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In the year A.D. 1000, he turned his attention to India and gave it a foretaste of total war which she did not know before. Jn Central Asia unlike in India wars were fought for destruction and not for incre acknowledgment of the eonqueror’s suzerainty—dtgvijaya. There were no laws, no morals to circumscribe the barbarities of war; and Nor- thern India, wrapped in the security which the Imperial Gurjars had provided, saw with startled awe, torrents of barbarians sweeping every thing before them, intent on murder, rape and loot.
— Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the year A.D. 1000, he turned his attention to India and gave it a foretaste of total war which she did not know before. Jn Central Asia unlike in India wars were fought for destruction and not for incre acknowledgment of the eonqueror’s suzerainty—dtgvijaya. There were no laws, no morals to circumscribe the barbarities of war; and Nor- thern India, wrapped in the security which the Imperial Gurjars had provided, saw with startled awe, torrents of barbarians sweeping every thing before them, intent on murder, rape and loot." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (pronounced kə.nəi.ya.lal ma.ɳek.lal mun.ʃi; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938.
About Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (pronounced kə.nəi.ya.lal ma.ɳek.lal mun.ʃi; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938.
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