there a mad scramble among them to invade India?What India had or didn't have which attracted them in hordes?Why did they burn whole cities and wipe out the whole population even after winning?Because for Hindus, it was a game while for Turks, it was a war, a bloody war.To be won at any cost.This is also the story of the brave warriors who resisted them heroically. Because of them, India is the only ancient civilization to have its culture and religion intact.Raja Dahir. Lalitaditya. Pulakeshin. Nayaki Devi. Jaipal. Suhel Dev. Prithvi Raj.And the list goes on.To know more about catastrophic consequences of the brutal invasion and its reasons thereof, please do read and don't forget to share your critical feedback.